Technology

Exploring the positive and negative impacts of technology on Indian society

Clicking, Waiting, Praying: The Mantras of Hindu Tech Startups

Written by Krishna Akhil  “Software is eating the world” is the tagline of the prominent Silicon Valley investment firm Andreesen Horowitz. Trite and techno-deterministic as...

#JustTech: Let’s Co-Create Technology to Build Legal Solutions For Vulnerable Communities

How can collaborative legal technology building improve solutions for vulnerable communities?
Big Tech Pay for Data

Data Cheque Point: How Paying People For Data Remains A Fever Dream

Compensation for users based on their data points becomes an unnecessary hurdle to cross — mainly because the limitations of such a model would reap more costs than guaranteed benefits.

Disease Surveillance in India: From SARS-CoV to COVID 19

Amid COVID-19, disease surveillance and early warning detection mechanisms have gained importance across the world.  In India, the role of tracing the outbreak of diseases...

Building Blockchain Solutions for Social Good

How can blockchain solutions be utilised for social impact projects?
Vaishnavi Rathore The Bastion

Why Aren’t We Making Hay as the Sun Shines? Moving to Solar Rooftops

Written by Vaishnavi Rathore with inputs from Arnab Chakraborty The view from one of Dwarka’s apartments initially looks like the typical New Delhi skyline. The...

Technically Speaking, Why is Encryption a Big Deal for the Government?

Hosted by Sourya Reddy Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal Encryption has been the talk of the tech world for the better part of 5 years now. While...

Can Blockchain Solve India’s Corruption Woes?

Let’s consider two people, A and B. A wishes to purchase a piece of land from B. They come to an agreement and proceed...

Going All Out for AI: How Reliance’s Acquisition of Addverb Impacts the Future of...

Reliance has always been a key player in capitalising the modern Indian market. It has been keenly eyeing developments that compliment and compete against...
59 Chinese Apps Banned: What’s India’s Next Move?

59 Chinese Apps Banned: What’s India’s Next Move?

While most of our activities in the physical world have been paused, the digital ecosystem continues to carry forward at an accelerated pace. From...