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Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 3, 2022
CICERO TO THE RESCUE!!
Even the most powerful AI had trouble mastering the art of Diplomacy before CICERO appeared.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 26, 2022
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
The fall of FTX proves why many critics consider crypto a massive Ponzi scheme.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 26, 2022
WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?
The perennial debate over national security versus individual privacy has become even more vexing in the digital age.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 19, 2022
SAND BATTERIES: THE NEXT GREEN ENERGY REVOLUTION?
A novel energy storage device that can revolutionise Green initiatives.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 19, 2022
TECH LAYOFFS: HERALDS OF A RECESSION?
The mass layoffs announced abruptly by tech majors are early warnings of a gathering storm.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 12, 2022
SPYWARE: PLAYING WITH FIRE
Increasing cases of spyware targeting citizens jeopardise the fundamental right to privacy.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 5, 2022
BIDEN-XI DECOUPLED?
The most recent American actions threaten China's capacity to buy, produce, and export the semiconductors that power the global economy.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 29, 2022
TAKING ON THE TITAN
Like many European countries, India has finally confronted Google with monopolistic market practices.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 22, 2022
ENTERING THE SPACE INTERNET MARKET
India's collaboration with the UK-owned One Web promises the availability of space-based internet at affordable prices.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 15, 2022
THE DART MISSION, A SUCCESS?
The success of NASA’s DART mission could create an anti-asteroid shield for our planet.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 1, 2022
AN AUSSIE SCARE
The Optus data breach is a mix of luck, negligence, and collateral damage.
Technology - Insights - Sep 20, 2022
A DIGITAL FUTURE FOR ALL
In an expanding digital universe, digital inequities are no longer acceptable if the world has to make real progress.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 20, 2022
TAMING BIG TECH
Chinese Internet behemoths such as Alibaba & Byte Dance have handed over data to the Chinese Government for the first time.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 13, 2022
CONTROLLING CATASTROPHES WITH A CONSOLE
Video games and machine learning can prepare us to survive apocalyptical climatic events
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 13, 2022
FIGHT FOR SILICON SUPREMACY
The U.S. is in no mood to surrender its technological supremacy to a pretender from Asia.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - May 28, 2022
Internet Rivalry in Space
Elon Musk’s vast network of Starlink satellites enabled President Zelensky of Ukraine to launch incessant media blitz despite the Russian attempt to blank out his internet communications
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 12, 2022
A Golden Goose for the Exchequer
While the MEITY has advocated for the sale of public data to further India’s five trillion-dollar economy, it should be careful to not paper over the privacy cracks.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 21, 2022
Crypto's Dark Side
If cryptos continue to facilitate illicit transactions, it will harm mainstream adoption and change regulator attitudes, leading to heavier restrictions in the long run.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 18, 2021
Decluttering Space
With the recent testing of an anti-satellite weapon by Russia, the spectre of space debris has come back to haunt the international community.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 22, 2021
Sci-fi Turned Reality!
Metaverse mixes the real world with virtual reality in real-time, creating new paradigms for life on this planet. But will it be equitable and safe?