Beyond Digital | Technology Transformation | Enterprise Strategy
It’s the digital age and we’re drowning in information, but starving for truth. Every day, millions of people scroll through news feeds packed with headlines designed not just to inform but to provoke. Some of it is harmless nonsense like celebrity gossip that turns out …
I bet not many of you have yet heard about India’s expanding Sanchar Saathi initiative. TLDR: It’s a “citizen-centric” telecom security platform or app that’s meant to help the Indian government block stolen phones, verify device authenticity, track SIM connections, and report fraudulent communication. Sanchar …
Welcome to the age of the algorithm. If you live in the US, you might’ve heard that the retailer, Target has recently started playing a new game with the data it knows about you and as a result, your data just made your groceries more …
I was rushing through my morning routine earlier, prepping for yet another flight, my umpteenth this year, when frustration suddenly hit. I was squeezed between back-to-back meetings before takeoff and presentations waiting the moment I landed, and it struck me: why is air travel still …
Is this “Hustle-Culture”? Soham Parekh is a Mumbai-based software engineer who simultaneously worked for multiple Silicon Valley startups over the last 2 years. His case has presented the tech world a very fascinating ethical dilemma that personally, I think transcends the simple questions of workplace …
Apple, last week, entered the AI debate in a very interesting way. They published a Whitepaper that basically challenges the AI industry’s core assumptions on machine learning and reasoning… Apple’s research suggests that large reasoning models (LRMs) that form the basis for AI’s complex problem …
“Your data has been compromised.” These five words have become so common in my inbox that they’ve almost lost their capacity to alarm me anymore. The first time I ever saw this announcement, I realised that I’d probably need to quit my day job just …
Innovation has become something of a paradox in many large orgs today. On the surface, companies claim to value creativity and new ideas, yet in practice, they often stifle internal innovation in favour of acquiring startups. This approach, while tempting, is a short-term fix that …
Some 4 years ago, Apple Inc. gifted us their latest (at the time) innovation in music headphones, the AirPods Max. When I saw my first pair, like anyone faced with a new tech device, I looked around for the power button but couldn’t find any. …
If you were born in the 20th century then like me you’d probably remember a time when memorising phone numbers was a thing. In the 21st century that feat has passed for a ‘lost art’. Today we outsource our memory to Silicon Valley companies and …