Hi there! It's issue #138 of DNT Weekly and this will be the last D&T edition for the year 2022. On that note we hope you and yours have a wonderful year-end. Here's what we've been reading.
As we close the year, let's spend a quick moment appreciating some of the dumbest moments in tech from the past year. Enjoy
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What trended in South Asia in 2022?
Indian music ruled #InstaTrends and Pakistanis were hooked to cricket.
In 2022, cozy games went from niche to video game fixture
TikTok and Instagram brought together a community of gamers obsessed with comfort over competition.
Microsoft Gambles on ‘Nice Guy’ Strategy to Close Activision Megadeal
Federal regulators have sued to block the $69 billion acquisition, but the company has settled on a path forward and is preparing to force the issue.
An EV-plosion awaits in 2023, and it’ll be packed with tech
2022 was the year that electric vehicles entered the mainstream. Not everyone has one, but buying an EV no longer makes you an outlier. Over the next year, that landscape will develop beyond the foundations of 2022. Here are some of our best guesses for what you can expect.
India's central bank says cryptocurrencies could spark the next financial crisis
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has warned that cryptocurrencies could cause the next global financial crisis if allowed to grow, even in a regulated manner.
ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists
The company’s internal investigation showed that workers also obtained data on a small number of other U.S. users.
A New Computer Proof ‘Blows Up’ Centuries-Old Fluid Equations
For more than 250 years, mathematicians have wondered if the Euler equations might sometimes fail to describe a fluid’s flow. Now there’s a breakthrough.
Tesla Will Reportedly Slow Down Production at Shanghai Plant
Other reports have shown the EV maker had planned to pause work at its main production plant, but that will extend further into 2023.
The artist used 'midjourney' to create the AI artwork and his profile also features several other offbeat, interesting and fascinating work.
Public policies and institutions should be designed to ensure that innovations are improving the world; but as matters stand, many technologies are being deployed in a vacuum, with advances in artificial intelligence raising one red flag after another. The era of light-touch self-regulation must end.
Honorary mentions
This Asteroid Impact Simulator Lets You Destroy the World 🔫
This new visual tool can help assess burnout on your team 🫶
The most bizarre AI art of 2022 🎭
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