It's issue #157 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here's what we've been reading of late.
ONDC has been all the rage and been pipped as the 'Swiggy-Zomato killer'. Social media can't stop talking about the cheaper rates and free delivery that it offers. The reactions though, seem to be mixed at this point.
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An obituary for the latest fad to join the tech graveyard.
Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"
Leaked Internal Google Document Claims Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google and OpenAI.
Why Chatbots Are Not the Future
Chatbots are a terrible interface for LLMs and need added controls and affordances to make them more usable.
The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack Ever
The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation.
Hard truths about India’s population
We’re now the most populous country in the world! We have overtaken China and we have 1.429 billion people. Or at least, that’s what the UN says.
From Odisha to Kerala, a bus of climate migrants
Rising sea levels drove them out of their homes. Then, scant economic opportunities led them thousands of kilometres across the country.
Doctors have performed brain surgery on a fetus in one of the first operations of its kind
A baby girl who developed a life-threatening brain condition was successfully treated before she was born—and is now a healthy seven-week-old.
Ubisoft proves the most important trend in video games didn’t happen overnight
“No one is questioning or needs to know why we’re making games accessible these days.”
‘Remarkable’ AI tool designs mRNA vaccines that are more potent and stable
Software from Baidu Research yields jabs for COVID that have greater shelf stability and that trigger a larger antibody response in mice than conventionally designed shots.
India’s religious AI chatbots are speaking in the voice of god — and condoning violence
Claiming wisdom based on the Bhagavad Gita, the bots frequently go way off script.
The people living ultra-low-carbon lifestyles
To tackle climate change, many of us need to cut our carbon footprints. But what do truly low-carbon lifestyles look like – and can they really be achieved by personal choice alone?
Honorary mentions
Detailed image of the human retina 👁️
The last days of a 350-year-old family farm 🚜
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