It's issue #181 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here's what we've been reading of late.
Here's an interesting story - An Indian inventor who impacted nearly every last person on the planet - read more about it here.
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The future of product led growth is Design
Why design (and designers) will be drivers of this customer-centric motion.
Is $1Tn Lending the Ultimate Goldmine for Fintech?
The start of the month reported an explosion in consumer loans, hot on the heels of the massive Global Fintech Fest where $2B worth of deals focused on lending were signed.
The joys and agonies of being a sports educator in India
The subject is widely disregarded and poorly funded. Despite these challenges, some teachers help students scale great heights and access further opportunities.
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
IBM has made a new, highly efficient AI processor
A very unusual chip design provides a distinct approach to cutting AI's energy cost.
A Google piece on how marketers are starting to use generative AI.
How a two-decade-old matter on the tax treatment of licence fees might finally have closure.
The poster’s guide to the internet of the future
The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody.
Fossilized Molecules Reveal a Lost World of Ancient Life
A new analysis of billion-year-old sediments fills a gap in the fossil record, uncovering a dynasty of early eukaryotes that may have gone on to shape the history of life on Earth.
How China’s EV Boom Caught Western Car Companies Asleep at the Wheel
Auto execs in the US, Europe, and Japan never thought Chinese EVs were a threat. Now they’re coming to wipe the floor with their Western counterparts.
Honorary mentions
Costco's $9B clothes business, explained
Rest of World’s 2023 global party playlist
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