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Tech To Decrease Food Loss & Increase Farmer Incomes

Food loss after harvest has economic implications for the farmer and also impacts the environment due to loss of agricultural…

2 days ago
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If AI Steals Jobs, Who’ll Be Left To Buy Stuff?

Economics has good news for workers fearing joblessness due to the rise of AI – only labour consumes, and the…

1 week ago
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Why Are So Many Robots White?

Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like…

3 months ago
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How To Protect Your Data Privacy

Perfect safety is no more possible online than it is when driving on a crowded road with strangers or walking…

3 months ago
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How Rapid Technological Changes Might Impact Our Future

Bewilderingly rapid changes are happening in the technology and reach of computer systems. There are exciting advances in artificial intelligence,…

3 months ago
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Can Carbon Capture Help Us Achieve Net Zero?

India’s decarbonisation plans have an Everest to climb. The government aims to reach ‘net zero’ by 2070, and achieving this…

4 months ago
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Domestic Violence: Can Tech Help Tackle It?

The murder of a young woman named Lilie James in the toilet block of a Sydney school by her former…

5 months ago
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Has The Indian Government Managed To Clean The Ganga At Last?

Devi, a 26-year-old woman who survives on the daily wages earned by her husband, lives in a small house by…

7 months ago
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Uniting Tech, Activism To Monitor Sand Mining In India

A West Bengal-based non-profit organisation has launched a new platform ­– India Sand Watch – which aims to monitor every…

9 months ago
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Privacy Concerns Rise As Wildlife Surveillance Tech ‘Watches’ People

In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India photographed an unsuspecting woman. The…

9 months ago
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Why India Can Afford To Wait And Watch Before Regulating AI

India’s position on regulating AI has swung between extremes – from no regulation to regulation based on a “risk-based, no-harm”…

9 months ago
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Is AI A Threat To Humanity?

The rise of ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence systems has been accompanied by a sharp increase in anxiety about AI.…

10 months ago
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The Simple Technology That Is Helping Women Escape Poverty

More women than men are poor, more women live with food insecurity, and in the majority of countries in the…

2 years ago
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‘Deep Journalism’, Better Govt And How They Are Linked

Deep learning, big data and other new technologies are set to transform the way governments determine what is in the…

2 years ago
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How Tech Is Alienating People And It’s Not Just The Elders

We take it for granted that technology brings people closer together and improves our access to essential products and services.…

2 years ago
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South Asia’s Toxic Battery Recycling Problem

Lakhan feels like he has won a lottery today. The 45-year-old scrap buyer has purchased a dead car battery from…

2 years ago
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How Humanity’s First Technological Revolution Came To Be

For the first few million years of human evolution, technologies changed slowly. Some three million years ago, our ancestors were…

2 years ago
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5 Sustainable Solutions To Tackle Extreme Heat In South Asia

As the world warms, there is an urgent need to find ways to keep people cool. This year, several deadly…

2 years ago
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WhatsApp Sues Indian Govt, Says New IT Rules Will End Privacy

WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint against the Indian government in New Delhi seeking to block new IT regulations coming…

3 years ago

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