Author: Adarsh

Lorem ipsumThe script is getting painfully repetitive now: “We are restructuring to focus on AI.” It sounds like a strategic move. Almost visionary in its approach. After all, AI is the future. And the future is what we need to focus on. But look a little more closely and you will stumble on the complicated truth – it is not what AI can do right now, it is about what is believed AI will do in the future and what companies want it to represent. The shift towards AI is not just a technological shift, it’s in the narrative. Image…

The number of people using social media is increasing and so it is the time spent on these websites, but the number of posts on the sites are dropping… As of March 2026, there are more than 679 million Facebook user accounts from India. There are 517 million user accounts on Instagram as well. In other words, as much as 34.1% of the overall population of the country is on social media sites. But the fact of the matter is that most of them aren’t posting on social media anymore. While they are active on these sites, they do not…

The continuous consumption of content on TikTok and Instagram is taking a toll on our attention spans as well as our mental health… The word ‘brainrot’ started as a joke. A quick google search describes it as “a state of being ‘addled’ by digital noise.” It was named Oxford word of the year in 2024. But two years since then, it seems like it’s less of an internet slang and more of a diagnosis of how we consume content these days. Short-form content generation platforms like Instagram and TikTok have changed not just how we consume content but also how…

Gig workers selling personal data for AI training are sensing opportunity but in reality, are they making themselves obsolete? All your AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude depend on data for training. But as per research, they will run out of content to train on as early as mid-2026. That’s where Priyanka (23) and Laveena (19) come in. Based out of Ranchi and Kanpur respectively, they document their everyday life, sharing photographs, audio clips and video clips to apps like Kled AI or Neon Mobile, that pay contributors for uploading their data to train artificial intelligence models. And they’re not…

In an unprecedented verdict, a Los Angeles jury has ruled Meta and YouTube guilty for social media addiction… As Rupert Breheny, the founder of Cobalt AI, put it: “The algorithm just lost its immunity.” Breheny has a point. Because this verdict could change the future of the internet. In a landmark verdict in the Los Angeles court, the jury has ruled that Meta and YouTube have “intentionally designed addictive products that hooked and eventually harmed” a young user. It also found that both tech companies were negligent and failed to provide adequate warnings about the potential dangers of their products.…

These outages highlight the risk that comes with overreliance on automated systems having control overcritical infrastructure… This might sound like the beginning of a futuristic sci-fi movie where artificial intelligence gets control over humans. While it might not have been as dramatic as that, something of the sort did happen at Amazon Web Services late last year. AWS – the company that provides the infrastructure for much of the internet – suffered two power outages in late 2025 that were caused by AI tools. One of those disruptions lasted 13 hours and affected systems that were used by systems globally.…

A recent study involving 81 headphones models showed that every single one of them had hazardous chemicals… These days people wear headphones everywhere. In the metro, at the gym, even at work. It almost seems like we can’t function without them. In-ear, on-ear, over-ear, headphones, earphones, there are so many brands and varieties. We need them for work, we need them for music, we need them for calls, we even need them to cancel out background noise. But a recent study has shown that we might end up paying a heavy price for our overreliance on these gadgets. A study…

A South African video game Relooted uses high-tech heist gameplay to highlight the issue of stolen African artefacts and the global debate around cultural repatriation… Technology is usually used to recreate history but a new video game called Relooted is rewriting history itself. Developed by South African studio Nyamakop, this heist-style video game is turning a contentious global issue – the return of cultural artefacts stolen during colonial rule back to the countries where they belong – into an interactive digital experience. Released in 2026 for Windows and Xbox Series X/S, this game lets you play as Nomali, a parkour…

Supreme Court Flags AI-Drafted Petitions and the Risks to India’s Legal System This was always bound to happen. In the last few years, Artificial Intelligence has been creeping into all walks of life in some form or the other. It was only a matter of time before the legal system felt its influence. But all change is not good change. The Supreme Court of India has flagged an “alarming trend” of recent petitions that have been drafted using artificial intelligence tools. The problem is that they often cited non-existent judgments and fabricated case laws. Image Courtesy Fabricated Citations and Judicial…

WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature which will make life easier for new members who get added to a group chat… Picture this, you made a WhatsApp group in preparation for Aditi’s wedding. You added all the friends into the group, Nikhil, Priyanka, Laveena, Sharad… everyone. The group has been active ever since it was made, travel plans, stay options, what everyone’s wearing, the dance videos to prep for the sangeeth… This goes on for a week and then Rahul confirms that he can make it to the wedding too. So, he gets added to the group. Now the…