Author: Adarsh

India has moved from a traditional, resource-based economy to one driven by science, innovation and research… For the longest time, India has been a traditional economy, depending on its vast resources. But at long last, the country has shed its follower tag when it comes to technological advancement and is now a global innovator. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh spoke about this at length while addressing the gathering at the recently-concluded India International Science Festival (IISF) in Panchkula. Until very recently, India was all about abundant human capital, huge talent pool and its flourishing software services sector. But thanks to…

According to reports, Apple is expanding satellite capabilities on the iPhone to everyday use… Apple’s satellite connectivity is nothing new. It has been used for SOS messaging since iPhone 14. But according to new reports in Bloomberg, the company is expanding its satellite capabilities to everyday use, like media sharing, navigation and even 5G connectivity. If this plan comes to life, it will change how smartphones stay connected. Especially in areas where cellular data fails! Image Courtesy From Emergency to Everyday Use Satellite connectivity was first introduced in 2022 with the launch of iPhone 14. It allowed users to send…

From ₹10,000 to ₹1,00,000+ – India is Buying Premium Phones In 2025 The iPhone 16 Pro Max costs approximately ₹1,69,900. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 is worth around ₹1,49,900, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra which is ₹1,34,900. Then there is the Xiaomi 14 Ultra which costs around ₹1,29,900. And these are current discounted prices during the festive season. https://www.godigit.com/mobile-insurance/find/top-flagship-phones But that doesn’t seem to deter India from splurging on smartphones because the third quarter of 2025 recorded the highest ever quarterly sales for smartphones in India. It goes to show that consumers are now opting for high end…

Google is working on an artificial intelligence breakthrough towards continual learning through a new technique called nested learning… Picture this… you feed GPT a prompt. You get a response which is good but not quite there yet. So, you add another prompt and then another one. And soon enough, GPT seems to have forgotten parts of the initial context so you have to feed that in again. It’s a common problem where AI keeps forgetting bits of information. Google is trying to fix that issue with its experimental model called HOPE. Designed around a new paradigm called nested learning, HOPE…

Adarsh explains why you should never reuse your passwords, whether on the same site or across different websites. It’s not uncommon. We make a new password and when the time comes to log in again, we just can’t remember what it is. So, we make one blanket password which we use across sites. Your Gmail, your Facebook, your Instagram, your work id, your shopping apps, your streaming platforms and a dozen other login probably have the same password. Convenient, you think. But also… Big mistake! Because having one password across websites is the single biggest security mistake you can make.…

Everything you need to know about Landfall – the powerful spyware campaign – that attacked Samsung Galaxy phones… Cybersecurity researchers have brought to light a powerful spyware campaign called Landfall, that has been exploiting a vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy phones. As per Unit 42, the intelligence team of Palo Alto Networks, this spyware was silently active for several months, giving attackers access into Samsung phones for months, without requiring any clicks from the user. Image Courtesy What is Landfall Spyware? Landfall is a commercial grade android spyware that can be deployed to do broad surveillance on infected devices. It has…

Here are some cool tricks you probably didn’t know you could do with your iPhone… If you don’t have an iPhone, then you don’t have an iPhone, as the tagline goes. But then if you don’t know how to use an iPhone, you still don’t have an iPhone, if you think about it. What’s the point of spending all that money and not using all the cool, unique features that the iOS offers? Here are 17 neat tricks you probably didn’t know your iPhone could perform: 1. Transform into a white noise machine If you have trouble sleeping or focussing,…

Despite hutting hurdles, SpaceX believes the Starship is on track as far as the Mars mission is concerned but timelines remain uncertain… It’s been a while since the Starship – SpaceX’s magnum opus – ceased to be just a concept. Test flights that had commenced since the start of 2025 as well as Elon Musk’s bold announcements have been clear indications that the company is fast moving to the stage of reusable orbital launches – and ultimately the much-awaited mission to Mars. But between that touchdown on the red planet and now stand a bunch of hurdles: in the form…

Google’s billion parameter LLM model has a privacy first approach that could herald the age of safe AI… These days, as Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to learn and build, they are also unintentionally memorising sensitive user data that is readily available on the internet. In the pressure for improved performance, privacy has become a major headache for AI research. To combat that Google has announced VaultGemma, a billion-parameter model that has been trained from the ground up using rigorous differential privacy constraints. And by making public both the model weight as well as a detailed technical report, Google hopes…

Adarsh explores OpenAI’s largest study to date about how people are interacting with ChatGPT… OpenAI recently released its latest study on over 1.5 million human interactions with ChatGPT. The study – while bring released in a privacy preserving manner – shone light on how the nature of engagement between humans and AI has changed over the years. This is no longer about early adopters, niche groups or tech enthusiasts. People of both genders, from high-income as well as low- and middle-income countries are now using ChatGPT for professional and personal reasons. This shift has underlined OpenAI’s firm belief that “access…