Harnessing Rejection Better Hi there, Before we get into this week’s Special – did you know we have a product in an open beta? We launched Cassini last week and have been getting some great responses. You can try it for free here! Now back to our usual programming. This is the seventeenth edition of…

Big Tech, Zero UI and Nike’s Marketing Blindspot Hi there! It’s issue #170 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Sam Altman is in the news again. This time it’s for Worldcoin. The project is backed by some of tech’s biggest stars, but…

Moon Mission Mania and Big Tech’s Fake Work Problem Hi there! It’s issue #166 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Sam Altman is in the new again and this time it’s for nuclear energy. Artificial intelligence will demand a lot of energy…

OceanGate Saga And AI, The First New UI Paradigm in 60 yrs Hi there! It’s issue #164 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Bard, Google’s AI chatbot, may not be as popular as storied rival ChatGPT, but that isn’t holding the search…

Jony Ive’s Creative Process and End of Easy Startup Money Hi there! It’s issue #163 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Artist Stuart Semple has no love for Adobe’s subscription-based business model. That’s why he’s launched a Kickstarter campaign to create an…

India’s ‘e-Conomy’ and Rise of Spatial Design Hi there! It’s issue #162 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Sam Altman seems to have rubbed some Indian the wrong way. The OpenAI CEO’s dismissal of an Indian competitor launched a debate over the…

Will Designers Replace the Real World? Hi there! This is the fourteenth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – ‘Will designers replace the real world?’ We hope you enjoy this edition. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter…

NVIDIA, a Trillion Dollar Co & a 100,000-Qubit Quantum Computer Hi there! It’s issue #160 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Adobe made a very successful shift to subscription SaaS in the last decade, and now it’s trying the same with generative…

Ultimate Figma Cheatsheet and Meta’s New AI Models Hi there! It’s issue #159 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Much to our relief, the term “Safe AI” seems to have entered the chat, and it seems to be drawing big money -…

Designers Replacing the Real World & the Real Material You Hi there! It’s issue #158 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Now that AI is all the rage across the tech world, it has also gotten the attention of the lawmakers. Here’s…

The Swiggy Killer and An Obituary For the Metaverse Hi there! 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…

3 Years and 8000+ readers later Hi there! This is the thirteenth edition of D&T Special, and more importantly, the edition that marks three years of this newsletter! We’re extremely gratified in delivering these stories to our 8000+ readers, and we aim to keep going stronger! Today’s topic – Living the good life in the…

Holy Nuclear Grails & Africa’s Love Story with Crypto Hi there! It’s issue #155 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Global information technology markets have been marked by a slowdown over the past year, resulting in uncertainty about the future of this…

Cadbury’s Streisand Moment and the Infamous AI Hi there! It’s issue #154 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Hundreds of years after the first try, we can finally read a Ptolemy text – read all about it. Note: If you are new…

#Influential in India & Socialist AI Hi there! It’s issue #153 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. “AI is developing at a speed way beyond our imagination. Two people could potentially do the work that used to be done by 10,” Says…

Visual delights’ importance in the world of gamification Hi there! This is the twelfth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic: Visual delights’ importance in the world of gamification. We hope you enjoy this. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to…

Seeing the Face of God in a Semiconductor & ChatGPT’s Eyes and Ears Hi there! It’s issue #151 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. With few jobs, India’s youth are turning to the gig economy, scam call centres and AI microwork for…

Thinking Beyond the Valley and Learning to Slow Down Hi there! It’s issue #150 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble – read all about it. Note: If you are new here, we’d…

Fusion, Design & All Things AI Hi there! It’s issue #149 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. On 7th March, Silicon Valley Bank tweeted, “Proud to be on @Forbes’ annual ranking of America’s Best Banks…” By 10th March, SVB’s stock price had…