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…

Fusion, Design & All Things AI Hi there! It’s issue #148 of DNT Weekly and we would like to open by wishing all the amazing women out there, a Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s get into what we’ve been been reading this week. Three years after it was first announced, the Centre is set to…

The Major Impact and Future of Browsers Hi there! This is the eleventh edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – Web browsers, and our changing relationships with them, along with the changing relationship of browsers with technology as a whole. Note: If you are…

AI Powered Immortality and E-Pharmacy Troubles Hi there! It’s issue #146 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. For as long as we’ve been around, human beings have fought against the inevitability of death. This struggle has given rise to religions that have…

Physics Defying UX & Romance Novel Design Hi there! It’s issue #145 of DNT Weekly and this week, we want to open by thanking all the people who are, in one way or the other, helping or contributing to the rescue efforts in Turkey. After a series of earthquakes struck Turkey last week, the country…

Loving & Regulating Robots Hi there! It’s issue #144 of DNT Weekly and the week has been quite eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading. A new poll from McAfee suggests that AI-assisted missives could quickly change the nature of romantic courtship. So it becomes important to wonder, are you sure a human wrote that love…

Artists vs Algorithms Hi there! This is our tenth edition of D&T Special! We’re nearing a year of this format of D&T and we’re glad to be delivering these longer takes on our thoughts around design and tech. Now back to our regular programming. Today’s topic – How to consume the internet without the internet…

The End of Easy Money and ChatGPT Sweatshops Hi there! It’s issue #142 of DNT Weekly and the week has been quite eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading. Rock-bottom rates were the secret engine fueling the world of the $1 billion start-up, and virtual attempts to conquer the physical world. But in 2023, reality bites.…

Artistry vs the Algorithm and AI Lawyers Hi there! It’s issue #141 of DNT Weekly and the week has been quite eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading. AI is now fully mainstream. If you weren’t already conviced, Microsoft is in the process of buying out a huge stake in the company ($10bn investment) and is…

The chip that changed the world & AI solving loneliness Hi there! It’s issue #140 of DNT Weekly and the week has been quite eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading. India’s payment ecosystem is set to receive updates that will propel it to become a global leader in financial tools for consumers. This year, the…

The Dire Importance of Context in Design Hi there! This is the ninth edition of D&T Special and our first in the new year! As you know, the special is a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team, but before we get into that, we wanted to share a retrospective that the…

Our Last Edition for 2022 Hi there! It’s issue #138 of DNT Weekly and this will be the last D&T edition for the year 2022. On that note we hope you and yours have a wonderful year-end. Here’s what we’ve been reading. As we close the year, let’s spend a quick moment appreciating some of…

Code Snippets That Changed the World & Text to 3D Hi there! It’s issue #137 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Every year the world seems to get more digital, but at least until the metaverse takes over, our lives continue to…

Dark ChatGPT & The Chocolate Effect Hi there! It’s issue #136 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. OpenAI’s newly unveiled ChatGPT bot is making waves when it comes to all the amazing things it can do—from writing music to coding to generating…

Humans Hate Loss, Let’s Discuss Hi there! This is the eighth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – People are dreadfully fearful of loss, and how humans navigate narratives around that thought. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the…

Visual Delight Vs Gamification & The AI War Hi there! It’s issue #134 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Like the rest of us, you also may be quite reliant on your OTT services and endless access to new kinds of medium…

Privacy, Democracy and Cryptocurrency Hi there! It’s issue #133 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Regardless of the goofy exterior, Elon is putting up, the kinds of serious mass-scale political threat he could create with his strategy on Twitter is frightening. Read…

The Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin & Pondering over Blackholes Hi there! It’s issue #131 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. The Ambaniverse – a term that concerns as much as it amuses the Canvs team. From food to gadgets to sports, explore…

Memory-Safe Code and Open Open AI Hi there! It’s tiring news, but newsworthy nonetheless – here’s the entire twitter saga in short, in case you have been squished under a rock. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on the future updates. You can…

Notifications Need Better Design Hi there! This is the seventh edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – How notifications require some much needed attention. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on the…

Luxury Surveillance & Telescopes on the Moon Hi there! Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in September, but she resigned six weeks later. In the latest leadership contest, Mr Sunak racked up the support of his fellow MPs early, and fast. He crossed the 100 nominations he needed long before the deadline – including from…