Tracking Elections Globally & Tech in the Middle East Hi there! It’s issue #206 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. When Tarun Mehta and his co-founder Swapnil Jain — both engineering graduates from the elite Indian Institute of Technology Madras — founded…

Amazon’s Failed Experiment & Google’s New Productivity Tool Hi there! It’s issue #205 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Amazon is giving up on the cashier-less “Just Walk Out” technology at its Amazon Fresh grocery stores. The Information reports that new stores…

Unmasking Truth Amongst Bias Hi there, This is the twenty fourth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – How to operate a design team in a manner that bias is reduced to a lowest possible denomination. We hope you gain something from this read.…

The AI Apocalypse & Why We Hate Speaking to Robots Hi there! It’s issue #203 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. There’s a strong arguement that chatbots are mostly a one-sided revolution; increasing efficiency for businesses, whilst generally irritating consumers. And the…

Human Level AI is Nearly Here Hi there! It’s issue #202 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. “We will get there within 5 years,” says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about when to expect human-level AI.” – Read all about it here Back…

American Ambanis and Bags Made of Air Hi there! It’s issue #201 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Back Elon Musk says ‘AI will probably be smarter than any single human by next year’. How close are we to AGI? Note: If…

Dark Patterns are Now Illegal in India Hi there, This is the twenty third edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – India’s crackdown on dark patterns in digital products. We hope you enjoy this riveting topic we explored. Note: If you are new here,…

Breakthrough Cancer Treatment and Gaganyaan Mission Hi there! It’s issue #199 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. The Gaganyaan mission aims to send three astronauts to an orbit of 400km and bring them back after three days. India has unveiled four Air…

Open AI’s Sora, Google’s Gemini and The Tesla Killer Hi there! It’s issue #198 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. AI startup OpenAI has unveiled a text-to-video model, called Sora, which could raise the bar for what’s possible in generative AI. Internet…

ChatGPT’s Memory and Future of Design Hi there! It’s issue #197 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Around 68% of Chief Experience Officers (CXOs) in Indian tech-services companies believe that Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) will exert a high to existential impact…

Digital Products, Shaping Us. Hi there, This is the twenty second edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – Digital products and the long term impact they have had, and will have as we go forward. We hope you enjoy this new format. Note: If…

Chasing Eternal Life & ArmyGPT Hi there! It’s issue #195 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. We have officially entered the era of telepathic tech – Read all about it here. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to…

Robotaxis, Holotile Floor and The Cost of Personalization Hi there! It’s issue #194 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. A European probe has found massive ice deposits beneath the equator of Mars, a finding that could alter our fundamental understanding of the…

Nuclear Batteries and AI Collaboration with Design Hi there! It’s issue #193 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. AI has become an over-hyped buzzword and the design world is no exception. Instead of resisting it, designers will soon be co-creating with AI.…

Design Unicorns and the Cool Side of HealthTech Hi there! It’s issue #192 of DNT Weekly and before we start, got an interesting update on Cassini to share. Every designer has a stash of useful resources they save in their own ways. We at Canvs have curated one such repo, starting with Branding and Packaging…

Academic Reading for Designers Hi there, This is the twenty first edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – Deep, more academic reading for designers (and non-designers alike.) We hope you enjoy the reads. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to…

The Phrase that Ruled the Internet in 2023 Hi there! This is issue #190 of DNT Weekly – Our last issue of the year. We hope your year-end holidays are treating you well, and we hope the new year sees some good times for you and your loved ones. Beyond artificial intelligence and Elon Musk…

A Golden Age for Medicine & the AI Era Hi there! It’s issue #190 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Design software company Figma is launching its first dedicated piece of hardware. The Figma Creator Micro is effectively a small mechanical keyboard…

COP28 Drama & Biodiverse Emojis Hi there! It’s issue #188 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. With general elections around the corner, Raqib Hameed Naik’s digital hate speech database has its work cut out. – Read all about it here. Note: If…

The Burnout Society Hi there, This is the twentieth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – Why slowing down might be an option that is of dire necessity to us and those around us in this productivity-obsessed world. We hope you enjoy. Note: If…

Trouble at Binance and Byju’s Hi there! It’s issue #186 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. From modernizing maternal medicine to financing the credit invisible, these technologies are making the world a better place – Read all about it here. Note: If…

OpenAI Drama and Golden Age for Superconductivity Research Hi there! It’s issue #185 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Three days, three CEOS, and then back to square one – here’s all you need to know about the Open AI drama. Note:…

The Impactful Indian Inventor and The Deadly Data Poisoning Tool Hi there! It’s issue #181 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Here’s an interesting story – An Indian inventor who impacted nearly every last person on the planet – read more about…

OpenAI, Nvidia and How To Write in Water Hi there! It’s issue #175 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. At its fall annual iPhone event, Apple debuted the new iPhone 15 series, new Apple Watches, and updated AirPods with USB-C with a…

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…