D&T Issue 181
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…
D&T Issue 175
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…
D&T Special Edition #17
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…
D&T Issue 173
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…
D&T Issue 172
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…
D&T Issue 171
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…
D&T Issue 170
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…
D&T Issue 162
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…
D&T Special Edition #14
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…
D&T Issue 160
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…
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D&T Issue 159
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 -…
D&T Issue 158
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…
D&T Issue 157
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…
D&T Special Edition #13
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…
D&T Issue 155
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…
D&T Issue 154
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…
D&T Issue 153
#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…
D&T Special Edition #12
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…
D&T Issue 151
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…
D&T Issue 150
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…
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D&T Issue 181
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…
D&T Issue 175
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…
D&T Special Edition #17
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…
D&T Issue 173
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…
D&T Issue 172
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…
D&T Issue 171
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…
D&T Issue 170
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…
D&T Issue 162
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…
D&T Special Edition #14
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…
D&T Issue 160
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…
D&T Issue 159
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 -…
D&T Issue 158
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…
D&T Issue 157
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…
D&T Special Edition #13
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…
D&T Issue 155
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…
D&T Issue 154
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…
D&T Issue 153
#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…
D&T Special Edition #12
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…
D&T Issue 151
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…
D&T Issue 150
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…
D&T Issue 149
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…
D&T Issue 148
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…
D&T Special Edition #11
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…
D&T Issue 146
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…
D&T Issue 145
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…
D&T Issue 144
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…
D&T Special Edition #10
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…
D&T Issue 142
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.…
D&T Issue 141
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…
D&T Issue 140
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…
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D&T Issue 181
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…
D&T Issue 175
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…
D&T Special Edition #17
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…
D&T Issue 173
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…
D&T Issue 172
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…
D&T Issue 171
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…
D&T Issue 170
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…
D&T Issue 162
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…
D&T Special Edition #14
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…
D&T Issue 160
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…
D&T Issue 159
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 -…
D&T Issue 158
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…
D&T Issue 157
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…
D&T Special Edition #13
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…
D&T Issue 155
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…
D&T Issue 154
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…
D&T Issue 153
#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…
D&T Special Edition #12
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…
D&T Issue 151
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…
D&T Issue 150
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…
D&T Issue 149
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…
D&T Issue 148
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…
D&T Special Edition #11
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…
D&T Issue 146
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…
D&T Issue 145
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…
D&T Issue 144
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…
D&T Special Edition #10
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…
D&T Issue 142
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.…
D&T Issue 141
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…
D&T Issue 140
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…
D&T Special Edition #9
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…
D&T Issue 138
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…
D&T Issue 137
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…
D&T Issue 136
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…
D&T Special Edition #8
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…
D&T Issue 134
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…
D&T Issue 133
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…
D&T Issue 132
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…
D&T Issue 131
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…
D&T Special Edition #7
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…
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D&T Issue 181
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…
D&T Issue 175
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…
D&T Special Edition #17
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…
D&T Issue 173
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…
D&T Issue 172
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…
D&T Issue 171
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…
D&T Issue 170
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…
D&T Issue 162
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…
D&T Special Edition #14
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…
D&T Issue 160
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…
D&T Issue 159
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 -…
D&T Issue 158
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…
D&T Issue 157
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…
D&T Special Edition #13
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…
D&T Issue 155
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…
D&T Issue 154
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…
D&T Issue 153
#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…
D&T Special Edition #12
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…
D&T Issue 151
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…
D&T Issue 150
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…
D&T Issue 149
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…
D&T Issue 148
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…
D&T Special Edition #11
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…
D&T Issue 146
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…
D&T Issue 145
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…
D&T Issue 144
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…
D&T Special Edition #10
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…
D&T Issue 142
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.…
D&T Issue 141
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…
D&T Issue 140
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…
D&T Special Edition #9
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…
D&T Issue 138
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…
D&T Issue 137
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…
D&T Issue 136
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…
D&T Special Edition #8
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…
D&T Issue 134
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…
D&T Issue 133
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…
D&T Issue 132
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…
D&T Issue 131
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…
D&T Special Edition #7
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…
D&T Issue 129
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…
D&T Issue 128
Games, Brains & War Hi there! Mark Zuckerberg’s tech empire has a long history of using centralized systems to hurt users. Now it’s trying to join Web3. 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 subscribe here. Games are…
D&T Issue 127
Coding in a Warzone & Floating Farms Hi there! Success! NASA says DART really clocked that asteroid. Two weeks after the spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, researchers determined that it knocked the space rock 32 minutes off its old orbit. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t…
D&T Special Edition #6
Designers Need to Get Moving (with Motion Design) Hi there! This is the sixth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – Why motion is not just an embellishment to UI designer, but a core part of the design process. Note: If you are new…
D&T Issue 125
Hunger & the Size of Infinity Hi there! Forget ‘Armageddon,’ this test will reveal how well NASA can deflect an asteroid heading for Earth. 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 subscribe here. Do designers need flexibility training?…
D&T Issue 124
Figma Sells out & India’s Battery as a Service Revolution Hi there! It’s been just under a week, and the Canvs team is still reeling. Figma has been bought out for approximately 20 billion dollars by Adobe, godspeed to all fellow product designers. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the…
D&T Issue 123
Dynamic Island, War, Peace and Semiconductors Hi there! Remember Fyre Festival? Well Billy McFarland is out of jail and ready for his next move five years after the horrid event. Apparently, the convicted fraudster is convinced this will be quite a comeback. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter…
D&T Special Edition #5
Tech: A Necessary Evil in Today’s Day? Hi there! This is the fifth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – Tech is a necessary evil in today’s day, and design can help ease the pain of needing this resource on a constant basis. We…
D&T Issue 121
Gamifying employee engagement and the aborted moon mission Hi there! For this week’s dose of divine irony – Meta is building AI that is designed to fact-check a large mass (approx 6.5 million) articles on Wikipedia. The team has started developing building blocks for the next generation of citation tools by training neural networks to…
D&T Issue 120
Fevicol’s Monopoly and Robots That Think For Themselves Hi there! Social media’s arbitrary power should worry individuals and societies alike; From Brazil’s Bolsonaro to Latin America’s struggling freelancers, the power of social media companies is affecting everyone in the region and across the globe alike. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing…
D&T Issue 119
Fevicol’s Monopoly and Robots That Think For Themselves Hi there! China’s satellite tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 on August 16 arrived at Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota Port, despite India and the U.S. voicing concern with Colombo over the military ship’s visit. Hours after the vessel reached the Sri Lankan port, China said the “marine scientific…
D&T Issue 118
Algorithmic Anxiety and The Glitch In Our Satellites Hi there! The man who created the famous turtleneck that was donned by Steve Jobs, along with a hundred other pathbreaking fashion standards, has passed away. Take a retrospective look at Issey Miyake’s life – from surviving the bombing at Hiroshima, to becoming one of the most…
D&T Special Edition #4
Offboarding: Saying goodbye with grace Hi there! This is the fourth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – How to ideally say goodbye to people, because not everybody will want to stick around in your product. We hope you enjoy this new format. Note:…
D&T Issue 116
Selling Shares of Yourself and Solving the Right Problems Hi there! As Zomato stock price falls to a record low, memes rise on twitter. A telling lesson in what is to expect from the coming times along with a potentially needed attitude adjustment. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the…
D&T Issue 115
Browserstack’s incredible story and the world’s most powerful banker Hi there! ‘Big Tech’ companies might find themselves in some new trouble in India. Taking lessons from Australia, the Indian government now has plans to make Big Tech companies pay for news that is featured on their platforms to the respective publications. Note: If you are…
D&T Issue 114
A New View of the Universe and Universal UI Hi there! NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far. Webb’s First Deep Field is galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and it is teeming with thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in…
D&T Special Edition #3
The Anatomy of Emotional Design Hi there! This is the third edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – designing effectively to bring out the right emotions in users. We hope you enjoy this read. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing…
D&T Issue 112
Bizarre Military Tech and From Canvas to NFT Hi there! If you’ve been trying to use Dall-E and haven’t received your access yet, here’s a minified “meme machine” version of the mind boggling experience that is generating images through text. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you…
D&T Issue 111
Green Steel and AI for Cricket Hi there! Cricket is not a subject we bring up often (or at all) in this newsletter, but it has been changing for many reasons close to our fields of interest. One of those is artificial intelligence. From finding the sweet spot of the bat to transforming the viewer…
D&T Issue 110
Opinionated Algorithms and Lego Processors Hi there! When you’re a company as gargantuan as Apple, what would seem like a small feature add on to it can mean a drastic and sudden end for entire businesses – Check out how apple potentially did this to 15+ companies in nearly under an hour. Note: If you…
D&T Issue 181
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…
D&T Issue 175
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…
D&T Special Edition #17
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…
D&T Issue 173
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…
D&T Issue 172
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…
D&T Issue 171
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…
D&T Issue 170
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…
D&T Issue 162
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…
D&T Special Edition #14
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…
D&T Issue 160
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…