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Rely on modern geothermal energy to power our AI ambitions

New Delhi, April 22 -- If data is the fuel that powers the digital revolution, data centres are the tanks in which they are stored, primed and kept ready for use when needed. This is why any country l... Read More


Letter from 2035: Did we give Agentic AI too much agency?

New Delhi, April 8 -- The future arrived quietly, wrapped in convenience. When they first appeared on the scene in 2025, AI agents were simple. We used them to schedule meetings, write emails and occa... Read More


Time for the Global South to leverage DPI for climate action

New Delhi, April 1 -- It is unreasonable to expect developing countries to commit to costly climate mitigation strategies when the only reason developed nations are where they are is that they used ch... Read More


X vs Sahyog: Free-speech curbs must have constitutional validity

New Delhi, March 25 -- In a petition before the Karnataka high court, X (formerly Twitter) has challenged the legality of India's Sahyog Portal-a central digital repository that tells social media com... Read More


Food security: Let clean-tech innovation lead the way

New Delhi, March 18 -- Paul Ehrlich's 1968 bestseller, The Population Bomb, opened with an apocalyptic vision of humanity's near future: "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s, hund... Read More


Let's use Assembly Theory to regulate rapidly evolving technologies

New Delhi, March 11 -- Modern technologies are modular, radically interoperable and inter-dependent. Which is why one of the foremost challenges in regulating them is dealing with complexity. I have l... Read More


Rahul Matthan: Data-rich insurance models could fail beyond a point

New Delhi, March 4 -- Insurance is a human innovation that ensures that in moments of crisis, no one individual has to bear the weight of misfortune alone. Pooling risk has allowed us to contract, inn... Read More


We finally have clarity on the role of consent managers under India's privacy law

New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- When India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) was enacted in 2023, it was the first data protection law to reference an entity called the 'Consent Manager.' Howeve... Read More


Network of networks: Data systems can transform India's electricity supply

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- We have gotten so accustomed to the near-universal availability of electricity that we barely spare a thought for the infrastructure behind it. Generating stations dotted across ... Read More


Is anybody out there? The once bustling internet has been falling silent

New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Sometimes, hoping for civil engagement on the internet is like shouting into space. Every attempt at communication draws responses that feel alien-like unfamiliar aggressors atta... Read More