Posts from the technology category.
Streaming can tie a boulder to itself and jump into the Atlantic. Streaming platforms made music available - and what did Napster / Limewire / DC++ do? Napster was villified - it stole from artists. And what does Spotify / Tidal / Deezer et al do exactly?At least DC++ never told me that a certain album was not available in my country. Or that the sampling rate would change mid listen. Or Ads. Dear...
I remember noticing my hands first.They were still holding the book, long after the sentence had ended. Not gripping it. Just resting there, as if letting go would mean admitting the moment was over. The room had begun to dim in that slow, undecided way evenings do — neither day nor night, just tired of choosing. I was slouched, slightly crooked, aware that my body had been still for too long. The...
There are books that arrive quietly, like soft rain tapping on a window. And then there are books like Wellness — that kick the door open, sit across from you in the dim light of a late-night café, and ask the kind of questions you’ve been trying very hard not to look at directly. The kind of questions that feel like staring into a mirror for too long.What if love isn’t something we fall into once...
It was the day off when Ravi came to meet Meera. They left in the morning and took an early train into the center of the lunar colony. The deeper layer had offices but the first two layers were filled with commercial shopping complexes. Meera had not yet received her first salary so she purchased only basic things she needed. Ravi was in the electronics shop for a while. They went to have brunch t...
Meera and Shruti walked up to the elevator and went up to the train station. They only “spoke” on an app that was local to the Moon. Ravi was a hosting the app on a server in his house. They left Discord looking at the number of surveillance software installations. But, running the scanning software had become second nature to Meera. Shruti pointed to her phone with her eyes. Meera looked around a...
Meera sat in the seat next to the porthole through which she could look outside the rocket. Everything was grey. The body of the rocket was grey, the back of the seat on which the entertainment display was mounted was grey, the body of the rocket was grey, and the Moon ahead was grey. She was also not entirely certain what she was going to do once she was on the Moon. She just knew she wanted to g...
You know that strange moment when you realize your phone somehow knows you better than you know yourself? Like the time I searched for “running shoes” once and, for the next week, Instagram behaved as though I was preparing for the Olympics. That’s the feeling I carried with me as I opened The Algorithmic Fortress: Securing Our Future in the Age of Generative AI and Omnipresent Data by Tanvi Desai...
The Indian Government’s Real Money Gaming Ban:India’s online gaming industry was jolted this August when the government enacted the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, imposing a blanket ban on all real-money online games—regardless of whether the outcome is based on skill or chance. The Bill radically redefines the landscape for gaming and fantasy sports platforms, triggering a ...
A few weeks ago, I watched a toddler at a café being spoon-fed by his mother. In one hand, she held a small bowl; in the other, an iPhone streaming bright, animated videos. The child’s eyes never left the screen — not even for a second. It struck me how “normal” this scene has become, and yet how unnatural it really is. That’s exactly the uncomfortable truth Jonathan Haidt tackles in The Anxious G...
If you’ve heard about LLMs.txt but aren’t sure what it does or why it matters, you’re not alone. This small file might sound technical but it plays a big role in how your website is seen and used by AI models. In 2025, with AI-generated content everywhere from chatbots to search assistants, controlling how your content is accessed is no longer optional.This post explains what LLMs.txt is, why it...
