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Why the Web Needs the Little Miracle of 3QuarksDaily
The cross-disciplinary curatorial website represents a pocket of humanity in an increasingly amoral, algorithmic internet. Screeshot of the 3QuarksDaily website, with a quote by Ken Roth, 1993...
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Talking To Sherry Turkle About Relational Communication and the Digital Media
“I believe that unconstrained, face-to-face conversation is the only way we can build empathy. Without it, there’s little hope for meaningful human interaction.” Sherry Turkle delivering her TED talk....
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How Sexual Partner Abuse Has Changed With Social Media
Threats to humiliate an intimate partner by sharing explicit photos or video is an old problem with a new digital twist, a new study finds. Credit: magicatwork/Flickr CC BY 2.0 Incidents involving...
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Why India Called It Correctly in 2014, but the US Did Not in 2016
There are many lessons to be learnt from the manner in which the elites perceived the elections in India and in the US. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at election night rally...
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What Are the Preconditions for Good Research in the Anthropocene Epoch?
Can India’s education policy empower students to pursue questions in stem-cell biology after having graduated with degrees in computer science and music? It ought to. Academic research seeks to...
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Why Do We Fall for Fake News?
Researcher who has studied online news for 20 years says people fall for fake news because they don’t value journalistic sources and consider themselves and their friends as credible news sources. A...
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Governments Shut Down the Internet More Than 50 Times in 2016
Internet shutdowns in 2016 cost India $968 million, Saudi Arabia, $465 million and Morocco $320 million due to reduced economic activity. Internet shutdowns are just one way that internet access was...
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Cubans Enjoy Faster Internet as Result of Better Ties with US
People use a public wifi hotspot in Havana, Cuba. Credit: AP Photo/Desmond Boylan Havana: Two days before Christmas, Luis Gonzalez received a little Chinese modem from Cuba’s state-owned...
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New Zealand: Megaupload Founder Can Be Extradited For Alleged Fraud
German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom appears in an Auckland court, December 23, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Chris Cameron Wellington: A New Zealand court ruled on Monday that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom...
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The Seemingly Immovable Object Standing in the Way of India’s Satellite...
Existing satellite capacity can be used for Digital India if the DoT can bypass DoS and ISRO to negotiate with private operators – but is this possible? GSAT-6, also known as INSAT-4E, is India’s...
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Rural Women in Assam Explore New Possibilities Through the Internet
Women trained in the use of the internet are travelling across four districts of Assam to bring its benefits to rural women, which in turn is boosting their household earnings and changing everyday...
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Digital India Is No Country for Women. Here’s Why
It’s time to acknowledge that technology by itself is not empowering; it must be inter-linked with broader policy interventions across social sectors. A vast gender gap exists in the way technology is...
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Iran’s Startups Promise Paradise for the Country’s Unemployed Youth
Tehran is fostering a start-up industry as a possible motor to solve Iran’s unemployment crisis. Will the development of tech industry change the economic and social life Iranian youth? Credit:...
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London Attacker’s Mother Holds Internet Responsible for Son’s Radicalisation
People near the scene of the recent attack observe a minute’s silence in tribute to the victims of the attack at London Bridge and Borough Market, in central London, Britain June 6, 2017. Credit:...
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How India’s First ISP Grew Among the Country’s Universities
Although it set up India’s first inter-campus network, ERNET’s biggest success was in having trained a generation of individuals skilled in data networking. The IISc ERNET team around 1990. Source:...
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