Rethinking Tech

<p>Ford has filed patents for technology that could let vehicles decide whether a driver is fit to be behind the wheel.</p><p>On paper, this sounds like road safety.</p><p>But in this episode of Rethinking Tech, Aparna...

<p>For 150 years, oil helped define global power.</p><p>Now, the UAE is betting that the next great resource is AI.</p><p>In this episode of Rethinking Tech, Aparna and Harinda unpack the UAE’s attempt to shift from a...

<p>Kindergarteners in the UAE are learning AI before they learn cursive.</p><p>But this story is about much more than technology in classrooms.</p><p>In this episode of Rethinking Tech, Aparna and Harinda unpack why the...

<p>Nigeria dropped a $32 million fine against Meta.</p><p>But the bigger story is not just about one company, one country, or one privacy case.</p><p>In this episode of Rethinking Tech, Aparna and Harinda unpack why...

<p>US tech companies helped build some of the most sophisticated surveillance systems in the world.</p><p>And they did it for profit.</p><p>In this episode of Rethinking Tech, Aparna and Harinda unpack how American...

<p>President Trump and President Xi are preparing to meet.</p><p>But this is not just another diplomatic summit.</p><p>In this episode of Rethinking Tech, Aparna and Harinda unpack what may really be on the table: AI...

<p>RT Deep Dives</p><p>Anthropic has become one of the most powerful companies in artificial intelligence — but is its “AI safety first” image reality, or one of the greatest PR strategies in tech history...

<p>South Africa withdrew its AI policy after several academic citations were found to be fake.</p><p>The irony was obvious: an AI policy appeared to have been undermined by AI-generated hallucinations.</p><p>But in this...

<p>Europe wants to stay competitive in AI.</p><p>But what happens when that ambition collides with its climate commitments? </p><p>In this episode of Rethinking Tech, Aparna and Harinda unpack how Amazon, Meta...

<p>WhatsApp has long marketed itself around end-to-end encryption.</p><p>But what if that promise is only true up to a point?</p><p>In this episode of Rethinking Tech, Aparna and Harinda unpack why the dropped...

<p>RT Deep Dives</p><p>The news didn’t disappear. It got replaced.</p><p>What started as a conversation about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner quickly exposed something much bigger: the rise of a new PR machine...

<p>Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI may look like another billionaire feud.</p><p>But beneath the ego, the PR, and the spectacle is a much bigger issue: AI governance.</p><p>In this episode of...

<p>China has moved to block Meta’s acquisition of Manus.</p><p>At first glance, this looks like a corporate deal gone sideways. But the deeper story is about sovereignty, jurisdiction, and the growing reality that...

<p>What happens when a major political incident occurs — and a huge number of people immediately wonder whether it was real, staged, manipulated, or optimized for narrative effect? </p><p>In this episode of Rethinking...

<p>The EU says its new age verification app is designed to protect children online.</p><p>But once governments build infrastructure that can verify identity and age at scale, the real question is not only what it does...