I hate system updates. Usually, they’re a digital Russian Roulette. You press “Install,” the phone reboots, and you pray your battery life doesn’t tank or your favorite widgets don’t vanish into the ether. For years, Xiaomi’s MIUI was the worst offender—a bloated, stuttering mess of great ideas buried under spaghetti code. So, when HyperOS 3 … Read more
Everyone told me CES 2026 would be the “Year of AI.” Again. I walked onto the Las Vegas floor expecting the usual barrage of generative slop—chatbots that hallucinate, smart fridges that judge my diet, and vague promises of a “seamless future.” I was wrong. Well, mostly. While the AI hype train was certainly chugging along, … Read more
Most people think of astronauts as polished, untouchable figures waving from a gantry. But if you’ve spent any time covering the actual operations of human spaceflight—as I have, watching launches turn into delays and then into ordeals—you know the reality is sweatier, messier, and far more bureaucratic. Sunita Williams just retired. Twenty-seven years. Three missions. … Read more
I remember sitting in a tech strategy meeting back in 2013. Someone brought up Windows Phone. The room went silent. You could hear a pin drop. It was awkward, like mentioning a relative who had just been arrested. Back then, Microsoft felt like a dinosaur waiting for the meteor—bloated, confused, and fading into the background … Read more
The queue outside the local Common Service Center (CSC) in Bhubaneswar wasn’t moving. I stood there this morning—January 22, 2026—watching a woman in her sixties clutch a crumpled photocopy of her Aadhaar card like it was a winning lottery ticket. She was waiting for the Odisha government to deposit ₹5,000 into her account. And she … Read more
You could smell the panic. It hung in the Hobart air, thicker than the rain clouds that threatened to wash the whole night away. I’ve covered Big Bash finals for over a decade, sat in press boxes from Perth to the Gabba, and I’ve seen teams lose. But I’ve never seen a team disintegrate quite … Read more
I’ve spent years watching the tech industry shrug its shoulders at the Global South. The excuse is always the same. “We’d love to support those languages,” they say, wringing their hands, “but there just isn’t enough data.” It’s a clean, convenient narrative. It’s also dead wrong. We aren’t dealing with a scarcity problem. We are … Read more
Most billionaires cling to the CEO title like a life raft. They build a kingdom, fortify the walls, and spend the rest of their lives sitting on the throne, terrified of what might happen if they stand up. Deepinder Goyal just stood up. The man who built Zomato into a household verb—and recently topped the … Read more
I remember unboxing my first Poco. The plastic peel was satisfying. The specs were blistering. For a moment, looking at that price tag, I felt like I had pulled off a heist. How were they making money on this? Then I opened the File Manager. Boom. An ad for a shady loan app stared back … Read more
We think we know the formula. You get the generational freak of nature, you lock down on defense until your knees buckle, and you pray for a clutch gene in the fourth quarter. It’s the comforting bedtime story we tell ourselves every June. But it’s dead wrong. I’ve spent the last decade staring at box … Read more