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Edition 26 – Dangerous Drinks, SMS Scams, Chatting Cars

The big stories There Is No Safe Level of Alcohol Consumption, US Surgeon General WarnsAn advisory issued by the US

18 Jan

Edition 25 – Secret Keys, Global AI, Life-saving Exercise

The big stories How Public Key Cryptography Really Works | Quanta MagazineThe security system that underlies the internet makes use of

11 Jan

Edition 24 – Lens of Life, Scary Sugar, Phone Passports

Namaste! Introducing a refreshed look and feel for my newsletter and website, with a new home at iKartik.tech. Let

03 Jan

Edition 23 – Plant Internet, AI Posts, Eco Goals

Welcome back to my newsletter! This week, we talk about SMS scams, plant internets, and the rise of AI social

28 Dec

Edition 22 – Hurricane Helene, LLMs, and Sunlight

The big stories How Hurricane Helene Became a Monster Storm The hurricane is the deadliest to hit the U.S.

06 Oct

Edition 21 – AI, Airlines, and Astronauts

Namaste and hello again! 👋 After a hiatus over the past few months, I am ready to restart writing blog posts

14 Sep

Edition 20 – Hubble Returns, Animal Ingenuity, Epic Droughts

The Big Stories The Hubble is back! After a computer malfunction halted operations for more than a month, NASA engineers

07 Aug

FBI Warns SMS Authentication Is Not Safe

Following the Salt Typhoon breach, the FBI warns that SMS authentication is dangerously outdated. This systemic vulnerability demands urgent action to adopt encrypted, modern alternatives.

20 Dec

The Great IT Outage of 2024: Inside the Update that Stopped the World

What was supposed to be a routine security update turned into the worst IT outage in history and caused 8 million Windows machines to crash globally, revealing vulnerabilities in our digital infrastructure.

26 Aug

A Guide to Digital Security

Don't make it easy for hackers to make you a target. Use these easy steps to protect your online world.

06 May

Facebook's Shameless Takeover of WhatsApp

WhatsApp users are now Facebook users — and its latest privacy policy updates only reiterate that fact. It's time for a better alternative.

12 Jan

Facebook's Shameless Attack on Apple

Facebook's attack on Apple's new privacy controls further expose how much data the social network collects, and only makes a stronger case for why Facebook is wrong and Apple is right.

21 Dec

The Most Important Number

You have a truly important piece of personal information that is extremely vulnerable, and you probably don’t know about it.

19 Sep

When the Internet Disappears

We often ask what the Internet of the future will look like, except there won’t be an Internet in the future at all. Because the Internet is going to disappear.

30 Mar

The Astronomical Significance of Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti is celebrated on January 14th, and is one of the few festivals on the Hindu lunar calendar that are based on the Sun's position.

13 Feb

The Vedas Should Be Understood, Not Just Read

The Vedas are the most ancient texts in the world, and yet the most misunderstood. Let's take a deeper look at the wisdom hidden in the bedrock of Indian civilization.

02 Jun

Redesigning Spaceflight

A new age of space travel has begun with the successful launch of SpaceX's crewed Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, giving us a vision of humanity at its best.

01 Jun

Are We Really Alone?

So we can observe black holes millions of light years away now, hidden behind thousands of stars in our night sky. Yet, we have seen no evidence of life out there. Why is that?

13 Apr

The Mind of Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking’s life is a testament to the fact that your mind, your intelligence, your knowledge, can take you farther than anything outside ever can.

16 Mar

A Lifetime of Opportunity

NASA announced that Opportunity is officially dead. How did we become so attached to an inanimate metal box crawling around on the Martian surface?

16 Feb

A Universe Inside Your Mind

Our consciousness has brought us this far – from nomadic hunters to space explorers. So where are we headed now?

02 Feb

How Photography Teaches Us to See Life Differently

True photography isn't about capturing perfection — it's about learning to see the world differently. Here's what my lens has taught me about life.

03 Jan

Building After the Pandemic

The past few months have been quite an adventure for our civilization, and now we must rebuild. But where should we start, and what are the obstacles preventing us from progressing?

10 May

The Speed of a Language

If you have ever listened to different languages, you must have noticed that some sound faster than others. Is that just how they sound, or do faster languages also convey information faster?

12 Jan

Who Wants To Be A Billionaire?

When we focus on better things, we can make a real difference. When we focus on success over popularity, we can all be truly successful.

12 Dec

Education Loading

Imagine learning to drive without a car. Now imagine practicing piano without a piano. How about cooking without a stove? This is precisely what many students around the world have to do, every single day.

11 May

Hungry for Humanity

It’s 2019, and our phones, TVs, and cars are more efficient than ever. But, our food is somehow still stuck in the past.

02 Mar

The Beacon of Education

Education is the most essential tool that can change people’s lives. How are we doing in bringing it to everyone around the world?

19 Jan

Using React Wrap Balancer to Make Wrapping Less Awkward

Text wrapping on different screen sizes can be pretty unpredictable. Using this package will increase readability by avoiding hanging text on the last line.

27 Jan

Static tweets — the better way to embed Twitter

Create statically-rendered tweets using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Twitter's API

03 Sep

Static Link Previews Using Site Metadata

Link previews are a great way to give your users more context about content you link to in articles and posts.

03 Aug

Why You Should Use Tailwind for Your Next Web Project

CSS frameworks are a dime a dozen. Here is what makes Tailwind different, and why you should use it in your next project.

22 Sep