Freakonomics

On paper, Freakonomics is a book that delves into the fascinating world of economics but in reality it’s so much more. Be it deconstructing popular notions or exposing the reader to a lesser known side of society, this book achieves a phenomenal balance between gripping one’s attention while opening their minds to learn more about the innumerable, startling examples in the book.

The Big Data

What is ‘Big Data’? In simple terms, Big data is data that can’t comfortably be processed on a single machine. We live in a world increasingly driven by data. Try googling about big data and you will find some staggering facts like: The amount of data produced by us from the beginning of time till…

WHY DON’T PLANES FLY FASTER?!

“Good evening ladies and gentlemen. We’re pleased to welcome you on board. This is your captain speaking. Today we shall be cruising at an altitude of 40,000 ft and a groundspeed of 900 km/hr. The time to our destination shall be 4hrs. On behalf of the entire crew, I wish you a pleasant and comfortable…

RISC-ing Everything To Win – The Apple Way

“Think Differently”We’ve all heard this saying go around everywhere. It’s there in your local Apple store, it’s quoted in your favourite motivational videos on YouTube, it’s mentioned on social media influencers posts on Instagram, heck, you’d even find it spray-painted across an empty wall as graffiti art in cities all over the world. Some might…

Pharmaceutical Development

One of the most important industries in the world that our lives have revolved around is healthcare. Without drugs and medicine, it is not possible to cure ailments no matter how well the doctors diagnose the patient. From ancient times a physician used herbs and bandages to cure injuries and diseases, which is all medicine…

DLSS: The Big leap in AI Rendering

In the present decade, games tend to offer a more realistic environment thus pushing corresponding computer hardware to its limits. Here comes DLSS to the rescue. Many people might have heard about Cyberpunk 2077 or Microsoft Flight Simulator is almost impossible to play without DLSS. Let’s now take a deep dive into the working of…

Zimbabwe’s Money Problem

Imagine buying a loaf of bread for a billion dollars. Just doesn’t seem right, right? But if we pose the same question to the citizens of Zimbabwe, they’d probably say that it was a common daily expenditure. Zimbabwe suffered from hyperinflation, which led to the citizens being thrown under the bus by their own government….

Ek Se Hi Toh Hain

I walked around the kitchen in fast paced steps, ‘Ammi, how much longerrr?’ ‘Almost done!’ she said while moving the ladle around the kadhai. Then she quickly picked up a big bowl and I squealed and went to stand closer to her. She carefully took out ladle after ladle full of the halwa and poured…