How Semiconductors Impact the World
Advanced chip designs hold the key for global technology and geopolitical dominance Last month a frigid blast of winter weather across the US plunged Texas into an unusually icy emergency that knocked out power to more than 2 million people, froze 69 people to death, and hit the state with a$18 billion economic damage bill. […]
Cloud vs Gravity – A Battle for the Data Engineers of Tomorrow
Can ‘Data Gravity’ pose a hindrance to Cloud Computing? According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide data creation is set to hit an enormous 163 zettabytes annually by 2025 — almost ten times the data produced in 2017. With the growing dependence of AI and Machine Learning applications on these massive datasets, the challenges […]
Algorithms May Define the Next Superpower
The global war for algorithmic supremacy is on – and US is going all-out by focussing on talent, technology, and microchips The battle for global supremacy will no longer be fought in the trenches, with boots on the ground, fighter jets in the air, or missiles in space; instead, it will be a war between […]
Get the girl to check the numbers
Praxis is delighted to launch a scholarship program today to attract more women to join its data science and management courses. Astronaut John Glenn was preparing to be the first American to orbit the earth. On the morning of February 20, 1962, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, during the prelaunch checks, he was handed flight trajectory […]
The Game is Afoot
What could be the common thread that binds global MNCs like KFC, Starbucks, Nike, Duolingo and M&Ms, in 2021? Gamification, of course. While the above may seem to be slightly counterintuitive, it is, in fact true. Digital games across multiple platforms have become more norm than novelty, generating billions of dollars in sales each year. […]
Jubilation Regulation
Is a biblical-style debt forgiveness plan the way forward? The COVID-19 crisis, which dealt a massive blow to the existing debt levels, has brought forward several who believe a mass debt forgiveness programme must be the way forward if we are to avoid future economic shocks and facilitate the growth of hard-struck nations. Yet, simply […]
Big, Bigger, Biggest…What Next?
What happens when Big Tech firms get too big for a government’s comfort? A storm is brewing, none is willing to yield, and the coming days will witness an intense battle Alibaba, the US$72-billion revenue Chinese conglomerate and pride of the communist nation was on a roll and preparing for a mega IPO (initial public […]
The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse
Four major inequalities stemming from the pandemic threaten to destroy economic gains that we had accumulated over the past decades. Should we rethink? Triggered by the pandemic, the world hit the pause button almost a year ago to stop the spread of the virus. This unprecedented crisis has created in its wake, four major challenges, […]
A Cool House for Mr Quantum
IBM builds a giant fridge for the world’s first one-million-qubit quantum computer under development As the race for the perfect quantum computer gets hotter and hotter, scientists are looking for cooler and cooler places to keep it in! Yes, they are going to physically put the world’s largest quantum computer till date inside a massive […]
The Quantum Race is On
A super-cool control chip, information teleportation at the speed of light… innovations in quantum computing are gaining speed indeed! As the quantum computing race gains speed, we see developments pouring forth every passing week – and big names like IBM and Microsoft are regularly breaking fresh grounds. New age physics, electronics and computing are converging […]