Amit

he/him | journalist @medianama | prolly reading poetry, or zonked out.

[Amit @probablyamit]

thinking about this fucking delightfully furious poem by Mary Ruefle again

[Amit @probablyamit]

enter NRC

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

Because it’s now an epidemic and anyone it seems can be declared a foreigner on any given day

[Amit @probablyamit]

@one_by_two lol

[Amit @probablyamit]

what is this shocking behaviour?

[Aman Sharma @AmanKayamHai_]

Nitin Nabin chooses to travel by Indigo flight on his visit to Uttar Pradesh. No chartered plane

[Amit @probablyamit]

Telegram under scrutiny again. I&B Ministry directs Telegram to take action against pirated films & OTT content and submit Action Taken Report in 15 days.

[Srikanth.CashlessConsumer | ஸ்‌ரீகாந்த் @logic]

#CashlessConsumer #Security Investigation.

@RBI created .bank.in so you could trust your bank's website.

@IDRBT security policy claimed the domain registrar was "audited." Reality: 0 auth on any endpoint, data leaks

Built without tender. Detailed report https://t.co/F0euEH1spb

[Kapil @kapsology]

You only know the names of Shazia Ilmi, Sambit Patra but according to an Indian Express investigation, 86 of 172 independent directors across 98 PSU boards had links to the BJP or its ecosystem.

They have now started capturing private boards!

[Amit @probablyamit]

@durov does Telegram allow paid ads for child sexual abuse material on its platform?

[Amit @probablyamit]

FYI: Chhattisgarh high court has ruled students cannot be compelled to sing hindu prayers in morning assembly.

Why are we confusing mythology with history (read: facts)?

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

#Breaking

Delhi High Court orders the government's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to take a decision within 15 days on removing a YouTube video by Dhruv Rathee in which he allegedly said that Ram, Seeta and Krishna, consumed meat and alcohol.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma says any disregard of court's order will be taken seriously.

@dhruv_rathee @SachdevaAmita

[Amit @probablyamit]

@baharkarakrt 1

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

BREAKING: INSTAGRAM HAS BEEN RUNNING PAID ADS PROMOTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL IN INDIA!
This is causing harm to children in the real world because @instagram is providing a marketplace for child sexual abuse. When BBC reporter @divyaconnects questions Head of @Meta in India. This is how he responds. Investigation by @bbcworldservice.

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

"All citizens are being made slaves of Indian Government. They cannot stage protests, they cannot agitate-What is all this? Now so many papers have been leaked. If people protest, you will slap cases... What is this? It is the right of the citizens to protest.

The petitioner has just raised slogans like 'BJP Government Murdabad', 'Amit Shah Murdabad'... Why citizens can't raise such slogans? Why externment orders for such slogans?" - Bombay High Court Judge Justice Madhav Jamdar asks.

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

UP says it got Rs 33.5 lakh crore in investments. We checked some companies behind those claims

One guy signed a Rs 18,000 cr MoU from a rented flat in Ghaziabad. He's also named in an FIR by ITC Maurya for not paying bills. Don't miss this by @Basantrajsonu
https://t.co/QifQy4pYqs

[Amit @probablyamit]

@ANI NCERT should also include chapters on NEET paper leak, and how to avoid accountability.

[Dhivya Marunthiah @DhivCM]

Connect the dots now.

Well done @svembu 👏

[Amit @probablyamit]

Agar tim sath ho will be the death of me, you know

[Runtime @RuntimeBRT]

Indian students are DIYing a semiconductor fab at IIT Bombay.

In just 10 months they've built:

1. A DLP-based lithography machine.
2. A tube furnace to oxidise silicon.
3. A DC plasma sputter.

Total cost: ₹30 lakh.

Here's a rare behind-the-scenes look at HackerFab IITB.

[Amit @probablyamit]

@vsikka @bismahmalik 200th repost

[Vishal Sikka @vsikka]

Hello World!

I'm excited to share the launch of Hang Ten Systems, a new endeavor to help enterprises thrive in the age of AI.

AI is upon us all like a massive new wave. And I learned a long time ago that when there are big waves around, it is time to surf. Not just to surf, but to hang ten — to master the wave so well that you can walk all the way to the front of the board and hang your ten toes off the front.

Hang Ten is already helping some of the world's biggest and most important enterprises — like Fresenius, Siemens Energy and others — hang ten on the biggest wave of our lifetimes. Our dream is to help enterprises not just transform with AI, but use it as a force to do what no one could do before.

We're backed by a remarkable group. Mayfield leads our round; @NavinChaddha and I were students together at @Stanford and always looked for an excuse to work together. They are joined by @aramcoventures, the strategic venturing arm of Saudi @Aramco, one of the world's largest companies and a key leader in energy and infrastructure, as well as some of Silicon Valley's best-known angels. And I'm privileged that Jerry Yang — also a friend since Stanford — serves on our board. Building Hang Ten with me is the core team I've worked alongside for years: @navinb, @sanjaypaloalto, Tao Liu, Frank Yu, Pradeep Panicker, Yusuf Safdari and ten other big wave surfers.

Over time I'll share more about Hang Ten and our work. For now I'll say only this: I have seen, firsthand, the dramatic things AI delivers for the people and teams who somehow just know what to do with it — I have watched them, and myself, reach in minutes what could take teams years of toil. And I have seen the far greater number who get none of it, and who often end up causing harm instead. In that gap lies the biggest opportunity of our time.

It is time to ride this wave. If you're a surfrider — someone who lights up at the chance to help businesses solve the hardest problems they face — write to us ([email protected])!

— Vishal

[Bismah Malik @bismahmalik]

After we published our story on Lendbox’s another consumer facing app, Per Annum claiming huge interest payouts to investors despite RBI crackdown on P2P lending, many investors have reached out saying their funds remain stuck with P2P platforms despite the regulatory intervention.