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The Mint Techcetra podcast is your navigator into the mesmerizing maze that is technology today. From decoding technologies, policies, enterprises, and legal decisions to sci-fi and pop culture, this podcast will cover it all. Every week hosts - Leslie D'Monte, Shouvik Das and Deepti Ahuja - will talk about important developments in tech and how they transform our lives, work and play as we know it.
If you have any questions or suggestions you can reach out to the hosts on LinkedIn via their handles given below:
Leslie D'Monte, Mint's Sr. Associate Editor: linkedin.com/in/leslie-d-monte-4985993
Shouvik Das, Mint's Assistant Editor, Mint: linkedin.com/in/shouvik-das-77a4bbba
Deepti Ahuja, Content Head, HT Smartcast: linkedin.com/in/deeptea
This is a Mint production brought to you by HT Smartcast.
An Indian finally enters the Space Station, as Sam Altman’s World ID hits controversies
Mint Techcetra
24 minutes
4 months ago
An Indian finally enters the Space Station, as Sam Altman’s World ID hits controversies
If India can rival SpaceX and send a person to the International Space Station, why can’t we have better roads back home?” In today’s episode of Mint Techcetra, we start with Group Captain Shukla’s journey to the International Space Station. The first Indian to do so in over four decades and why this moment goes beyond national pride. It marks a key milestone ahead of the Gaganyaan mission and India’s ambitions to build its own space station by 2035.
Then we get into Sam Altman’s World ID, the iris-scanning, crypto-incentivised identity system that’s being pitched as a solution to bots and fake accounts. But here’s the thing: it’s already banned in India and several other countries. Why? Because when you mix biometric scans, private companies, and vague promises about data privacy, things get murky fast. We also talk about the latest round of copyright lawsuits against tech companies. Meta and Anthropic just won theirs but only because, as the judge said, the lawyers arguing against them didn’t get the case right. That doesn’t mean scraping and using copyrighted books is now fair game.
So yes, it’s a packed episode. One astronaut, one crypto-powered ID system, and a copyright battle that’s far from over.
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Mint Techcetra
The Mint Techcetra podcast is your navigator into the mesmerizing maze that is technology today. From decoding technologies, policies, enterprises, and legal decisions to sci-fi and pop culture, this podcast will cover it all. Every week hosts - Leslie D'Monte, Shouvik Das and Deepti Ahuja - will talk about important developments in tech and how they transform our lives, work and play as we know it.
If you have any questions or suggestions you can reach out to the hosts on LinkedIn via their handles given below:
Leslie D'Monte, Mint's Sr. Associate Editor: linkedin.com/in/leslie-d-monte-4985993
Shouvik Das, Mint's Assistant Editor, Mint: linkedin.com/in/shouvik-das-77a4bbba
Deepti Ahuja, Content Head, HT Smartcast: linkedin.com/in/deeptea
This is a Mint production brought to you by HT Smartcast.