Jayesh Shinde

Mumbai, Southern Asia

Executive Editor at Digit

Executive Editor @digitindia @skoar ex-@indiatimes @pcworld_in. Anti-Bon vivant. Tolkien admirer. Foodie. Gamer. Manchester United fan.

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Israel-Iran conflict: How AI’s guiding military war on ground

1 week ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

It was sometime between dusk and the dead of night on June 13 when Israeli jets and drones slipped through Iranian airspace. They were largely unseen, whisper quiet but unmistakably precise. Not just any dipstick measure, it was the first glimpse of a new template for conflict, where AI isn’t just crunching data and presenting analysis, but making battlefield calls in real time.
Why your workday never ends, and how Microsoft thinks AI might fix it

1 week ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

Turns out, Narayana Murthy might be winning – whether we like it or not. The Infosys co-founder sparked collective groans last year when he urged India’s youth to clock 70-hour workweeks. At the time, it felt like a throwback to the industrial grind. But reading Microsoft’s latest 2025 Work Trend Index, one starts to wonder if Murthy was just pointing out the obvious, that we’re already working that much. We just didn’t realize it. The new data paints a picture that’s both sobering and familiar.
Why your workday never ends, and how Microsoft thinks AI might fix it

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Jayesh Shinde

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WhatsApp ads: Annoying but inevitable, a huge test for Meta

1 week ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

The day finally arrived quietly, but unmistakably, when WhatsApp is no longer the ad-free sanctuary we’ve come to know for over a decade. While I’ve seen several upgrades to WhatsApp since I started using it all those years ago, when it even had a ₹99 annual price (which was removed in 2016) that most users have now long forgotten, this latest upgrade is something I would’ve happily avoided.
India’s AI focus: IBM’s Amith Singhee on building trust into future of AI

1 week ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

It’s easy to get caught up in the latest doom and gloom buzz of AI. Whether it’s a chatbot hallucinating its way into the headlines or startup founders trading ethics for virality, the prevailing narrative often feels like a sci-fi thriller missing a safety manual. So I called someone who’s worked extensively in this field.
Meta AI app marks private chats as public, raising privacy concerns

2 weeks ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

At first glance, Meta AI presents itself as a digital confidant. Offering a private chat window where you can brainstorm tomorrow’s meeting, troubleshoot tech woes or even hash out sensitive health questions. Meta AI app’s clean interface suggests a personal space for exploration, yet recent investigations reveal that what feels like an enclosed conversation can, in fact, end up exposed on a public feed.
Content to transactions: Flipkart’s big bet on creator-fuelled commerce in India

2 weeks ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

At a crowded event in Mumbai, Flipkart’s Ramesh Gururaja is painting a vivid picture. He’s describing a modular space where creators can film product demos in professionally lit booths that can shift, quite literally, from a Santorini kitchen to a Chennai beach overnight. It sounds part film set, part shopping mall, and entirely unlike anything currently embedded in the Indian commerce experience.
Building Starling: IBM’s fault-tolerant quantum computer coming in 2029

2 weeks ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

Forgotten in the buzz of WWDC 2025, IBM’s quantum computing announcement might not have been as flashy – but it was quite revealing, not unlike looking through clear liquid glass. IBM’s announcement lays out a remarkably concrete roadmap to deliver Starling, the first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, by 2029. Housed in a new IBM Quantum Data Center in New York, Starling promises to execute some 20,000 times more quantum operations than any system in operation today.
Apple Liquid Glass design: Half full, half empty but too big to ignore

2 weeks ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

I’ve watched Apple refine its software facade for close to two decades now, from the skeuomorphic wooden bookshelves of iOS 6 to the flat, neon-tinted panels of iOS 7, from the frosted-glass translucency of Yosemite to the stark minimalism of Sonoma. Yet, even after all these iterations, I never quite expected Apple to pull the glass inside out.
Digit June 2025 Magazine: Study smarter with essential learning tech in 2025

2 weeks ago | digit.in | Jayesh Shinde

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a college student or in university, this month’s Digit magazine is specifically focused on studying and learning tools that will make the process exciting, enriching and more efficient. It’s relevant for educators and teachers, as well, come to think of it. Also it’s the 24th anniversary of Digit, since it began all the way back in June 2001. This makes the June 2025 issue even more special, with a thicker Digit magazine and extra DigitAIzed booklet.