News / Author / Binayak Dasgupta

Binayak Dasgupta

Binayak Dasgupta

Binayak reports on information security, privacy and scientific research in health and environment with explanatory pieces. He also edits the news sections of the newspaper.

Articles by Binayak Dasgupta

Air India crash report answers questions, but also deepens some mysteries

Remains of an Air India plane, that crashed moments after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, lies on a building in Ahmedabad. (AFP PHOTO/CISF)

Updated on Jul 13, 2025 06:47 AM IST

Air India flight 171 crash: What AAIB preliminary report reveals – and doesn’t

Remains of an Air India plane, that crashed moments after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, lies on a building in Ahmedabad. (AFP PHOTO/CISF)

Updated on Jul 12, 2025 05:50 PM IST

The science of flying and how humidity, heat pose challenges

For 33 seconds, the aircraft maintains a contradictory orientation — nose up, yet descending — before disappearing behind trees and erupting into flames. (Video Grab)

Updated on Jun 14, 2025 02:41 AM IST

The length and breadth of plane crash investigations

The crash site of Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft in Ahmedabad. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 14, 2025 02:27 AM IST

Visible weapons, invisible enemy: A new era of war

The conflict marked the combat debut of multiple advanced systems that circumvented conventional confrontations.(AP)

Updated on May 11, 2025 01:04 PM IST

From Neptune Spear to Wooden Leg: India’s Operation Sindoor joins history’s bold counterterror strikes

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri (centre) with Indian Army officer Colonel Sofiya Qureshi (left) and Indian Air Force officer Wing Commander Vyomika Singh (right) address the media after ‘Operation Sindoor’ on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Updated on May 07, 2025 03:36 PM IST

Global master list of software bugs dodges DOGE axe

Global master list of software bugs dodges DOGE axe

Updated on Apr 17, 2025 02:12 AM IST

Shots fired: Fighting a pandemic in a post-truth world, by Binayak Dasgupta

((HT Illustration: Rahul Pakarath))

Art and Culture

Updated on Mar 07, 2025 06:44 PM IST

‘Key is to capture medical tech at the right time and make it cost-effective’

‘Key is to capture medical tech at the right time and make it cost-effective’(Getty Images via AFP)

Published on Feb 12, 2025 03:00 AM IST

The year ahead: A Nuclear solution?

The year ahead: A Nuclear solution?

Published on Jan 01, 2025 02:21 PM IST

Scientists detect new ‘variant-proof’ Sars-CoV-2 antibody

While vaccine-induced antibodies typically targeted a small portion of the spike protein of the virus (which directly attaches to human cells), antibodies in those with hybrid immunity tended to target that spike protein more broadly. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Sep 09, 2024 07:48 PM IST

Telegram under Indian security scanner in multiple cases

Updated on Aug 27, 2024 07:13 AM IST

Why OpenAI’s imitation of Scarlett Johansson drew actor’s ire

Actor Scarlett Johansson had accused OpenAI of creating a voice for the ChatGPT system that sounded ‘eerily similar’ to her after she declined to voice the chatbot herself. (REUTERS)

Updated on May 22, 2024 01:02 AM IST

Hard Code | A gentle reminder: Nothing is unhackable

Hackers believed to be linked to Russia’s foreign intelligence service compromised versions of SolarWinds’ Orion network monitoring tool.(Getty Images/ Representational photo)

Published on Apr 01, 2024 09:21 PM IST

Hard Code | Worrying clues from a Chinese firm’s leaked data

The front desk of the I-Soon office, also known as Anxun in Mandarin, is seen after office hours in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to China’s top policing agency and other parts of its government. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)(AP)

Updated on Mar 02, 2024 09:37 PM IST

Hard Code | As Sora breaks cover, a reminder of all that’s at stake

A photo shows a frame of a video generated by a new intelligence artificial tool, dubbed

Published on Feb 19, 2024 03:13 PM IST

Hard Code | Cyber mercenaries and nations playing with fire

Published on Feb 10, 2024 04:47 PM IST

Hard Code | When AI wields the brush, do we call it the artist or the tool?

Cameron Butler, a digital producer, requested a description of the opposite of a perfect man and chatGPT came up with this this prompt:

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 12:36 PM IST

Hard code | Who has the most to lose with deepfakes?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over misuse of technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to create deepfakes. (File)

Updated on Jan 20, 2024 07:26 PM IST

The year ahead in tech: Keeping an eye on AI

How fast are AI-led image generators learning? Above (clockwise from top left) are results for the same cue – ‘Pope Francis in white Balen-ciaga puffer jacket’ – as rendered by Midjourney Version 1, V3, V6 (Alpha) and V5.1. (HT Imaging: Malay Karmakar)

Updated on Jan 01, 2024 06:46 AM IST

Review: The Third Way by Rahul Matthan

Convenience at your fingertips: Using digital wallets to pay for everything. (Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Dec 16, 2023 05:54 AM IST

A whole-of-society approach needed to tackle deepfakes: OpenAI exec

Anna Makanju, head of Global Public Policy, OpenAI (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 14, 2023 12:47 AM IST

Google to join industry mechanism to discern AI-generated content

Google to join industry mechanism to discern AI-generated content

Updated on Dec 10, 2023 04:20 PM IST

Google flags off Make in India with latest Pixels in 2024

Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (centre) with Sanjay Gupta (right), the vice president and country head of Google India and Rick Osterloh (left), senior vice president, devices and services, Google, in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI Photo)

Published on Oct 20, 2023 09:19 AM IST

Google plans new security steps to tackle online scams

The announcement on the security measures comes at a time of growing unease over a spurt in cyber crime. (REUTERS FILE)

Updated on Oct 19, 2023 09:28 PM IST

Legal framework for privacy as RS clears digital data bill

HT Image

Updated on Aug 10, 2023 12:19 AM IST

Data Protection Bill 2023 tabled in Lok Sabha, here's what govt, Oppn are saying

In the pipeline since 2017, the law is meant to give a legal framework for privacy protections after the Supreme Court held it as a fundamental right for Indian citizens.

Updated on Aug 04, 2023 03:35 AM IST

Experts wary as data bill set to be tabled

The bill has been six years in the making and the latest version would be its fifth. (File)

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 02:16 AM IST

Deep divides on social media, but algorithm tweaks may not help: Study on FB, Insta

HT Image

Updated on Jul 28, 2023 12:12 AM IST

Copycat websites surge 300%; India a hunting ground: Report

Scam pages pretending to be financial services, such as for banks, were the most prevalent, at 74% of all such fraud websites.(Getty Images/ Representational photo)

Updated on Jul 13, 2023 02:08 AM IST

SHARE

Copy

Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin

1
2
3
...

Copyright © 2025 HT Digital Streams Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Story Saved

Live Score

Your Subscription Plan

Saved Articles

Subscribe Now!

Follow Us On