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Shouvik Das

@distantvicinity
Tech reporter @livemint by profession | Trainspotter, opinionated sports and films critic, dog-parent, amateur photographer.
New Delhi
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Joined July 2014
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  • @distantvicinity
    Shouvik Das
    @distantvicinity
    May 28
    🚨 Important data security story on @livemint P1 today. TL;DR: if you get a call where someone offers you unclaimed money, be careful—this could well be from a government platform that left your precise address exposed for years. Here’s what happened: ✒️ Last weekend,
  • @distantvicinity
    Shouvik Das
    @distantvicinity
    Apr 27
    Over a decade ago, one of our professors during postgrad warned us about "the great other-ing": a world where it's a constant battle of us versus them. Turns out, we are here.
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    Aashish Aryan
    @cubscribe
    Apr 14
    Hate crime doesn't necessarily manifest itself in beating up someone or calling them racial names. It is the small things. One tends to ignore such things until they can't be ignored anymore. TLDR: This is the 5th time someone has deflated my car tyres in Rohtak.
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    Shouvik Das
    @distantvicinity
    Apr 15
    On @livemint P1 today, a special ground report on where stands one of India’s most populous industrial belts, a day after wage protests gave way to stone pelting and ruckus in Noida. UP’s crown jewel hosts almost a third of all of its factories, and is a crucial part of
    Authentic journalism report on worker protests that led to violence in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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    Shouvik Das
    @distantvicinity
    Apr 9
    Anthropic finally said what many cyber security researchers I've met over the past three years have been warning about: the perils that AI can bring upon the world, when in the wrong hands. On Tuesday, @DarioAmodei said in a video that Claude Mythos, the frontier model his team
    Mint Explainer | Can AI find bugs humans can’t? Inside Anthropic’s Project Glasswing | Mint
    From livemint.com
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    Shouvik Das
    @distantvicinity
    Apr 7
    An excellent P1 on @livemint today, capturing crucial points for two of India’s most important consumer industries: phones, and plane travel. 📌 On Monday alone, at least three brands sent price hike emails to their distribution network. Smartphones, now, are pricier by as much