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Samanth Subramanian https://samanth.in Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:55:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://samanth.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-SS-logo-32x32.png Samanth Subramanian https://samanth.in32 32 The real Scandi noir https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/27/black-swan-denmark-documentary-mads-brugger-amira-smajic Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:48:02 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1430 The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she really reformed – and is the director up to his own tricks? ]]> Why we need lazier robots /https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2024/ai-energy-consumption-robots/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:54:29 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1434 To waste less energy, robots need to do less of everything: move less, and think less, and sense less. They need to be “lazy” like humans. ]]> Hold your tongue https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/11/25/should-a-country-speak-a-single-language Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:16:19 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1425 In India, the BJP wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi. Ganesh Devy, on the other hand, wants to preserve as many languages as possible. ]]> The sports-betting pundits https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-11/sports-gambling-odds-are-set-by-these-little-known-companies Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:10:58 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1421 The real churn of betting happens not in the backrooms of sportsbook businesses but deep within the servers of companies that bettors haven’t heard of at all. ]]> The language of Alfonso Cuaron https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-director-alfonso-cuaron-disclaimer-sci-fi/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:06:49 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1418 Alfonso Cuarón subverted sci-fi and fantasy. With Disclaimer, he has set out to conquer TV in the name of cinema. ]]> The cement giant that paid ISIS https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/17/french-cement-company-lafarge-paid-millions-to-islamic-state-syria Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:01:45 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1414 Lafarge began operating in Syria before the civil war erupted. When ISIS took over the region, Lafarge paid them protection money so it could keep selling cement. ]]> The singing breeze of the fans https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/08/18/ceiling-fan-vs-ac/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:58:17 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1410 In many parts of the world, on many days, a ceiling fan is all you’ll need. Leave the ACs to those who really need them. ]]> Digital sleuthing in an AI age https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-lead-army-of-digital-sleuths-age-of-ai/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:55:04 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1406 Eliot Higgins and his forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a nose for truth in Gaza, Ukraine, and everywhere else atrocities hide online. ]]> The mystery of beautiful batting https://www.ft.com/content/1ea1d8e2-164e-4f63-8900-7a8a997d6f38 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:51:23 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1403 In cricket, batting is singular in its evocation of beauty, and even the unbeautiful players know it. But what does it even mean to bat beautifully? ]]> AI and the end of writing https://newrepublic.com/article/180395/ai-artifical-intelligence-writing-human-creativity Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:46:31 +0000 https://samanth.in/?p=1399 If a computer can write like a person, what does that say about the nature of our own creativity? ]]>