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Abhishek Baxi

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Technology Journalist | Digital Consultant ✍️ Mint, The Morning Context, Newslaundry, MakeUseOf, Forbes, et al. 💬 Founder/Editor: The Podcast Hub

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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 26/02/2025
In India's crowded smartphone market, a focus on offline retail and a strong localization strategy can push a brand to the top, as #vivo has shown. For Mint today, I chart the brand's growth, which has not been without controversy. www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 07/02/2025
Since forever, it's been a pain to figure out hardware requirements to run an app on Windows, especially for the layperson. 'Copilot+ PC' has been an awkward branding, but once you own one, it makes it easy to figure out if some app/feature is supported on your PC or not.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 01/02/2025
Till school, except a couple on Delhi trips, my fanciest movie experiences were sitting in a 12-seater 'box' at small-town cinemas. It had a sofa seat (wow), often with sponge peeking out. Samosa and Campa were had in intermission. And now, there's PVR Playhouse for the kid! 😳
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 01/02/2025
Would this be counted as putting too much pressure on the seven-year-old? 😁
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 31/01/2025
Microsoft is bringing OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model to all Copilot users. Free. You don't require a Copilot Pro or ChatGPT Plus subscription. With 'Think Deeper', #Copilot can handle complex questions... taking 30 seconds to “consider your question from all angles and perspectives.”
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 29/01/2025
Three pages of the first five pages of today's WSJ feature DeepSeek. Three more pages later have a DeepSeek feature.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 29/01/2025
Hey Ministry of Tourism, I see your attempt at homogenization and invisibilization of certain communities while showcasing diversity.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 28/01/2025
The seven-year-old has got his own @letterboxd.social going.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 22/01/2025
Things are so rough for Apple that today's edition of The Wall Street Journal has two stories about its challenges.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 21/01/2025
Concerning.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 21/01/2025
Unpopular opinion: I like that Microsoft has now integrated Copilot capabilities with the regular Microsoft 365 Personal/Family subscription. Earlier, one had to pay $20/month extra for Copilot. That barrier meant that most users didn't even try the new AI-powered features.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 13/01/2025
You could've at least used one kho-kho player/team/match in the foreground in the poster.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 11/01/2025
It's been 15 years today that papa left us. It threw us off, jolted me out of my comfort, and changed how life, and I, would be. 💔 The passage of time makes you embrace the absence in a way, and you start to cherish the memories and find comfort in the legacy he left behind.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 08/01/2025
The vivo X200 Pro may emerge as the camera phone to beat in 2025. The sticker price shock aside, vivo packs in enough and more to justify the purchase. Here's my review of vivo's stellar flagship in today's edition of Mint. www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 08/01/2025
The latest update to Microsoft Copilot introduces a shortcut (ALT + Space) to invoke a mini Copilot window. (It's the same shortcut that ChatGPT app for Windows used. Sly!)
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 08/01/2025
Copilot-ing with Capt. Satya Nadella! #MicrosoftAITour
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 08/01/2025
Let's do this! Time for some Satya-vachan. #MicrosoftAITour
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 07/01/2025
This was Mark Zuckerberg in 2021, calling out Donald Trump while evading platform's accountability. Now, he's dining with him at Mar-a-Lago.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 07/01/2025
According to the Financial Times, once hailed as the 'next China', the world's fastest-growing G20 economy is slowing down.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 07/01/2025
Microsoft has announced $3 billion investment in India for cloud and AI infrastructure over the next two years. The company also shared a comprehensive plan to train and skill 10 million people by 2030.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 06/01/2025
Looking forward to No. 47 later this month.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 05/01/2025
An obituary for Zakir Hussain in the Wall Street Journal.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 03/01/2025
How they write 'that fat uncle's shirt' politely.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 02/01/2025
In September, PM Narendra Modi called for achieving a $500 billion electronics economy by 2030. That's mostly empty bluster. This requires an annual revenue growth of 23%. Where are we? 5% or lower growth in every electronics category. www.livemint.com/industry/dom...
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 01/01/2025
25 years have gone by, and we're doing alright!
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 01/01/2025
Some light new year reading... doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 01/01/2025
naya saal naya din nayi ik subah nayi umeed; guzre hue kal se behtar ho ye nayi ibtida. New year, new day a new morning, a new hope; May this new beginning be better than yesterday that has passed.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 31/12/2024
Happy New Year, everyone! Here's to a year filled with hope, kindness, and the belief in a better tomorrow.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 31/12/2024
My 2024 tech quality-of-life upgrade is voice-based AI assistants... upping the ante on AI chatbots used for creative and productive work. I was talking about some aircraft thing, referred to a scene of a movie but couldn't remember the name. Asked Gemini Live, and here we are.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 29/12/2024
Goddamn. Important story by Jagriti Chandra in The Hindu.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 28/12/2024
All hail... Mufasa, king of Milele! The 4DX experience is fun in such movies; picked this instead of IMAX 3D. The last one I saw in 4DX was Indiana Jones.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 28/12/2024
An important reminder from the AICC.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 27/12/2024
"His reforms made India a powerhouse that could compete with China." An obituary for Dr. Manmohan Singh in NYT.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 27/12/2024
Google has rolled out Identity Check for supported Android 15 devices. Once turned on, your phone will require biometric authentication to verify your identity when you perform sensitive actions or make changes to Google Account outside trusted places.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 27/12/2024
I don't want to pit one player with another or flame fan wars, but today's booing by Australian cricket fans at the MCG reminded me of Sachin Tendulkar walking out to the pitch with standing ovation at the Boxing Day Test in 2011. *goosebumps* #AUSvIND
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 27/12/2024
'Tis the season... of dandruff.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 27/12/2024
- Home of Dr. Manmohan Singh in Gah, now in Pakistan. - His school, Govt. Primary School - Gah. - School register, with details of Dr. Singh in Urdu (No. 187). 2009 photos by Tariq Amir from Pakistan. More here: pakgeotagging.blogspot.com/2014/05/birt...
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 27/12/2024
'Singh Is Kinng' released in 2008, and in the following year, MMS led UPA to an impressive victory for a second term in office. Most media and some of us on social media invariably used 'Singh is King' to define one of his top political moments. And then CNBC-Awaaz went all-in!
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 27/12/2024
If you are left with no friends because normal people can't stand you, you'll have to do mann ki baat with yourself or maybe on the radio.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 27/12/2024
Thanks to Dr. Singh's policies and administration, our lives are much better than our parents'. Our kids though might not feel the same way.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 26/12/2024
Important stat: India hasn't lost any Test at the MCG since I visited the venue (2018). So, keep calm and you're welcome. #AUSvIND
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 24/12/2024
Sneaked into the living room to put out the gifts for the kid by the tree. 🎄
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 24/12/2024
Quite interesting. Google's front-page ad in Mint today talks just about 'Google AI'... No mention of 'Gemini' or the Pixel lineup. (The AR video revealed by the QR code and the second page on flip... both mention Google Pixel 9 though, and that it features Gemini.)
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 23/12/2024
Oh damn! One of my favorite stores in the US - The Container Store - has filed for bankruptcy. The company plans to maintain normal operations throughout the process though, and all stores will remain operational as is.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 23/12/2024
Sriram Krishnan didn't appreciate Trump being deplatformed by Twitter back in the day, and later, openly supported Elon Musk's vision for Twitter. So, his nomination as a White House policy advisor for the Trump-Musk administration isn't surprising.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 22/12/2024
Riddles of Hinduism, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 22/12/2024
Had a few deadlines over the weekend, but spent the better part of it transforming my Pixel into a Windows Phone. 😂 (Hat tip to Launcher 10 for the Android launcher and Zedge for the ringtone.)
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 22/12/2024
Poor 12-year-old will invoke 'hai' in countless WhatsApp groups of parents.
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 20/12/2024
Satya Nadella will deliver a keynote address at the New Delhi leg of ‘Microsoft AI Tour’. He's expected to talk about Microsoft enabling India in its AI journey and reshaping key sectors. (I'll be there, yes.)
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Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek.info · 20/12/2024
India's smartphone market is seeing demand below the pandemic era. Behind the shiny gadgets is emerging a concern for the overall electronics economy of the country since smartphones account for a quarter of the electronics market.
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