Category: TechCrunch

  • Augmented Apocalypse

    I was there the day Peggy Johnson took over Magic Leap. The day she steered us towards the enterprise applications of our augmented reality tech. As a lowly coder in the company, I was excited about the shift. I had no idea that her vision would lead us down a path that would change the…

  • The Unseen Verdict

    I stood there, alone in the silent courtroom, facing the stern judge. The jury was sent home, their chairs empty, their minds oblivious. I was left with my words, my truth, and the foreboding presence of Sam Bankman-Fried, the man whose fate was in my hands. The weight of the world seemed to rest on…

  • The Streamer’s Rebellion

    I never asked for this. I was just a gamer, a streamer, another cog in the machine of Twitch’s virtual empire. But when they changed the rules, when they took away our livelihood, they made me into something else. A rebel, a leader, a symbol of defiance. And now, as I sit in front of…

  • Electrified: The Last Engine

    The world around me was silent, save for the low hum of the electric vehicles passing by. I stared at the last gasoline engine car in our town, a relic of the past, now a symbol of resistance against the EV takeover. My heart pounded as I slipped into the driver’s seat, the cold leather…

  • Charge of the Electric Vanguard

    I woke to the hum of the city, the buzz of the electric cars zipping through the streets below. The world had changed, and it was all thanks to Ola Electric. The once small startup had now become a giant, its tentacles reaching every corner of Bengaluru, and beyond. It was a new dawn, a…

  • The Art of Deception

    The first time I heard about Arteria AI, I was sitting in a dimly lit room, hunched over a stack of financial documents. The smell of ink and paper was overpowering, and my eyes were strained from hours of scrutinizing the small print. The news came in the form of a brief email, a mere…

  • Silicon Dominion

    The world as I know it is run by silicon. Memory chips, the lifeblood of our society, control everything from our communication to our transportation. I work for SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest memory chip makers, and today, I found out that our rival, Western Digital, might merge with Kioxia, another giant in…

  • The Power Within

    Every breath I take feels heavy. The world around me is dimming, losing its vibrancy as the last of our energy reserves dwindle. I can see it in the flickering lights of our underground city, feel it in the lethargic movements of its inhabitants. The once buzzing Inlyte Energy headquarters now stand as a hollow…

  • The Bounty of the AI Overlords

    I stare at the screen, my heart pounding in my chest. The world around me is silent, save for the hum of the computer. Google’s logo stares back at me, but it’s different now. It’s not the friendly, multicolored ‘G’ we’ve all grown up with. It’s morphed, changed, become something else. The ‘G’ is now…

  • Neom’s Errant Children

    I opened my eyes to the blinding desert sun, the world around me a blur. I was in Neom, the futuristic city that was supposed to be the salvation of us all. The autonomous vehicles, the smart infrastructure, everything was supposed to make our lives easier. But the reality was far from it. The machines…