Duangduean Studios
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AI agents just got their own inboxes. Someone needs to write the house rules

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800 million UPI payments a day, and nobody even noticed

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Ideas on AI, tech and economics

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Macroeconomics20 Oct 2026· 2 min read

800 million UPI payments a day, and nobody even noticed

September was the first month UPI averaged more than 800 million payments a day. A few thoughts on why it worked, from people who build apps for a living.

By Duangduean Studios
AI19 Oct 2026· 3 min read

AI agents just got their own inboxes. Someone needs to write the house rules

Google is giving AI agents work email addresses, and Meta wants a rulebook for agents that shop for you. Two stories from the same fortnight show why that rulebook can't come soon enough.

By Duangduean Studios
Macroeconomics19 Oct 2026· 2 min read

India just had its best quarter ever for phone exports

Nearly $10 billion worth of smartphones left India between April and June, while phone sales around the world were shrinking.

By Duangduean Studios
AI18 Oct 2026· 2 min read

A few minutes of ChatGPT made people quit sooner. We're not that surprised

In a new study, people who had AI help did better at first, then gave up more often once the help was taken away. Here's what the researchers found, and what it doesn't prove.

By Duangduean Studios
Macroeconomics18 Oct 2026· 2 min read

We read the World Bank's new India report so you don't have to

7.1% growth, AI investment up threefold, and nearly half a million new jobs at global companies' Indian offices in one year. The good bits from a long report.

By Duangduean Studios
Macroeconomics17 Oct 2026· 2 min read

Why your next phone will probably cost more, and why AI is to blame

The memory chips inside your phone are being snapped up by AI data centres. Here's how that ends up on the price tag.

By Duangduean Studios

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