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Shephali Bhatt

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Oct 2, 2026
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Jul 19, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Shephali Bhatt

    Why are banks sending loan promos as service messages now? | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Two weeks ago, I received a message from my private sector bank’s verified WhatsApp account that said: “Dear Customer, The Loan on Credit Card details linked to your Credit Card ending XXXX have been revised. Please review the updated details. *T&C Apply.” I knew I had no loan, on the credit card or otherwise. So this had to be one of those promotional messages comedian Shamik Chakrabarti talks about in his recent s

  2. Article · Sep 19, 2026 · Shephali Bhatt

    From selling kidney to theft concerns: What iPhone Duo memes say about how people may use it in public | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Apple unveiled its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, earlier this month, with prices in India starting at roughly ₹3 lakh. Like clockwork, the sell-your-kidney memes followed within hours. Only this time, they went a step further. Comedian Atul Khatri tweeted that the #iPhoneDuo “is so expensive that the only way you can get your hands on it is if you have a hoodie, a fast electric bike and you ride on Oxford St

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Shephali Bhatt

    How AI-generated tutorials have led to a confidence crisis among hobbyists | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. "Dheere dheere hum AI ke chakkar mein itni buri tarah se phas jayenge, humne socha nahin tha (never thought we’d get caught in the web of AI).” Sahbaj Ahmad’s now-viral reel, titled “AI gamla”, opens with this voice-over to set the context for his ordeal. The 26-year-old vlogger had watched an Instagram tutorial and tried to make a vase from paper cups and cement. “My house is getting renovated, so I had constructio

  4. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Shephali Bhatt

    Was this really a watershed week in the history of AI? That depends on how it affects you | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A week is a long time in the world of AI. On 1 September, when Anthropic launched Fable 5.1, some people on my Instagram feed posted where they were when the advanced LLM dropped, as if it were a moon landing. Two days later, when OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, the same people called it a watershed moment, having seemingly forgotten about their own excitement from 48 hours ago. By 6 September, Nvidia chief Jensen Huan

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Shephali Bhatt

    Digital detox gone wrong: How a missed notification led to mayhem on a well-planned holiday | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At 6 am on Friday, my last morning in Japan, I woke up in my hotel room with the smug face of someone who had Planned. I had cleared my hotel bill the previous night so I could check out quickly. I knew which train would take me to Tokyo Station, from where I would board the Narita Express to the airport. I had bought a ticket two days earlier. I even had time for breakfast before heading to the station. By 8 am, I

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