The central government on Saturday directed e-commerce companies to take necessary steps in order to ensure that their platforms do not engage in any trade practice related to dark patterns. In an ...

How to Protect Yourself from Dark Patterns i. Staying alert and informed is key to avoiding manipulation online. Here are practical steps you can take to safeguard yourself from dark patterns: ii.

But then, panic. The product page flashes a big red notification - 'Only 1 piece left'. Dark patterns are sneaky tactics to get users to rush through purchases (Representational).

The term "dark pattern" was coined in 2010 by UK-based user experience designer Harry Brignull. It refers to any user interface that has been deliberately crafted to mislead or manipulate users ...

From food delivery and fashion to 10-minute deliveries, complaints about dark patterns employed by platforms have been a common issue in the fledgling Indian ecommerce sector for years now ...

Stainless steel, renowned for its rust resistance and durability, is created through an intricate manufacturing process. It starts with raw materials like iron, chromium, and nickel, which are ...

Fiction, from 1955: On a farm by the Zambezi River, a woman experiences a return of the locusts—rust-colored creatures that invade the crops like smoke or a bad storm, devastating the landscape.

Tata Nexon iCNG Red Dark Boot (Image: Tata Motors) Powering the Nexon iCNG Red Dark Edition is a 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol engine which kicks out a detuned output of 99 bhp and 170 Nm of torque.

More dark red stripes added, this time to each country’s own warming stripes. The UK warming stripes show average annual temperatures from 1884 to 2024. Ed Hawkins Well done humanity.

And with the mass adoption of artificial intelligence on online platforms, the problem is only going to get worse. “Generative AI can supercharge dark patterns,” Potel-Saville explains.