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Germany snaps up 90% of Europe’s record defence tech funding
Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. Last week, we looked at the largest investment rounds in fusion energy this year, and now...
Britain just launched its top supercomputer. Here’s how it ranks globally
The UK has just launched its most advanced supercomputer — the 11th most powerful in the world. Isambard-AI, hosted at the University of Bristol, officially went live this week....
A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data
The bottom line, says William Agnew, a postdoctoral fellow in AI ethics at Carnegie Mellon University and one of the coauthors, is that “anything you put online can [be]...
The Download: how to run an LLM, and a history of “three-parent babies”
In the early days of large language models, there was a high barrier to entry: it used to be impossible to run anything useful on your own computer without...
The simple pleasures of computing in 1995
This is an edition of Plugged In, a weekly newsletter by Fast Company global technology editor Harry McCracken. You can sign up to receive it each Friday and read...
A brief history of “three-parent babies”
This week we heard that eight babies have been born in the UK following an experimental form of IVF that involves DNA from three people. The approach was used...
The 6 attachments sabotaging your work
Americans are not happy these days. Some of this angst is caused by the state of the world. Americans feel lonely, angry, cynical, and polarized. How are we supposed...
‘She missed being outside on the pavement’: Cat owners are buying concrete slabs for their pets, thanks to TikTok
The new must-have pet accessory? A concrete slab. On #CatTok, videos are racking up views as cat owners bring slabs into their homes, set them down, and watch their...
Underserved students interested in STEM are often overlooked
The STEM talent shortage in the U.S. isn’t caused by lack of student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math. It is caused by us overlooking and under-supporting the...
The next frontier for precision medicine: Pediatricians
Many families now have a new reality when they visit their pediatrician’s office. Instead of leaving with more questions, they have answers and a real plan. Genomic testing, once...
