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Air India crash sends Boeing’s troubles back into the spotlight
The crash of a Boeing 787 passenger jet in India minutes after takeoff on Thursday is putting the spotlight back on a beleaguered manufacturer though it was not immediately...
The Download: gambling with humanity’s future, and the FDA under Trump
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with...
The startup that wants to fix everything you hate about video calls
In summer 2020, former Evernote CEO Phil Libin launched Mmhmm, a software tool designed to make video presentations look polished, even if the presenter was calling in from a...
Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future
While there’s a sprawling patchwork of ideas and philosophies powering these visions, three features play a central role, says Adam Becker, a science writer and astrophysicist: an unshakable certainty...
Here’s what food and drug regulation might look like under the Trump administration
Perhaps that could change. At his confirmation hearing, Makary told senators he planned to evaluate school lunches, seed oils, and food dyes. “Maybe three years from now the FDA will...
Opinion: Space startups are pivoting to defence. That’s great for innovation
A few months ago, at the SmallSat Symposium, a panel issued a sobering warning to space startups: do not chase defence dollars at the expense of long-term sustainability. Why?...
Meta AI’s discover feed is full of people’s deepest, darkest personal chatbot conversations
Meta’s artificial intelligence tool might be a little too easy to use. The discover feed for Meta AI, the social media giant’s one-stop shop for AI image creation and...
The AI fluency gap is growing. Are you keeping up?
The energy has shifted in 2025. You can feel it too, right? AI used to be this shiny side project, something people would experiment with in their spare time....
Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover divides the internet: ‘Man’s Best Friend’ discourse explained
Less than a year after she came out with her Grammy-winning album “Short n’ Sweet,’ pop singer Sabrina Carpenter announced the release date of her next project, titled “Man’s...
Women’s Tennis Association adopts new rule to protect players during fertility procedures: What to know
Women athletes who want to start a family have often received little to no support or faced repercussions. Remember when, back in 2019, Olympic runners Allyson Felix, Alysia Montaño,...
After firing entire CDC vaccine committee, RFK Jr. appoints 8 new members including vaccine skeptics: Who they are and what to know
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who heads the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has announced eight new members to the CDC’s independent vaccine advisory committee—some who are critical...
