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The Download: future grids, and bad boy bots
Is this the electric grid of the future? Lincoln Electric System, a publicly owned utility in Nebraska, is used to weathering severe…
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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.…
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The Download: AI agents’ autonomy, and sodium-based batteries
In recent months, a new class of agents has arrived on the scene: ones built using large language models. Any action that can be captured…
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The Download: Amsterdam’s welfare AI experiment, and making humanoid robots safer
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.…
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When can I download iOS 26? iPhone update timeline as beta and general release dates near
Apple has unveiled iOS 26, its new operating system for the iPhone. The new software brings many changes and advancements with it,…
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The Download: China’s AI agent boom, and GPS alternatives
Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This year, the…
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The Download: funding a CRISPR embryo startup, and bad news for clean cement
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Reddit is suing Anthropic…
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The Download: AI’s role in math, and calculating its energy footprint
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Elon Musk has…
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The Download: sycophantic LLMs, and the AI Hype Index
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5 Fashion Apps You Need to Download Now
One of the best things about the fashion world right now is how it has firmly integrated into the world of technology. With everyone…
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The Download: meet Cathy Tie, and Anthropic’s new AI models
Since the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui was released from prison in 2022, he has sought to make a scientific comeback and to repair his…
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The Download: the desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations
In the high desert east of Reno, Nevada, construction crews are flattening the golden foothills of the Virginia Range, laying the…
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The Download: foreign disinformation intel, and gene-edited pork
A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a sweeping effort to uncover…
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The Download: China’s energy throwback, and choosing between love and immortality
—Gigi Kwik Gronvall, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, explains the consequences of the Trump…
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The Download: stereotypes in AI models, and the new age of coding
How close are we to genuine “mind reading?” Technically speaking, neuroscientists have been able to read your mind for decades. It’s not…
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The Download: the AI Hype Index, and “normal” AI
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.…
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The Download: how Trump’s tariffs will affect US manufacturing, and AI architecture
The quest to figure out farming on Mars Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped against shorelines, strong…
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The Download: Apple’s eucalyptus carbon bet, and climate tech’s bad vibes
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.…
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The Download: introducing the Creativity issue
How gamification took over the world It’s a thought that occurs to every video-game player at some point: What if the weird, hyper-focused…