The Download: learning from environmental DNA, and why we should welcome...
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Deepfakes are being used to resurrect dead politicians For...
12 hot language projects riding WebAssembly
Today’s web applications are nowhere near as fast and responsive as native desktop applications, but what if they could be? That’s the promise of...
What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidelines
On Tuesday, July 27, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that vaccinated individuals wear masks in public indoor spaces in communities where covid cases are spiking. Along with...
Microsoft .NET 8 boosts Blazor, WebAssembly
Microsoft this week fleshed out plans for its upcoming .NET 8 software development framework. For web development, .NET 8 will combine the strengths of...
Richard Branson’s trip to space is about convincing others to come...
British businessman and billionaire Richard Branson has tried a lot of things in his life, from crossing the Atlantic by powerboat in record time...
Why did Databricks open source its LLM in the form of...
Databricks has released an open source-based iteration of its large language model (LLM), dubbed Dolly 2.0 in response to the growing demand for generative...
The Download: Pelosi’s successor targets AI and data centers face power woes
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....
The Download: a humanoid cleans house and Samsung builds for the AI boom
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....
The Download: Pelosi’s successor targets AI and data centers face power woes
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....
The Download: a humanoid cleans house and Samsung builds for the AI boom
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....
The Download: Texas’s fragile AI boom and energy policy shifts
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....
Roundtables: Inside the Quest for Cognitive Immortality
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 In an effort to reach an elusive continuity of the self, some far-thinking technologists are working on ways to keep...
Securing the agentic enterprise with data lineage
A sales representative asks an AI agent for customer pricing, and the agent pulls data from multiple sources: restricted pricing systems, internal communications, and...
The Download: controlling AI agents and “Super Intelligence” loyalty tests
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: Pelosi’s successor targets AI and data centers face power woes
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....
The Download: a humanoid cleans house and Samsung builds for the AI boom
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....
The Download: Texas’s fragile AI boom and energy policy shifts
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....
Roundtables: Inside the Quest for Cognitive Immortality
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 In an effort to reach an elusive continuity of the self, some far-thinking technologists are working on ways to keep...
Securing the agentic enterprise with data lineage
A sales representative asks an AI agent for customer pricing, and the agent pulls data from multiple sources: restricted pricing systems, internal communications, and...