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. Could AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered On Wednesday, MIT Technology Review hosted a live Roundtables event that asked the question many seem to be asking right now: could…
“I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive."
Apple is asking a federal judge to allow it to charge commissions of up to 15% on purchases made through external links in iOS apps.
The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.
The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.
NASA asks US states to show them the money.
Some dangerous biology looks much like legitimate research, complicating AI safeguards.
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. Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech Every year, MIT Technology Review puts together our 35 Innovators Under 35, a list of some of the brightest and best young minds…
Simplicity—combined with the difficulty of getting stuff done—makes ClickFix ideal.
Experiment put atoms in a superposition of trajectories to find out.
ULA is preparing to resume launching the Vulcan rocket in the coming weeks.
"We felt like now is the time to pour gas on that fire."
The era of AI inference has arrived. Imagine a healthcare system analyzing millions of data points in real time to accelerate life-saving medical research, or an intelligent assistant instantly resolving thousands of complex customer needs at once. These real-world breakthroughs rely on advanced infrastructure acting as the engine of continuous intelligence, powering real-time services while…
It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple.   Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week” — timing that puts Apple’s next iPhone event on his desk before he’s even settled in. Cook isn’t going far, though: he’s staying on as Executive Chairman, focused on the kind of policy […]
The US government is investigating whether the Cybercab, which lacks a steering wheel and pedals, meets vehicle safety standards.
While philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own.
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Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week.
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. Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace —Cory Alpert, a researcher at the University of Melbourne studying AI’s impact on democracy, who previously served in the…
Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.