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The Download: HIV prevention shots, and fixing a broken sex doll

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. This annual shot might protect against HIV infections Every year, my colleagues and I put together a list… Continue Reading →

Meta debuts the highly requested Passthrough Camera API for Quest 3/3S as an experimental feature; developers can’t ship apps with the API on Horizon Store yet (David Heaney/UploadVR)

David Heaney / UploadVR: Meta debuts the highly requested Passthrough Camera API for Quest 3/3S as an experimental feature; developers can’t ship apps with the API on Horizon Store yet  —  Quest’s highly anticipated “Passthrough Camera API” is now available… Continue Reading →

The Download: Google DeepMind’s plans for robots, and Eastern Europe’s changing tech sector

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. Gemini Robotics uses Google’s top language model to make robots more useful The news: Google DeepMind has released… Continue Reading →

A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review)

Columbia Journalism Review: A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly  —  We Compared Eight AI Search Engines.  They’re All Bad… Continue Reading →

The Download: gene de-extinction, and Ukraine’s Starlink connection

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 short, strange history of gene de-extinction This week saw the release of some fascinating news about some… Continue Reading →

China plans a “state venture capital guidance fund”, expected to attract ~$138B over 20 years from local governments and private sector, to support AI and more (CNN)

CNN: China plans a “state venture capital guidance fund”, expected to attract ~$138B over 20 years from local governments and private sector, to support AI and more  —  Hong Kong CNN —  Fresh off the global success of DeepSeek’s latest… Continue Reading →

The Download: Denmark’s robot city, and Google’s AI-only search results

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. Welcome to robot city The city of Odense, in Denmark, is best known as the site where King… Continue Reading →

Sources: Didi Autonomous Driving is seeking to raise new funding at a $5B valuation; it raised a $298M Series C led by Guangzhou Automobile in October 2024 (Dong Cao/Bloomberg)

Dong Cao / Bloomberg: Sources: Didi Autonomous Driving is seeking to raise new funding at a $5B valuation; it raised a $298M Series C led by Guangzhou Automobile in October 2024  —  – Firm in talks with investors including Beijing-based… Continue Reading →

Crypto reserve bills have failed in Montana, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, and Wyoming over the last month; Bitcoin Laws: such bills have been introduced in 24 states (Teresa Xie/Bloomberg)

Teresa Xie / Bloomberg: Crypto reserve bills have failed in Montana, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, and Wyoming over the last month; Bitcoin Laws: such bills have been introduced in 24 states  —  – South Dakota’s measure for a Bitcoin reserve… Continue Reading →

The evolution of AI: From AlphaGo to AI agents, physical AI, and beyond

In March 2016, the world witnessed a unique moment in the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) when AlphaGo, an AI developed by DeepMind, played against Lee Sedol, one of the greatest Go players of the modern era. The match reached… Continue Reading →

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