The Download: coping in a time of arrhythmia, and DNA data storage
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
The Download: an interview with Palmer Luckey, and AI-assisted math tutors
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
AI will add to the e-waste problem. Here’s what we can do about it.
Generative AI could account for up to 5 million metric tons of e-waste by 2030,…
Exosomes are touted as a trendy cure-all. We don’t know if they work.
There’s a trendy new cure-all in town—you might have seen ads pop up on social…
Palmer Luckey’s vision for the future of mixed reality
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This AI system makes human tutors better at teaching children math
The US has a major problem with education inequality. Children from low-income families are less…
Palmer Luckey on the Pentagon’s future of mixed reality
Palmer Luckey has, in some ways, come full circle. His first experience with virtual-reality headsets…
How Wayve’s driverless cars will meet one of their biggest challenges yet
The UK driverless-car startup Wayve is headed west. The firm’s cars learned to drive on…
Reckoning with generative AI’s uncanny valley
Generative AI has the power to surprise in a way that few other technologies can.…
Avoiding value decay in digital transformation
Mission-critical digital transformation projects too often end with a whimper rather than a bang. An…