Meta’s new AI can turn text prompts into videos
Meta has today unveiled an AI system that generates short videos based on text prompts. …
China is betting big on another gas engine alternative: methanol cars
As the Chinese government works to reach ambitious carbon goals—an emissions peak by 2030 and…
Can we find ways to live beyond 100? Millionaires are betting on it.
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The Download: text-to-video AI, and China’s big methanol bet
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Growth means composability, brick by brick
Business leaders are heading for composable infrastructures, putting aside large and bulky traditional systems. Demand…
A bionic pancreas could solve one of the biggest challenges of diabetes
In a recent trial, a bionic pancreas that automatically delivers insulin proved more effective than…
Amazon has a new plan for its home robot Astro: to guard your life
Amazon’s home robot, Astro, will be getting a slew of major updates aimed at further…
How AI is helping birth digital humans that look and sound just like us
Digital twins capture the physical look and expressions of real humans. Increasingly these replicas are…
The Download: Amazon’s home-guarding robot, and covid’s violent legacy
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
How robots and AI are helping develop better batteries
Around the start of the year, Carnegie Mellon researchers used a robotic system to run…