The Download: Twitter’s edit button, and cleaning up fossil fuels
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
A new gene therapy based on antibody cells is about to be tested in humans
During the covid-19 pandemic, antibodies played a front-and-center role. We used home tests to look…
The Download: gene therapy and AI chip wars
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
How ammonia could help clean up global shipping
Ammonia might seem like an unlikely fuel to help cut greenhouse-gas emissions. Best known for…
What does GPT-3 “know” about me?
For a reporter who covers AI, one of the biggest stories this year has been…
The Download: AI privacy risks, and cleaning up shipping
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
New 6G challenges inspire cross-disciplinary innovation
Roger Nichols remembers sending his first e-mail using wireless networks in the early 1990s, from…
The Download: EV havoc in China, and the first private Venus mission
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
The first private mission to Venus will have just five minutes to hunt for life
As the covid pandemic raged in late 2020, all eyes turned briefly from our troubled…
China’s heat wave is creating havoc for electric vehicle drivers
As a globally unprecedented 70-day heat wave continues to hold its grip on southern China,…