How to… delete your 23andMe data
This story was originally published in October 2024. In March 2025, 23andMe filed for bankruptcy…
Household electricity three times more expensive than upcoming 'eco-friendly' aviation e-fuels, study reveals
Existing tax policies during the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources will lead…
Why handing over total control to AI agents would be a huge mistake
AI agents have set the tech industry abuzz. Unlike chatbots, these groundbreaking new systems operate…
Q&A: What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for regulations to protect…
OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional wellbeing
OpenAI says over 400 million people use ChatGPT every week. But how does interacting with…
The Download: the future of energy, and chatting about chatbots
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Roundtables: AI Chatbots Have Joined the Chat
Recorded on March 20, 2025 AI Chatbots Have Joined the Chat Speakers: Rachel Courtland, commissioning editor,…
Europe is finally getting serious about commercial rockets
Europe is on the cusp of a new dawn in commercial space technology. As global…
Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier”
The Thwaites glacier is a fortress larger than Florida, a wall of ice that reaches…
Autopsies can reveal intimate health details. Should they be kept private?
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been following news of the deaths of actor…