Is this the electric grid of the future?
One morning in the middle of March, a slow-moving spring blizzard stalled above eastern Nebraska,…
Inside the US power struggle over coal
Coal power is on life support in the US. It used to carry the grid…
The Download: future grids, and bad boy bots
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Why AI hardware needs to be open
When OpenAI acquired Io to create “the coolest piece of tech that the world will…
AI 'reanimations': Making facsimiles of the dead raises ethical quandaries
Christopher Pelkey was shot and killed in a road range incident in 2021. On May…
A new tool predicts when users will reject a new technology
There is something paradoxical about our relationship with technology. We have very high expectations that…
Microsoft working on next-gen Xbox video game console
Xbox president Sarah Bond on Tuesday confirmed that her team is working on a new…
The quest to defend against tech in intimate partner violence
After Gioia had her first child with her then husband, he installed baby monitors throughout…
The Download: tackling tech-facilitated abuse, and opening up AI hardware
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
When AIs bargain, a less advanced agent could cost you
The race to build ever larger AI models is slowing down. The industry’s focus is…