The Download: foreign disinformation intel, and gene-edited pork
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Purpose Mode browser extension helps social media users stay focused
Doom-scrolling, instinctively clicking on ad-based notifications or getting sucked into targeted content—all of these distractions…
In this Indian city, smartwatches are part of the solution to dealing with searing heat
It's a little past 10 a.m. and the heat is already blazing on the outskirts…
A long-abandoned US nuclear technology is making a comeback in China
China has once again beat everyone else to a clean energy milestone—its new nuclear reactor…
The Download: China’s energy throwback, and choosing between love and immortality
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Bay Area mom creates app to help parents find childcare on demand
The COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of daycare providers across the Bay Area to shut down,…
This data set helps researchers spot harmful stereotypes in LLMs
AI models are riddled with culturally specific biases. A new data set, called SHADES, is…
The Download: stereotypes in AI models, and the new age of coding
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
AI suggestions make writing more generic and Western, study finds
Artificial intelligence-based writing assistants are popping up everywhere—from phones to email apps to social media…
Repurposed Roombas: Scientists program domestic robots for additional household tasks
At a time when we run ourselves ragged to meet society's expectations of productivity, performance…