How new magnets could accelerate climate action
Rare earth metals became ubiquitous across technologies because they represented “a huge jump” in the energy density of magnets when...
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Why the world’s biggest EV maker is getting into shipping
Venturing out by themselves That’s why Chinese auto companies, which have become such prominent exporters thanks to the rise of...
The Download: how to combat deepfake porn, and Neuralink’s first implant
Last week, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift, one of the world’s biggest pop stars, went viral online. Millions of...
Dear Taylor Swift, we’re sorry about those explicit deepfakes
I can only imagine how you must be feeling after sexually explicit deepfake videos of you went viral on X. Disgusted....
Three ways we can fight deepfake porn
Taylor Swift’s viral deepfakes have put new momentum behind efforts to clamp down on deepfake porn. The White House said...
Actionable insights enable smarter business buying
Purchasing the products and services a company needs to support its daily operations aggregates thousands of individual decisions, from a...
The Download: AI job panic, and concussion-preventing mouthguards
It was 1938, and the pain of the Great Depression was still very real. Unemployment in the US was around...
People are worried that AI will take everyone’s jobs. We’ve been here before.
Even those who agreed that jobs will come back in “the long run” were concerned that “displaced wage-earners must eat...
The Download: testing wastewater for measles, and the cost of nature
Measles is back with a vengeance. In the UK, where only 85% of school-age children have received two doses of...
How wastewater could offer an early warning system for measles
Maybe there’s a solution. The US developed a vast wastewater sampling network to detect covid during the pandemic. Could we...
The Download: US mining tax credits, and Ring’s police data U-turn
On a pine farm north of the tiny town of Tamarack, Minnesota, Talon Metals has uncovered one of America’s densest...
The contentious path to a cleaner future
What does a proposed nickel mine near a small town in Minnesota tell us about conflict over critical minerals? The...
How one mine could unlock billions in EV subsidies
RMI, a nonprofit research group focused on clean energy, projects that all the EV provisions within the IRA, which also...
The Download: how China’s regulating robotaxis
1 San Francisco is fighting back against self-driving cars The city has filed a lawsuit that could force firms to roll...
How China is regulating robotaxis
One difference between the robotaxi rollouts in the two countries has to do with regulation. Chinese regulators are known for...
The Download: disputes over green mining, and what’s next for robotaxis
Talon is striving to distance itself from the mining industry’s dirty past, portraying its plan as a clean, friendly model...
What’s next for robotaxis in 2024
That higher ticket price will inevitably suppress demand. If robotaxis want to keep customers—not just those curious to try it...
This town’s mining battle reveals the contentious path to a cleaner future
It was these rich reserves that drew Talon, which was previously focused on developing gold mines in Brazil, to this...
Why does AI being good at math matter?
This is the second time in recent months that the AI world has got all excited about math. The rumor...
The Download: hope for new long covid treatments, and the future of chiplets
In response, manufacturers are turning to smaller, more modular “chiplets” that are designed for specific functions and can be linked...