The Download: taking the temperature of snow, and the future of privacy
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why climate researchers are taking the…
Why climate researchers are taking the temperature of mountain snow
On a crisp morning in early April, Dan McEvoy and Bjoern Bingham cut clean lines down a wide run at the Heavenly Ski Resort in South Lake Tahoe, then ducked…
SimilarWeb’s new AI usage report reveals 5 surprising findings, including explosive growth in coding tools
The signs point to early-stage AI disruption beginning to erode the utility of some legacy platforms. It also offers a hint to enterprises…Read More
AI power rankings upended: OpenAI, Google rise as Anthropic falls, Poe report finds
New Poe data reveals major shifts in AI market share as OpenAI and Google gain ground while specialized reasoning models surge to 10% of usage in 2025.Read More
Guardian agents: New approach could reduce AI hallucinations to below 1%
There are lots of ways to detect AI hallucination, new guardian agent model promises to correct them.Read More
The interoperability breakthrough: How MCP is becoming enterprise AI’s universal language
Just a few months after it’s release, MCP adoption is growing. VentureBeat spoke to some enterprises asking why MCP is winning the standards race.Read More
The Download: CRISPR in court, and the police’s ban-skirting AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A US court just put ownership…
A US court just put ownership of CRISPR back in play
The CRISPR patents are back in play. On Monday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier will get another chance to…
Police tech can sidestep facial recognition bans now
Six months ago I attended the largest gathering of chiefs of police in the US to see how they’re using AI. I found some big developments, like officers getting AI…
The Download: a new form of AI surveillance, and the US and China’s tariff deal
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a new type of AI…