4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1142+ words) Plus: The US has accused six Chinese AI firms of “industrial-scale” theft. 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. OpenAI says its agents…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (246+ words) AI companies are making impressive mathematical strides. Human mathematicians are losing out. AI models now seem essential for making progress on the most important mathematical problems of our time, and solving them may demand resources only available at a couple…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1247+ words) She audits popular apps to stop financial abuse. In Chase’s banking app, for example, the team found a way to add a second biometric authentication method (like a fingerprint) to an account without alerting the account holder. After her team…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (386+ words) Hannah Earley wants to bring an old idea about creating energy-efficient computers into the mainstream. “It’s clear they have something interesting,” says Igor Markov, a researcher in electronic design automation and a former professor at the University of Michigan, Ann…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (834+ words) Plus: reports of AI escaping users’ control nearly doubled in a month. 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. Startup Switch Bioworks is…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (280+ words) Tiny ingestible sensors could offer continuous, accurate monitoringof patients who are sick or at risk of hypothermia. Oral and forehead thermometers may not accurately capture a person’s core body temperature, and the few ingestible temperature sensors on the market are…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (286+ words) By using mRNA molecules to “remodel” parts of the immune system, researchers generated T cells that can slow the growth of tumors or even eradicate them. Now MIT chemical engineer Daniel Anderson and colleagues at MIT, Harvard, and the University…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (228+ words) A groundbreaking use of laser communications at lunar distance was a foundational step to establishing a high-speed internet in deep space. During the original US missions to the moon in the 1960s and ’70s, astronauts relied on radio-­frequency systems to communicate,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (165+ words) A technique combining sonar and visual data creates real-time 3D maps to guide remotely operated underwater vehicles. “An analogy would be if you were to go into a china shop in the dark, and try to pick your way around to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (830+ words) AI-equipped prosthetics hold great promise for enabling people with disabilities to walk, speak, and work. But we cannot rely on the benevolence of tech companies to secure human agency. His entry posits that AI could make it possible to restore…...