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The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025 The world is full of extraordinary young people brimming with ideas for how to crack tough problems. Every year, we recognize 35 such individuals…
Are smartphones eroding the experience of watching football?
Phones make everything easier but they have bred impatience and diluted the escapism of going to gamesBy Nutmeg magazineIn November 1980, I was 13 and making my way to Firhill from East Kilbride alone, arriving at the game to discover there was no manager in the dugout. It seemed very strange but, as I went on my own and was too shy to speak to anyone while I was there, it wasn’t until the next day that I found out via...
When maps go wrong: from the Great North Run to a phantom Aldi
Erroneously putting map of Sunderland on medals for Tyneside event is latest in long line of cartological mishaps‘Newcastle map’ medals actually show SunderlandThe organisers of the Great North Run have apologised for using a map of Sunderland, rather than Newcastle, on this year’s finisher medals, but this was just one in a long line of map mistakes.Other blunders have included phantom supermarkets, dangerously...
Why basic science deserves our boldest investment
In December 1947, three physicists at Bell Telephone Laboratories—John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain—built a compact electronic device using thin gold wires and a piece of germanium, a material known as a semiconductor. Their invention, later named the transistor (for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1956), could amplify and switch electrical…
How Trump’s policies are affecting early-career scientists—in their own words
This story is part of MIT Technology Review’s “America Undone” series, examining how the foundations of US success in science and innovation are currently under threat.You can read the rest here. Every year MIT Technology Review celebrates accomplished young scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors from around the world in our Innovators Under 35 list. We’ve just…
Meet the Ethiopian entrepreneur who is reinventing ammonia production
Iwnetim Abate is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35.Meet the rest of this year’s honorees. “I’m the only one who wears glasses and has eye problems in the family,” Iwnetim Abate says with a smile as sun streams in through the windows of his MIT office. “I think it’s because of the…
How Yichao “Peak” Ji became a global AI app hitmaker
Yichao “Peak” Ji is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35.Meet the rest of this year’s honorees. When Yichao Ji—also known as “Peak”—appeared in a launch video for Manus in March, he didn’t expect it to go viral. Speaking in fluent English, the 32-year-old introduced the AI agent built by Chinese startup Butterfly…
2025 Innovator of the Year: Sneha Goenka for developing an ultra-fast sequencing technology
Sneha Goenka is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35.Meet the rest of this year’s honorees. Up to a quarter of children entering intensive care have undiagnosed genetic conditions. To be treated properly, they must first get diagnoses—which means having their genomes sequenced. This process typically takes up to seven weeks. Sadly, that’s…
Impact of chatbots on mental health is warning over future of AI, expert says
Nate Soares says case of US teenager Adam Raine highlights danger of unintended consequences in super-intelligent AIThe unforeseen impact of chatbots on mental health should be viewed as a warning over the existential threat posed by super-intelligent artificial intelligence systems, according to a prominent voice in AI safety.Nate Soares, a co-author of a new book on highly advanced AI titled If Anyone Builds It,...
When We Are No Longer the Story
Passing the Story ForwardContinue reading on Medium »
‘The Mother Teresa of Aussie supermarkets’: meet the woman cataloguing grocery deals on TikTok
In the combat zone of the supermarket duopoly, Tennilles_deals is our protector, guiding us through each aisle with her weekly videos of sale productsRead more in the Internet wormhole seriesMaya Angelou once said “a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people” and when she said that, I can only assume she had Australian TikToker and micro-influencer Tennilles_deals in mind.Who exactly...
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules
Researchers convinced large language model chatbots to comply with “forbidden” requests using a variety of conversational tactics.
Who the Hell Owns JavaScript? Spoiler: It’s Total Corporate Shitshow
The Epic Trademark War: Will Deno Steal JavaScript from Oracle’s New Clutches?Continue reading on New Writers Welcome »
Demystifying AI Agents: The New Logic of Problem-Solving
Is it just fancy automation? This is a question I’ve heard a lot lately, and it’s a fair one. The buzzwords around AI agents are…Continue reading on Medium »
How I Built a Zero-Downtime Deployment Pipeline for a Live Application
From chaotic midnight pushes to smooth, automated rollouts—my journey to reliable deployments.Continue reading on Predict »
The Freedom of Plain Text and AI
Simplicity is not a compromise, it is the highest form of leverage in the age of semantics.Continue reading on Medium »
The Legacy and Impact of the UNIX Operating System on Information Technology
The history of the UNIX operating system is deeply rooted in the evolution of information technology, serving as the foundation for…Continue reading on Medium »
The History of Smartphones from Keypads to Touchscreens
The history of smartphones began in the world of keypad mobile phones, which served as fundamental tools of communication. Over the…Continue reading on Medium »
This Shook Me — So I Shared It: The Fear, Anger, and Awe Factors of Sharing Viral Content
Creatix / September 6, 2025Continue reading on Medium »
How to Build Your Own Mobile App Without Coding in 2025 Using AI Tools
Building a mobile app used to feel like climbing a mountain with no rope if you remember. You either had to learn programming or hire a…Continue reading on Medium »
Where's the Fun in AI Gambling?
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we break down the role of AI in the online gambling scene.
‘Existential crisis’: how Google’s shift to AI has upended the online news model
Media sites are taking action on several fronts as traffic referrals dry up and AI companies plunder their contentWhen the chief executive of the Financial Times suggested at a media conference this summer that rival publishers might consider a “Nato for news” alliance to strengthen negotiations with artificial intelligence companies there was a ripple of chuckles from attendees.Yet Jon Slade’s revelation that his...
‘It is a war of drones now’: the ever-evolving tech dominating the frontline in Ukraine
Models for reconnaissance, rescue, interception and attack are changing the way both sides operate“It’s more exhausting,” says Afer, a deputy commander of the “Da Vinci Wolves”, describing how one of the best-known battalions in Ukraine has to defend against constant Russian attacks. Where once the invaders might have tried small group assaults with armoured vehicles, now the tactic is to try and sneak through on foot...
8 Python Shortcuts So Good, They Made My Old Code Look Embarrassing
I still remember the first time someone looked at my Python code and politely asked, “Why are you doing it the hard way?”Continue reading on Codrift »
Why Learning Async JS Was Hard Until I Tried This Method
How I finally tamed promises, callbacks, and async/await in real projectsContinue reading on JavaScript in Plain English »
AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit
Settlement could be pivotal after authors claimed company took pirated copies of their work to train chatbotsThe artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5bn to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as soon as Monday, could mark a turning point in legal battles...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement
Anthropic will pay at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools.
EU fines Google nearly €3bn for ‘abusing’ dominant position in ad tech
Regulators ordered the tech giant to end ‘self-preferencing practices’ in advertising services but declined to force saleEuropean Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95bn ($3.5bn) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company as well as a retreat from previous threats to break up the tech giant.The...
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All
Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI’s prince of doom, explains why computers will kill us and provides an unrealistic plan to stop it.
AI firm plans to reconstruct lost footage from Orson Welles’ masterpiece The Magnificent Ambersons
Film-making studio Fable has announced it will attempt to recreate the 43 minutes cut from the auteur’s 1942 film using AIAn AI company is to reconstruct the missing portions of Orson Welles’ legendary mutilated masterwork The Magnificent Ambersons, it has been announced.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Showrunner platform is planning to use its AI tools to assist in a recreation of the lost 43 minutes of...
Tesla offers Elon Musk a trillion-dollar pay package
CEO will have to increase the value of his electric car company from just over $1tn to $8.5tn over 10 yearsBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire if he hits targets set by Tesla, under a scheme disclosed by the electric car company he runs and in which he is the largest shareholder.Tesla outlined the terms of the incentive package, unprecedented in corporate history, in a...
The Download: longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite. —Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this week, my editor forwarded me a video of the leaders of Russia and China talking about immortality. “These days at…
Meet your descendants – and your future self! A trip to Venice film festival’s extended reality island
A flourishing lineup of immersive storytelling experiments are taking visitors into novels, nightclubs and outer spaceIn the largest cinema at the Venice film festival, guests gather for the premiere of Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro’s lavish account of a man who dared to play God and created a monster. When the young scientist reanimates a dead body for his colleagues, some see it as a trick while others are...
Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.
This week I’m writing from Manchester, where I’ve been attendinga conference on aging. Wednesday was full of talks and presentations by scientists who are trying to understand the nitty-gritty of aging—all the way down to the molecular level. Once we can understand the complex biology of aging, we should be able to slow or prevent…