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The Download: Flock’s new rules, cloning’s future, and children’s cells
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (861+ words) Plus: Ukrainian drones defeated US forces in a military exercise. 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. The police-tech giant Flock is changing…...
Cloning could be used to save species???or make human???organ sacks???
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (554+ words) Creating genetically identical copies can veer from the cool to the creepy. Stephanie Arnett/MIT Technology Review | Adobe Stock This week I spoke to scientists who have found a way to turn male mouse embryos female. They’ve developed a CRISPR-based…...
Job titles of the future: Space travel agent
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (251+ words) Roman Chiporukha is turning from earthbound luxury travel to an exclusive new frontier. Roman Chiporukha has long turned wild travel dreams into reality. Over two decades as co-owner of the luxury lifestyle firm Roman & Erica, he has orchestrated everything from…...
Cloning could be used to save species—or make human “organ sacks”
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (590+ words) Creating genetically identical copies can veer from the cool to the creepy. This week I spoke to scientists who have found a way to turn male mouse embryos female. They’ve developed a CRISPR-based approach to essentially cut out the Y…...
This scientist is helping build a missing map of childhood
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (450+ words) Deanne Taylor is pushing researchers to prioritize children’s health, starting at a cellular level. The dGTEx team will eventually feed its data into the Human Cell Atlas, which, thanks to Taylor and many of the coauthors of the 2019 paper, now…...
Roundtables: Inside the “Censorship-Industrial Complex” Idea Shaping US Policy
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (161+ words) Listen to the session or watch below The “censorship-industrial complex” is an idea that a network of government, tech, and research groups is collaborating to suppress conservative online speech. This was fodder for the right-wing information sphere for years—then…...
Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (397+ words) The company is imposing new guardrails on its police tech after reports that officers are abusing it and cities are dropping contracts. But the changes leave glaring loopholes. The police-tech giant Flock is announcing today that it will change officers…...
The Download: kids’ thoughts on AI, and female clones of male mice
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1064+ words) Plus: Trump has authorized businesses to conduct cyberattacks on criminals. 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. —Jen Swetzoff and Keeley McNamara, the…...
What’s behind this summer’s heat, and why 2027 could be worse
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (966+ words) El Niño? Climate change? All of the above? This summer has been a scorcher for much of the Northern Hemisphere. June and July marked the hottest two-month stretch in Europe since record-keeping began. The contiguous US endured its hottest month…...
How kids feel about AI, in their own words
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (1062+ words) Does an AI-filled future seem like promise or peril to today’s teens and tweens? We went right to the source. None of that means the worries are misplaced. Kids can stumble into unfiltered content, lean on a chatbot instead of…...