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I made it big on Twitter. Now I don’t think I can stay.

Sure, just staying on Twitter is theoretically an option, but frankly, so is moving on to the next big platform. In terms of social media, Twitter is already aging out of relevance;... Read more »

The Download: the human toll of ethical AI, and lab-grown meat

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Elon Musk has bought TwitterWhat happens next is anyone’s guess. (FT $)+ Musk wasted no time:... Read more »

Responsible AI has a burnout problem

“The loss of just one person has massive ramifications across entire organizations,” Mitchell says, because the expertise someone has accumulated is extremely hard to replace. In late 2020, Google sacked its ethical... Read more »

Will lab-grown meat reach our plates?

It’s something that’s been on my mind the last couple of weeks, for a few reasons. At MIT Tech Review’s recent ClimateTech event, my colleague James Temple interviewed Pat Brown, CEO of... Read more »

The Download: funding US batteries, and Elon Musk’s Twitter deal is nearing completion

The US is on a climate tech spending spree. Over the past year, federal action has set aside hundreds of billions of dollars for energy and climate. Now, we’re starting to see... Read more »

What new federal funding will mean for making batteries

In total, there’s $2.8 billion for 20 projects across 19 companies. (Ascend Elements, a recycling and refining company, won two grants for two different steps in their process, totaling nearly half a... Read more »

The Download: the mortality issue, and America’s new favorite shopping app

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Conspiracy theorists have seized upon Russia’s “dirty bomb” claimsDespite there being no evidence for its existence.... Read more »

Everything dies, including information

Quite a bit, according to the experts. For one thing, what we think is permanent isn’t. Digital storage systems can become unreadable in as little as three to five years. Librarians and... Read more »

Cars are still cars—even when they’re electric

When Biden arrived at General Motors, he jumped behind the wheel not of a Bolt, the company’s electric subcompact car, but the new Hummer EV, a vehicle that’s the embodiment of everything... Read more »

Never say die

This is mostly pretty cool. Beats the alternative, as they say. But one decidedly uncool thing about being almost 50 is that my “bad” LDL cholesterol is too high. The obvious solution... Read more »