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Here are the biggest technology wins in the breakthrough climate bill

In announcing the new agreement, Schumer asserted that the legislation “puts the US on a path to roughly 40% emissions reductions by 2030.” And experts agree the bill could be a game changer... Read more »

Why Twitter still has those terrible Trends

So what’s important to the world right now? #ClimateScam trended last Friday and drove users to a river of memes about climate change from those who insist it’s a hoax. Earlier this... Read more »

The Download: a big DeepMind breakthrough, and fixing the US grid

The news: DeepMind says its AlphaFold tool has successfully predicted the structure of nearly all proteins known to science. From today, it’s offering its database of over 200 million proteins to anyone... Read more »

DeepMind has predicted the structure of almost every protein known to science

However, for many proteins “we’re interested in understanding how their structure is altered by mutations and natural allelic variation, and that won’t be addressed by this database,” said AlQuraishi. “But of course... Read more »

Stitching together the grid will save lives as extreme weather worsens

Heavy use of energy-sucking air-conditioners is the biggest problem. But intense heat can also reduce the output of power plants, blow transformers, and force power lines to sag. Severe droughts across large... Read more »

The Download: Chinese robotaxi drivers, and AI gun detection

When Liu Yang started his current job, he found it hard to go back to driving his own car: “I instinctively went for the passenger seat. Or when I was driving, I... Read more »

A day in the life of a Chinese robotaxi driver

Robotaxi safety operator is an occupation that only exists in our time, the result of an evolving technology that’s advanced enough to get rid of a driver—most of the time, and in... Read more »

The Download: a hepatitis mystery, and chasing crypto

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Big Tech wants to kill the leap second The extra time has triggered internet outages and disturbances, they claim.... Read more »

How governments seize millions in stolen cryptocurrency

After meeting probable-cause and burden-of-proof requirements, law enforcement can get seizure warrants for any illicit funds that eventually land on compliant exchanges—and many funds eventually do. Law enforcement will then work with... Read more »

We’re starting to understand the mysterious surge of hepatitis in children

These cases are severe—around 5% of the children infected worldwide have needed liver transplants, and 22 have died. And the cause of the outbreak has been something of a mystery. These children... Read more »