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The Download: crime app concerns, and helpful AI

“The people talking about generative AI right now were the people talking about Web3 and blockchain until recently—the Venn diagram is a circle.” —Ben Waber, chief executive of AI workplace company Humanyze,... Read more »

How Citizen is trying to remake itself by recruiting elderly Asians

“Citizen, and the premium version, is not the panacea. It will not fix the world’s problems. It will not stop crime from happening all over the world. It’s not that,” Chandler says.... Read more »

How AI can actually be helpful in disaster response

Marash, Turkey: Satellite imagery (left) from earth imaging company Planet Labs PBC and the output from xView2 (right) attributed to UC Berkeley, the Defense Innovation Unit, and Microsoft. This is an improvement... Read more »

Finding forgotten Indigenous landscapes with electromagnetic technology

Using magnetometry, archaeologist Jarrod Burks is mapping the lost cultures of southern Ohio.MADDIE MCGARVEY Although monumental earthworks can be found from southern Canada to Florida and from Wisconsin to Louisiana, Ohio has... Read more »

Meet the new batteries unlocking cheaper electric vehicles

“This is a big deal,” said Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer in a press conference unveiling plans for the factory. Expanding battery options will allow Ford to “build more EVs faster, and ultimately... Read more »

The Download: the oldest corner of the metaverse, and how EV batteries work

Today’s headlines treat the metaverse as a hazy dream yet to be built. But if it’s defined as a network of virtual worlds we can inhabit, its oldest corner has been already... Read more »

Welcome to the oldest part of the metaverse

As the picture clarified, Origin realized it needed better “gold sinks”—mechanisms to fight inflation by pulling gold out of UO’s economy. Taxing hoarded wealth would have caused a subscriber revolt. Selling rich... Read more »

How does an EV battery actually work?

Lithium-ion batteries, also found in smartphones, power the vast majority of electric vehicles. Lithium is very reactive, and batteries made with it can hold high voltage and exceptional charge, making for an... Read more »

How K-pop stans are shaping elections around the globe

In 2022, the group announced that it would take a break so its members could focus on solo projects and fulfill their country’s mandatory military service over the next two years. But... Read more »

The Download: K-pop activists, and the future of search

How K-pop fans are shaping elections around the globe Back in the early ‘90s, Korean pop music, known as K-pop, was largely conserved to its native South Korea. It’s since exploded around... Read more »