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The Download: organs on demand, and covid scams in China

Right now, China is consumed by an unprecedented surge of covid infections. The country’s healthcare system is stretched thin, covid treatments are in high demand, and many people are worried about themselves... Read more »

China’s Paxlovid cyber scams are everywhere

Similar scams are, perhaps unsurprisingly, incredibly prevalent within China right now, and in the days since my messages with Jin, I’ve talked with several Chinese people who have been caught up in... Read more »

The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs

Printing lungs United says that it is now building a new, germ-proof pig facility, which will be ready in 2023 and support a clinical trial starting the following year. It’s not the... Read more »

The Download: iRobot privacy scandal, and AI that makes images

Meet the designers printing houses out of salt and clay Read our interview with Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, the disruptive designers 3D-printing entire buildings out of natural materials. Check out... Read more »

The EU wants to regulate your favorite AI tools

While the exact way in which these models will be regulated in the AI Act is still under heated debate, creators of general–purpose AI models, such as OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind, will... Read more »

Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on Facebook

“A lot of this language seems to be designed to exempt the company from applicable privacy laws, but none of it reflects the reality of how the product operates.” What’s more, all... Read more »

This biotech startup says mice live longer after genetic reprogramming

Mice live only months in the wild but can survive two to three years in the lab. Those in the latest experiment were already 124 weeks old when they got the drug—close... Read more »

This biotech says mice live longer after genetic reprogramming

Mice live only months in the wild but can survive two to three years in the lab. Those in the latest experiment were already 124 weeks old when they got the drug—close... Read more »

The Download: introducing our 10 Breakthrough Technologies

Each year, MIT Technology Review’s reporters and editors pick 10 Breakthrough Technologies, all of which have the promise to fundamentally change the way we live and work. This year’s list covers everything... Read more »

Meet the designers printing houses out of salt and clay

Early on, they realized they had something unique to bring to 3D technology. “We both come from rural backgrounds, growing up outside in the landscape, literally playing in the dirt,” says San... Read more »