To be sure, AI will bring extraordinary changes to science, but it has become increasingly clear that AlphaFold, and things like it, may not be the best template for that metamorphosis. Though... Read more »

What began as a relatively niche conspiracy theory from the far right was able to—and continues to—influence a wide range of actions by the second Trump administration. In myriad ways, the idea... Read more »

“The Biden administration may have abandoned plans to create a ‘Disinformation Board,’ but a more insidious ‘Censorship Complex’ already exists and is growing at an alarming speed,” Cleveland wrote. “Its funding and... Read more »

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Meta has become the latest firm to say its AI hacked another companyIt blamed a “misconfiguration” by an... Read more »

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The US is considering banning Chinese data center componentsThe news comes just after the FCC announced... Read more »

NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, and its partners across the world, are chiefly worried about asteroids 460 feet long and larger. Around 25,000 of those are estimated to have near-Earth orbits, and... Read more »

2 China is poised to win the technologies of the futureIt’s already a high-tech hardware powerhouse, but it increasingly has its sights set on software too. (New Yorker $)+ US tech and political leaders... Read more »

It was a surprise, then, when last week the Federal Trade Commission issued a sweeping ban on foreign imports of advanced robots, including humanoids, quadrupeds, and wheeled robots. The decision, made by... Read more »

1 It looks like Iran is conducting cyberattacks on US water systemsThat’s according to preliminary investigations on hacks in at least seven states. (NYT $)+ Will this be a wake-up call? (Forbes) 2 Google briefly... Read more »