The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 China is strengthening its control over online contentBy taking “golden shares” in major tech companies Alibaba... Read more »

The risk is that doctors will opt for what’s known as a broad-spectrum antibiotic—a powerful drug that’s capable of killing many different types of bacteria. These medicines should be a last resort,... Read more »

That’s why the park is a vital source for charcoal, or makala in Swahili, and for food—even though farming, fishing, hunting, and logging are all illegal. Park resources are stripped with regularity:... Read more »

The task of selecting technologies for this list always sparks lively discussions and debate within our team. We have to make tough calls about what to include and what to leave out. Below... Read more »

2 Two climate technologies will prove especially crucial this year EVs and battery recycling get our vote. (MIT Technology Review) 3 FTX has recovered more than $5 billionBut how much money is still... Read more »

The 2023 Breakthrough Technologies It’s finally here—our 2023 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Two climate items made the list this year: electric vehicles and battery recycling! We’ve been working on this list... Read more »

De Vries, the researcher, says that even if miners move on to cleaner energy sources, the industry still won’t be sustainable. All it will do is crowd out other consumers of clean... Read more »

Elena Lister, a psychiatrist at Columbia University who specializes in grief, says a healthy level of denial about death is necessary. But now, Lister says, her colleagues are talking about a pandemic... Read more »