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The Download: spotting crimes in prisoners’ phone calls, and nominate an Innovator Under 35

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 New York is cracking down on personalized pricing algorithmsA new law forces retailers to declare if their pricing... Read more »

Nominations are now open for our global 2026 Innovators Under 35 competition

We’re looking for people who are making important scientific discoveries and applying that knowledge to build new technologies. Or those who are engineering new systems and algorithms that will aid our work... Read more »

An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls

“[Are we] going to stop crime before it happens because we’re monitoring every utterance and thought of incarcerated people?” Kendrick says. “I think this is one of many situations where the technology... Read more »

The Download: the mysteries surrounding weight-loss drugs, and the economic effects of AI

There’s a lot at stake when it comes to understanding how AI is changing the economy right now. Should we be pessimistic? Optimistic? Or is the situation too nuanced for that? Hopefully,... Read more »

What we still don’t know about weight-loss drugs

But this week we also learned that, disappointingly, GLP-1 drugs don’t seem to help people with Alzheimer’s disease. And that people who stop taking the drugs when they become pregnant can experience potentially... Read more »

The Download: the fossil fuel elephant in the room, and better tests for endometriosis

Over the past few weeks in Belem, Brazil, attendees of this year’s UN climate talks dealt with oppressive heat and flooding, and at one point a literal fire broke out, delaying negotiations.... Read more »

This year’s UN climate talks avoided fossil fuels, again

At one point about 80 countries, a little under half of those present, demanded a concrete plan to move away from fossil fuels. But oil producers like Saudi Arabia were insistent that... Read more »

Moving toward LessOps with VMware-to-cloud migrations

For many organizations, the path forward involves adopting a LessOps model, an operational strategy that makes hybrid environments manageable without increasing headcount. This operational philosophy minimizes human intervention through extensive automation and... Read more »

The Download: AI and the economy, and slop for the masses

There’s a lot at stake when it comes to understanding how AI is changing the economy right now. Should we be pessimistic? Optimistic? Or is the situation too nuanced for that? Hopefully,... Read more »

The AI Hype Index: The people can’t get enough of AI slop

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry.... Read more »