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How small businesses can leverage AI

Case study Sam Finnegan-Dehn works in fundraising for a charity, but he moonlights as a math and philosophy tutor for university students from his home in London. Through this part-time business, he... Read more »

The Download: China’s brain implant ambitions

4 The US, Australia, and UK will defend seabed cables with underwater dronesThey’re developing the vehicles via the trilateral AUKUS defense ⁠pact. (CNN)+ Undersea internet cables face growing threats. (BBC) 5 A... Read more »

China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next

NEO beat several other BCIs to approval, including one from Neuralink, a California-based company founded by Elon Musk. Since October 2023, Neuracle has conducted 36 clinical trials using NEO, including the one... Read more »

The Download: unlocking lithium and controlling Ebola

This story is from The Spark, our weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things biotech. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Thursday. How the Pope’s Magnifica... Read more »

The deadly Ebola outbreak is proving difficult to control

The most obvious is the disease itself. Ebola is a severe disease with an average 50% fatality rate. Previous outbreaks have resulted in thousands of deaths. (Hantavirus also has a high fatality... Read more »

How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas offers a template for individuals to meet the AI moment

Is there any question which road we are currently barreling down? And can there be any doubt which we would do well to walk together?  We are both Catholics, members of religious... Read more »

How a new extraction process could unlock the world’s lithium

“At scale, we believe this will be the lowest-cost way of sourcing lithium in the world,” says Yet-Ming Chiang, one of the study authors, who is an MIT professor and a serial... Read more »

The Download: climate tech goes public and the AI Hype Index returns

1 Illinois just passed what could become America’s strongest AI safety lawIt would require third-party safety audits. (Wired $)+ But it still needs the governor’s approval. (NBC News)+ The US is divided... Read more »

The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season

It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told... Read more »

Climate tech companies are going public. What’s next?

Those are all success stories in the IPO world. And it certainly doesn’t feel like a coincidence that all these companies are racing to provide electricity in an era of rising demand... Read more »