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The Download: the Pentagon’s AI-powered lie detector and young organ limits
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved lie detector, according to…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on when AI starts designing its own hardware
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Google’s Next AI Data Center Might Be in Outer Space. The First Test Launches Next Week.
Project Suncatcher will send the company’s custom chips into orbit to see if they can survive radiation and brutal temperatures.
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Meadow lets you leave your smartphone at home without sacrificing the essentials
“We’re not Luddites… it’s just we don’t want social media, browsing and that kind of stuff,” said 25-year-old founder Shreyas Narlanka.
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Tire Shops Are Losing Workers Due to ‘Backbreaking’ Labor. This Robot Can Swap a Full Set in Under 15 Minutes.
Tire shops can’t hang on to workers, so San Francisco startup PitPro Automation installed its first robotic system.
North Korean hackers suspected in $351M crypto theft, the largest so far this year
The $351 million theft from crypto exchange Bitget is the latest in a string of high profile hacks targeting the crypto sector.
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved form of lie detector, according to a Department of Defense budget request. The program, called “Polygraph+” or “Polygraph Next”, will focus on scoring algorithms that use artificial intelligence and machine learning and on a technique called “standoff sensing”, which…