July 4, 2025

The Download: India’s AI independence, and predicting future epidemics

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. Inside India’s scramble for AI independence Despite its status as a global tech hub, India lags far behind the likes of the US and China when it comes to homegrown AI. That gap…

September 2023

Meta to deprecate Facebook News in the U.K., Germany, and France

September 5, 2023
Meta today announced that it will be pulling the plug on Facebook News in the U.K., Germany, and France starting in early December. The social networking giant said it was part of its “ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most.” Facebook News, for the uninitiated, is […]

Chipmaker NXP confirms data breach involving customers’ information

September 5, 2023
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors has alerted customers to a data breach involving their personal information. The data breach was first flagged by Troy Hunt, the owner of Have I Been Pwned, who tweeted a copy of the email NXP had sent to customers affected by the breach. Those affected appear to be individuals with an […]

Zoom rebrands existing — and intros new — generative AI features

September 5, 2023
To stay competitive in the crowded market for videoconferencing, Zoom is updating and rebranding several of its AI-powered features, including the generative AI assistant formerly known as Zoom IQ. The news comes after controversy over changes to Zoom’s terms of service, which implied that Zoom reserved the right to use customers’ videos to train its […]

The Download: the climate tech companies to watch, and mysterious AI models

September 5, 2023
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. Coming soon: MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch For decades, MIT Technology Review has published annual lists highlighting the advances redefining what technology can do and the brightest minds pushing…

Alibaba-backed autonomous driving darling Deeproute sets sight on Europe carmakers

September 5, 2023
Deeproute.ai, the Shenzhen-headquartered robotaxi startup with $350 million in funding and over 500 employees worldwide, is aiming to open an operations center in Germany in 2024. The move will make it yet another Chinese mobility upstart to set up a physical presence in Germany, home to some of the world’s largest automakers, as they venture abroad. The […]