Mission Barns is betting that animal-free pork fat will make artificial meat delicious
It’s the first such product to reach the market, and it could unlock a host of fattened-up meat alternatives.
The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat
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. How nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs Nonprofits are trying to preserve a US effort to modernize greenhouse-gas measurements, amid growing fears that the Trump administration’s dismantling of…
July 2025
What role should oil and gas companies play in climate tech?
This week, I have a new story out about Quaise, a geothermal startup that’s trying to commercialize new drilling technology. Using a device called a gyrotron, the company wants to drill deeper, cheaper, in an effort to unlock geothermal power anywhere on the planet. (For all the details, check it out here.) For the story,…
A new AI coding challenge just published its first results – and they aren’t pretty
A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner — and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers. On Wednesday at 5pm PST, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced the first winner of the K Prize, a multi-round AI coding challenge launched by Databricks and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski. The winner was a Brazilian […]
Trump’s ‘anti-woke AI’ order could reshape how US tech companies train their models
When DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed they sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns about censorship and bias. American AI leaders like OpenAI have pointed to this as justification […]
Sundar Pichai is ‘very excited’ about Google Cloud’s OpenAI partnership
The comment came shortly after analysts peppered Pichai and other Google executives with questions about how AI would affect its core search business and why Google is spending an extra $10 billion on capital expenditures this year to catch up in the AI race.
Mark Cuban Spends ‘Most’ of His Time Using This Decades-Old Communication Method. Here’s Why He Prefers It.
Here’s how the tech billionaire gets his inbox from 1,000 emails to 20 in one day (with barely any AI).
A troubled SPAC plans to buy iRocket for $400M but it already returned most of its cash
iRocket is aiming to hit the public markets but the SPAC vehicle has hardly any cash left.
YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10 billion
YouTube continues to lead in the streaming market, with ad revenue increasing by 13% to $9.8 billion.
The Playbook I Used to Launch a Thriving 8-Figure Business — and How You Can Too
You don’t need a big budget or breakthrough idea to launch a successful business. This article lays out a proven, step-by-step playbook to build a direct-to-consumer company from scratch — based on real results.
Google’s AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India
Google shared new stats about its AI features’ adoption during its Q2 earnings.