December 19, 2025

The Download: China’s dying EV batteries, and why AI doomers are doubling down

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. China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries. In the past decade, China has seen an EV boom, thanks in part to government support. Buying an electric…

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OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet

March 23, 2023

OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the internet — in certain cases. OpenAI today launched plugins for ChatGPT, which extend the bot’s functionality by granting it access to third-party knowledge sources and databases, including the worldwide web. Available in alpha to ChatGPT users and developers on the waitlist, OpenAI says that it’ll initially […]

OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok questioned on ineffective teen time limits in Congressional hearing

March 23, 2023

In hopes of heading off concerns over the addictiveness of its app, TikTok earlier this month rolled out new screen time controls that limited minors under the age of 18 to 60-minute daily screen time limits. But in a Congressional hearing today before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, TikTik CEO Shou Zi Chew was […]

TikTok questioned on ineffective teen time limits in Congressional hearing by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch