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…

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The Wild West of robotaxis: Will Texas be a regulatory haven or chaos unleashed?

November 16, 2023

All eyes might be on the California robotaxi market, but Texas is the one shaping up to be the next hot testbed of the technology — and regulatory fights that could follow. The Lone Star State has been home to autonomous vehicle testing, particularly with trucks, for years now. However, Texas, a state with negligible […]

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Aave Companies rebrands to Avara and acquires crypto wallet Family to expand its web3 reach

November 16, 2023

Web3-focused software technology company Aave Companies is rebranding to Avara, its founder Stani Kulechov told TechCrunch exclusively. The crypto parent entity best known for supporting Aave Labs, Aave Protocol, its native stablecoin GHO and decentralized social network protocol Lens, among others. About $8.66 billion of liquidity is locked in Aave across eight networks and over […]

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The Download: defining AGI, and making sense of the complicated universe

November 16, 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. Google DeepMind wants to define what counts as artificial general intelligence AGI, or artificial general intelligence, is one of the hottest topics in tech today. It’s also one of the most controversial. A…

2023 global cloud ecosystem

November 16, 2023
The cloud, fundamentally a tool for cost and resource efficiency, has long enabled companies and countries to organize around digital-first principles. It is an established capability that improves the bottom line for enterprises. However, maturity lags, and global standards are sorely needed. Cloud capabilities play a crucial role in accelerating the global economy’s next stage…

What’s coming next for fusion research

November 16, 2023
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. We’ve covered the dream of fusion before in this newsletter: the power source could provide consistent energy from widely available fuel without producing radioactive waste.  But making a fusion power plant a…

Google DeepMind wants to define what counts as artificial general intelligence

November 16, 2023
AGI, or artificial general intelligence, is one of the hottest topics in tech today. It’s also one of the most controversial. A big part of the problem is that few people agree on what the term even means. Now a team of Google DeepMind researchers has put out a paper that cuts through the cross…

Behind Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s push to get AI tools in developers’ hands

November 15, 2023
In San Francisco last week, everyone’s favorite surprise visitor was Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.  At OpenAI’s DevDay—the company’s first-ever event for developers building on its platform—Nadella bounded on stage to join OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, blowing the hair back on an already electrified audience. “You guys have built something magic,” he gushed.  Two days later…

Forward Health launches CarePods, a self-contained, AI-powered doctor’s office

November 15, 2023

Adrian Aoun, CEO and co-founder of Forward Health, aims to scale healthcare. It started in 2017 with the launch of tech-forward doctor’s offices that eschewed traditional medical staffing for technology solutions like body scanners, smart sensors, and algorithms that can diagnose ailments. Now, in 2023, he’s still on the same mission and rolled up all […]

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The Download: attempting to read someone’s mind, and AI weather forecasting

November 15, 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. Is it possible to really understand someone else’s mind? Technically speaking, neuroscientists have been able to read your mind for decades. It’s not easy, mind you. First, you must lie motionless within a…