July 3, 2025

The Download: AI agents hype, and Google’s electricity plans

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. Don’t let hype about AI agents get ahead of reality —Yoav Shoham is a professor emeritus at Stanford University and cofounder of AI21 Labs. At Google’s I/O 2025 event in May, the company…

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Worldcoin, cofounded by Sam Altman, is betting the next big thing in AI is proving you are human

March 8, 2023

Fake virtual identities are nothing new. The ability to so easily create them has been both a boon for social media platforms — more “users” — and a scourge, tied as they are to the spread of conspiracy theories, distorted discourse and other societal ills. Still, Twitter bots are nothing compared with what the world […]

Worldcoin, cofounded by Sam Altman, is betting the next big thing in AI is proving you are human by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Relativity Space has had a wild ride to launch

March 7, 2023

Relativity Space will be attempting to make history with the first launch of the 110-foot-tall Terran 1 rocket tomorrow afternoon. The company, which was founded in 2015 by Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone, is best-known for its innovative 3D printing technology: Terran 1 is 85% 3D-printed by mass, and that even includes the rocket engines. […]

Relativity Space has had a wild ride to launch by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Walt Disney Imagineering snags Chief Creative Officer Bruce Vaughn back from Airbnb

March 7, 2023

Walt Disney Imagineering, the workshop that makes all of the cool things you experience at the Disney Parks, is bringing back a veteran to co-lead the division. Bruce Vaughn was previously at WDI for 22 years, leaving for VR experience company Dreamscape before landing at Airbnb. Vaughn will take the role of Chief Creative Officer […]

Walt Disney Imagineering snags Chief Creative Officer Bruce Vaughn back from Airbnb by Matthew Panzarino originally published on TechCrunch

Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives

March 7, 2023
Forget about He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who created gene-edited babies. Instead, when you think about gene editing you should think of Victoria Gray, the African-American woman who says she’s been cured of her sickle-cell disease symptoms.  This week in London, scientists are gathering for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing. It’s gene…

Twitter Blue’s quiet rollout in EU frets watchdog over lack of notice

March 7, 2023

Twitter has ruffled more regulatory feathers in the European Union by going ahead with a rollout of a much criticized paid verification feature without informing its lead data protection watchdog ahead of time — despite previously saying it would. The product, known as Twitter Blue, lets users pay to get a blue check market on […]

Twitter Blue’s quiet rollout in EU frets watchdog over lack of notice by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch