July 21, 2025

The Download: how your data is being used to train AI, and why chatbots aren’t doctors

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. A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data Millions of images of passports, credit cards, birth certificates, and other documents containing personally identifiable information are likely included in…

Lego Fortnite’s first big update squashes bugs and adds a launch pad

January 23, 2024

Epic’s standalone survival crafting game saw its first update on Tuesday, smoothing out some of the new game’s rough edges and adding a flurry of quality of life improvements. We’ve covered Lego Fortnite since it launched last month, when the new title lured in 2.4 million simultaneous players. On the face of it the game […]

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X adds support for passkeys on iOS after removing SMS 2FA support last year

January 23, 2024

X, formerly Twitter, today announced support for passkeys, a new and more secure login method than traditional passwords, which will become an option for U.S. users on iOS devices. The technology has been adopted by a number of apps as of late, including PayPal, TikTok, WhatsApp, and others. Today we’re excited to launch Passkeys as […]

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10 Ways to Be a Better You at Work in 2024

January 23, 2024
New Year’s resolutions already petering out? One way to break this cycle is to shift from extrinsic goals to intrinsic ones. Here are ten that will help you grow this year.