The Download: a controversial proposal to solve climate change, and our future grids

December 10, 2025

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 one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet Stardust Solutions believes that it can solve climate change—for a price. The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects nations will soon pay it…

Google launches sub-$5 AI Plus plan in India to compete with ChatGPT Go

December 10, 2025

For new users in India, Google is offering an AI Plus subscription for ₹199 ($2.21) for the first six months, after which you’ll have to pay ₹399 ($4.44).

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

December 10, 2025

You can select which topics you want to see more or less of, and your recommendations will adapt accordingly.

Adobe brings Photoshop, Express and Acrobat features to ChatGPT

December 10, 2025

ChatGPT’s 800 million plus userbase can now use Adobe’s apps to modify images and PDFs

You’re Using AI Wrong — This Is the Expert Fix to Give It the Perfect Prompt

December 10, 2025

AI can transform your productivity — but only if you know the right way to communicate with it.

Amazon to invest additional $35B in India by 2030, taking total planned spending to $75B

December 10, 2025

The e-commerce giant said the new investment will support its efforts to digitize small businesses and strengthen its logistics and operations footprint in India.

Google invests in Fervo’s $462M round to unlock even more geothermal energy

December 10, 2025

Fervo Energy’s Series E round will help the company build additional phases of its Cape Station power plant while beginning development on new sites.

Meesho’s $606M IPO pops as enthusiasm for India’s e-commerce startups rises

December 10, 2025

Meesho had a good first day as a public company, with its shares climbing as much as 46% from its issue price as investors jumped to grab a piece of the company built around small merchants and value-conscious consumers.

Fertility startup Inito wants to use AI-designed antibodies to expand at-home health tests

December 10, 2025

Inito has raised $29 million in new funding to invest in and develop AI-engineered antibodies that will help it offer new types of tests and improve the accuracy of existing ones.

Securing VMware workloads in regulated industries

December 10, 2025

At a regional hospital, a cardiac patient’s lab results sit behind layers of encryption, accessible to his surgeon but shielded from those without strictly need-to-know status. Across the street at a credit union, a small business owner anxiously awaits the all-clear for a wire transfer, unaware that fraud detection systems have flagged it for further…

China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries.