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Why laptop docking stations matter more than their boring reputation suggests
TECHNOLOGY

Why laptop docking stations matter more than their boring reputation suggests

Docking stations expand what your laptop can do, and I’ve been testing the best of the best to see which you should buy.

Wired·16h ago
Anthropic’s prospectus forces investors to bet on AI despite existential risk warnings
TECHNOLOGY

Anthropic’s prospectus forces investors to bet on AI despite existential risk warnings

In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.

TechCrunch·1d ago
Virtual border wall surveillance systems failed to rescue migrants, MIT finds
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Virtual border wall surveillance systems failed to rescue migrants, MIT finds

Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreaking investigation by MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review·1d ago
Anthropic’s AI lab raises the bar for what counts as scientific discovery
TECHNOLOGY

Anthropic’s AI lab raises the bar for what counts as scientific discovery

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Wednesday, Anthropic announced that earlier this year it had launched a molecular biology lab, where Claude agents read and conjecture about hard biology pro

MIT Technology Review·2d ago
Tesla’s Semi faces a charging infrastructure gap rivals may avoid
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Tesla’s Semi faces a charging infrastructure gap rivals may avoid

Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge

Ars Technica·4d ago
Makary’s evasion on presidential infallibility signals FDA independence concerns
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Makary’s evasion on presidential infallibility signals FDA independence concerns

Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.

Ars Technica·4d ago
Martin Makary’s FDA confirmation dodge signals trouble for agency independence
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Martin Makary’s FDA confirmation dodge signals trouble for agency independence

Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.

Ars Technica·4d ago
Court ruling gives Trump power to punish Anthropic’s AI design choices
TECHNOLOGY

Court ruling gives Trump power to punish Anthropic’s AI design choices

Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features

Ars Technica·5d ago
Pentagon pursues AI lie detection despite polygraph’s failed track record
TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon pursues AI lie detection despite polygraph’s failed track record

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. The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved lie dete

MIT Technology Review·5d ago
Pentagon bets thirty million dollars AI can solve what polygraphs never could
TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon bets thirty million dollars AI can solve what polygraphs never could

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. The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved lie dete

MIT Technology Review·5d ago
Pentagon pursues AI lie detector despite science showing flaws remain unsolved
TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon pursues AI lie detector despite science showing flaws remain unsolved

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. The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved lie dete

MIT Technology Review·5d ago
Pentagon’s AI lie detector plan risks encoding polygraph’s flawed science at scale
TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon’s AI lie detector plan risks encoding polygraph’s flawed science at scale

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MIT Technology Review·5d ago

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CMF’s budget clip earbuds challenge the audio trade-offs of open-ear design

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