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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 these two brothers became go-to experts on America’s “mystery drone” invasion In 2024 alone, 350 known drone incursions were reported over a...
On a Friday evening last December, every tier of US law enforcement—federal, state, and local—was dispatched to the US Army Natick Soldier Systems Center, a military research installation outside Boston. A squadron of about 15 to 20 drones had been spotted violating the base’s restricted airspace....
Baafour Asiamah-Adjei ’03 is the founder and CEO of one of Ghana’s largest private power companies, Genser Energy—an entrepreneurial engineer who aims to deliver sustainable energy across West Africa. And he credits MIT with much of his success. But when he was applying to colleges, the Institute...
Cet article fait partie de ma série de l’été spécial hackers. Bonne lecture ! Bon, on va pas se mentir. Il y a des objets qui marquent une époque. Le transistor, le micro-processeur, l’iPhone… Et puis il y a ces créations plus discrètes qui révolutionnent un domaine entier sans que le...
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. In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses Google has just released a report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps...
In October, a new academic conference will debut that’s unlike any other. Agents4Science is a one-day online event that will encompass all areas of science, from physics to medicine. All of the work shared will have been researched, written, and reviewed primarily by AI, and will be presented using...
Last year, I added my DNA profile to a private genealogical database, FamilyTreeDNA, and clicked “Yes” to allow the police to search my genes. In 2018, police in California announced they’d caught the Golden State Killer, a man who had eluded capture for decades. They did it by uploading...
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. On the ground in Ukraine’s largest Starlink repair shop Starlink is absolutely critical to Ukraine’s ability to continue in the fight against Russia....
I remember using a princess toothbrush when I was little. The handle was purple, teal, and sparkly. Like most of the other pieces of plastic that have ever been made, it’s probably still out there somewhere, languishing in a landfill. (I just hope it’s not in the ocean.) I’ve been thinking about...
Oleh Kovalskyy thinks that Starlink terminals are built as if someone assembled them with their feet. Or perhaps with their hands behind their back. To demonstrate this last image, Kovalskyy—a large, 47-year-old Ukrainian, clad in sweatpants and with tattoos stretching from his wrists up to...
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 churches use data and AI as engines of surveillance On a Sunday morning in a Midwestern megachurch, worshippers step through sliding glass doors...
Vous vous souvenez de cette époque où partir en voyage signifiait acheter une carte SIM locale dans une boutique douteuse à l’aéroport ? Aujourd’hui, si on sort d’Europe, on active une eSIM en deux clics depuis son canapé et hop, on a internet à l’étranger. C’est...