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The Download: turning down human noise, and LA’s stunning subway upgrade

The Download: turning down human noise, and LA’s stunning subway upgrade

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 noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up? As human society has expanded, animals have started struggling to hear one another....

Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones

Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones

After operating in secrecy for years, a startup company called R3 Bio, in Richmond, California, suddenly shared details about its work last week—saying it had raised money to create nonsentient monkey “organ sacks” as an alternative to animal testing. In an interview with Wired, R3 listed three...

The Download: glass chips and “AI-free” logos

The Download: glass chips and “AI-free” logos

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. Future AI chips could be built on glass  Human-made glass is thousands of years old. But it’s now poised to find its way into the AI...

US deputy health secretary: Vaccine guidelines are still subject to change

US deputy health secretary: Vaccine guidelines are still subject to change

Over the past year, Jim O’Neill has become one of the most powerful people in public health. As the US deputy health secretary, he holds two roles at the top of the country’s federal health and science agencies. He oversees a department with a budget of over a trillion dollars. And he signed the...

Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”

Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”

“Who here believes involuntary death is a good thing?”  Nathan Cheng has been delivering similar versions of this speech over the last couple of years, so I knew what was coming. He was about to try to convince the 80 or so people in the audience that death is bad. And that defeating it should...

Good technology should change the world

Good technology should change the world

The billionaire investor Peter Thiel (or maybe his ghostwriter) once said, “We were promised flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” That quip originally appeared in a manifesto for Thiel’s venture fund in 2011. All good investment firms have a manifesto, right? This one argued for making bold...

Palantir - L'histoire secrète de l'œil numérique qui voit tout

Palantir - L'histoire secrète de l'œil numérique qui voit tout

Cet article fait partie de ma série spéciale hackers . Bonne lecture ! Le 7 août 2019, dans le Mississippi, des centaines d'enfants rentrent de leur premier jour d'école. Cartables sur le dos, ils s'attendent à retrouver leurs parents pour raconter leur journée. Mais à la place, ils découvrent des...