This is today’s edition of The download, Our weekday newsletter provides a daily dose of what’s happening in the world of technology. How AGI Became the Biggest Conspiracy Theory of Our Time —Will Douglas Heaven, Senior AI Editor Are you feeling it?I hear it’s close: two years, five years… maybe next year! And I hear…
Across Iranvast tracts of land are constantly collapsing. In some regions, the ground is sinking at a rate of up to 30 centimeters per year – the fastest recorded worldwide. This is not a sudden disaster like an earthquake or flood. It is a slow, silent and largely irreversible transformation, reshaping the country’s geography from…
European AI startups are losing ground to the United States, and their own investors are to blame. Only 5% of global risk capital is obtained in the EU, according to the European Commission. The United States, on the other hand, attracts more than half, while China takes 40%. However, Europe is not capital poor: households…
What keeps founders going when motivation fades? Our experts share practical strategies for staying driven when your business starts to feel like it’s running you. Running a business can feel relentless. In this edition of Let’s Talk, we asked successful founders and business advisers to share what actually keeps them going when motivation runs dry,…
It’s not just Spotify that has a year-end summary feature: Apple Music does too, and it’s available all year round! Here’s how to get your Apple Music Replay playlist today. Apple Music Playback 2025 Spotify has a unique feature called Spotify Wrapped that shows your top artists, songs, and genres of the year. It’s a…
Normally I like the beginning of the school year, but this year I want to do it again. Lucky for me, a new year begins next week: the Year of Water 2026! We had a surprise storm this week, with purple streaks of lightning and raindrops filling our barrel to complete the end of water…
Remote work and digital nomadism are now a part of everyday life for millions of people. However, the ability to work from anywhere also brings responsibilities for the accepting country. It involves the process of identity verification (IDV): from visa applications and apartment rentals to purchasing strong beverages in grocery stores. Regula, with their partner…
Basidiomes of Laccaria carminostipes (AC);L. mangshanensis (gl); L. sinolatericia (American soldier) YD Xu and ZM He; L. japonica Popa and K. Nara (jk); L. versiforma HJ Cho and YW Lim (left). in Xu, Zhang, Chen and he, 2025 Scale bars: 1 cm. Abstract lacaria is a large genus within the Hydnangiaceae family, and there are…
Checking your intentions Anthropic researchers wanted to know if Claude could accurately describe his internal state based solely on internal information. This required the researchers to compare Claude’s self-reported “thoughts” with internal processes, something like connecting a human to a brain monitor, asking questions, and then analyzing the scan to map the thoughts to the…
Thursday, September 4, 2025 – London, UK and Chicago, USA. Researchers associated with a fictitious research network and funding source have collectively raised millions of dollars of taxpayer money for current studies in the United States, Japan, Ireland, and other nations. This is according to research led by Digital Science’s vice president of research integrity,…