Over the past few weeks in Belem, Brazil, attendees of this year’s UN climate talks dealt with oppressive heat and flooding, and at one point a literal fire broke out, delaying negotiations. The symbolism was almost too much to bear. While many, including the president of Brazil, framed this year’s conference as one of action, […]

Unfortunately, the company found that the drug did not appear to delay the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the volunteers who took it. The news came as a huge disappointment to the research community. “It was kind of crushing,” says Drucker. That’s despite the fact that, deep down, he wasn’t expecting a “clear win.” Alzheimer’s […]

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. What we still don’t know about weight-loss drugs Weight-loss drugs have been back in the news this week. First, we heard that Eli Lilly, the company behind Mounjaro and Zepbound, became the […]

“(Are we) going to stop crime before it happens because we’re monitoring every utterance and thought of incarcerated people?” Kendrick says. “I think this is one of many situations where the technology is way far ahead of the law.” The company spokesperson said the tool’s function is to make monitoring more efficient amid staffing shortages, […]

We’re looking for people who are making important scientific discoveries and applying that knowledge to build new technologies. Or those who are engineering new systems and algorithms that will aid our work or extend our abilities. Each year, many honorees are focused on improving human health or solving major problems like climate change; others are […]

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 New York is cracking down on personalized pricing algorithmsA new law forces retailers to declare if their pricing is informed by users’ data. (NYT $)+ The US National Retail Federation tried to block it from passing. (TechCrunch) 2 The White House […]

The opportunities and the challenges are both enormous. An executive at one Fortune 500 company says his organization has carried out a comprehensive review of its use of analytics and concluded that its workers, overall, add little or no value. Rooting out the old software and replacing that inefficient human labor with AI might yield […]