SAP’S Yaad Oren and Agilent’s Raj Jampa discuss how to deploy agentic AI while staying inside cost, latency, and compliance guardrails.Read More

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 to make clean energy progress under Trump

Continue readingThe Download: clean energy progress, and OpenAI’s trilemma

When the US Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter hearing-aid software for Apple’s AirPods Pro in September 2024, with a device price point right around $200, I was excited. I

Continue readingApple AirPods : a gateway hearing aid

On a Sunday morning in a Midwestern megachurch, worshippers step through sliding glass doors into a bustling lobby—unaware they’ve just passed through a gauntlet of biometric surveillance. High-speed cameras snap

Continue readingHow churches use data and AI as engines of surveillance

How do you want your AI to treat you?  It’s a serious question, and it’s one that Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has clearly been chewing on since GPT-5’s bumpy launch

Continue readingShould AI flatter us, fix us, or just inform us?

The second Trump administration is proving to be more disastrous for the climate and the clean energy economy than many had feared.  Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed

Continue readingHow to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike

Pop Mart, the Chinese company behind the Labubu franchise, has sold $670 million worth of related products so far this year—more than iconic US toy lines Barbie and Hot Wheels.

Scam compounds in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos have conned people out of billions. New research shows they may be linked to child sextortion crimes too.

The replacement for the Dell XPS 14 has arrived, but outside of the name change, this gorgeous laptop is as divisive as ever.

As Adobe rolls out more generative AI features for the PDF, the era of chatbot-less software is firmly a thing of the past.