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A new ion-based quantum computer makes error correction simpler
Helios is noteworthy for its qubits’ precision, says Rajibul Islam, a physicist at the University of Waterloo in…
The Download: gene-edited babies, and cleaning up copper
The news: A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to…
Four thoughts from Bill Gates on climate tech
Gates buys offsets to cancel out his own personal emissions, to the tune of about $9 million a year, he said at…
Here’s why we don’t have a cold vaccine. Yet.
That approach wouldn’t work for the common cold, because all those hundreds of variants are circulating all the…
Here’s the latest company planning for gene-edited babies
Harrinton’s venture was incorporated in Delaware in May 2025,under the name Preventive Medicine PBC. As a…
The Download: Down the Mandela effect rabbit hole, and the promise of a…
Quick question: Does the Fruit of the Loom logo feature a cornucopia?Many of us have been wearing the company’s…
Leveraging the clinician’s expertise with agentic AI
Letting doctors be doctorsbe doctorsCurrent ambient AI assistants, which gained mainstream traction in 2023,…
The Download: Introducing: the new conspiracy age
—Greg Linden, a former data scientist at Microsoft, pokes fun at Meta’s beleaguered Reality Labs’ earnings in a…
DeepSeek may have found a new way to improve AI’s ability to remember
Currently, most large language models break text down into thousands of tiny units called tokens. This turns…
The AI Hype Index: Data centers’ neighbors are pivoting to power…
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a…