The Download: a new Christian phone network, and debugging LLMs

Since 2025, the NSF has faced budget cuts, grant terminations, and mass firings, with staff numbers down sharply and many ambitious projects grinding to a halt. The result is...

Light Phone Is Making Its Dumb Phone More Useful With Third-Party ‘Tools’

Time and time again, owners of dumb phones—or minimalist phones—turn to their niche communities asking for extra features for their pared-down devices: an authenticator app, Uber, or a way...

The Download: the North Pole’s future and humanoid data

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta have all set AI spending recordsCollectively, they’re up 71% on...

Essential Gear for an Emergency Kit—for Cars or Go-Bags

You never know when you're going to have to bug out on short notice. The politics of the moment are less than predictable. Disasters never strike on schedule, and...

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In December 2024, at the suggestion of a mutual friend, I met with a professional investigator named Tyler Maroney. He told me he was...

The Download: a new Christian phone network, and debugging LLMs

Since 2025, the NSF has faced budget cuts, grant terminations, and mass firings, with staff numbers down sharply and many ambitious projects grinding to...

Light Phone Is Making Its Dumb Phone More Useful With Third-Party...

Time and time again, owners of dumb phones—or minimalist phones—turn to their niche communities asking for extra features for their pared-down devices: an authenticator...

The Download: the North Pole’s future and humanoid data

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta have all set AI spending...

Essential Gear for an Emergency Kit—for Cars or Go-Bags

You never know when you're going to have to bug out on short notice. The politics of the moment are less than predictable. Disasters...

The Download: storing nuclear waste and orchestrating agents

—Casey Crownhart This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday....