The Download: mice with two dads, and Meta’s fact-checking challenges

MIT Technology Review Narrated: Is this the end of animal testing? Animal studies are notoriously bad at identifying human treatments. Around 95% of the...

The Download: weight loss drugs, and a new abortion fight frontier

Over the course of the last year, so-called “miracle” weight-loss drugs have blown up across the internet. Although celebrity users have boosted their standing,...

Frontegg launches entitlements engine to streamline access authorization

SaaS-based customer identity and access management (CIAM) provider Frontegg has launched entitlements engine, an authorization management capability aimed at helping app developers and revenue...

A high school’s deepfake porn scandal is pushing US lawmakers into...

Efforts from members of Congress to clamp down on deepfake pornography are not entirely new. In 2019 and 2021, Representative Yvette Clarke introduced the...

14 Best Portable Battery Chargers (2022): For Phones, iPads, Laptops, and...

Many years ago, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 gained notoriety when its batteries caught fire in a series of incidents. There's been a steady...

Netlify Composable Web Platform aims to modernize web architecture

Netlify, key proponent of the Jamstack web architecture, has unveiled the Netlify Compsable Web Platform, a unified platform for developers, architects, marketers, and content...

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For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time

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The 20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (July 2025)

In Recent years, Netflix and Apple TV+ have been duking it out to have the most prestigious film offerings, but some of the best movies are on Amazon Prime Video. The streamer was one...

For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time

That classic result was a way to transform any algorithm with a given time budget...

The 20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (July 2025)

In Recent years, Netflix and Apple TV+ have been duking it out to have the...

The Download: cybersecurity’s shaky alert system, and mobile IVF

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology....

This Is the Best iPad Deal on Prime Day (2025)

iPads have long been the best tablets, and right now, for Amazon Prime Day, you...

The first babies have been born following “simplified” IVF in a mobile lab

While IVF is increasingly commonplace in wealthy countries—around 12% of all births in Spain result...

Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down

Cybersecurity practitioners have since flooded Discord channels and LinkedIn feeds with emergency posts and memes...

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For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time

That classic result was a way to transform any algorithm with a given time budget into a new algorithm with a slightly smaller space...

The 20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (July 2025)

In Recent years, Netflix and Apple TV+ have been duking it out to have the most prestigious film offerings, but some of the best...

The Download: cybersecurity’s shaky alert system, and mobile IVF

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Trump is seeking huge cuts to basic scientific...

This Is the Best iPad Deal on Prime Day (2025)

iPads have long been the best tablets, and right now, for Amazon Prime Day, you can get Apple's most popular slate for 15% off...

The first babies have been born following “simplified” IVF in a mobile lab

While IVF is increasingly commonplace in wealthy countries—around 12% of all births in Spain result from such procedures—it remains expensive and isn’t always covered...