The problem with Big Tech’s favorite carbon removal tech
Sucking carbon pollution out of the atmosphere is becoming a big business—companies are paying top dollar for technologies that can cancel out their own emissions....
Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization
You live in a house you designed and built yourself. You rely on the sun for power, heat your home with a woodstove, and farm your own fish and vegetables. The year is...
ACE prevents context collapse with ‘evolving playbooks’ for self-improving AI agents
A new framework from Stanford University and SambaNova addresses a critical challenge in building robust AI agents: context engineering. Called Agentic Context...
The Download: creating the perfect baby, and carbon removal’s lofty promises
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.
The race to make the perfect...
Microsoft launches ‘Hey Copilot’ voice assistant and autonomous agents for all Windows 11 PCs
Microsoft is fundamentally reimagining how people interact with their computers, announcing Thursday a sweeping transformation of Windows 11 that brings voice-activated...
Amazon and Chobani adopt Strella’s AI interviews for customer research as fast-growing startup raises $14M
One year after emerging from stealth, Strella has raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered customer research platform, the company announced...
Unlocking the potential of SAF with book and claim in air freight
Used in aviation, book and claim offers companies the ability to financially support the use of SAF even when it is not physically available at their locations.
As...