The Download: sodium-ion batteries and China’s bright tech future
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Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI
Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company’s workplace assistant, transforming
Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz
AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by
CES showed me why Chinese tech companies feel so optimistic
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Mitigating emissions from air freight: Unlocking the potential of SAF with book and claim
Emissions from air freight have increased by 25% since 2019, according to a 2024 analysis
The Download: introducing this year’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies
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Securing digital assets as crypto crime surges
In February 2025, cyberattackers thought to be linked to North Korea executed a sophisticated supply
Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that works in your files — no coding required
Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of
The Download: the case for AI slop, and helping CRISPR fulfill its promise
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A new CRISPR startup is betting regulators will ease up on gene-editing
Here at MIT Technology Review we’ve been writing about the gene-editing technology CRISPR since 2013,
America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research
The new year has barely begun, but the first days of 2026 have brought big
The Download: mimicking pregnancy’s first moments in a lab, and AI parameters explained
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Using unstructured data to fuel enterprise AI success
Enterprises are sitting on vast quantities of unstructured data, from call records and video footage
What new legal challenges mean for the future of US offshore wind
For offshore wind power in the US, the new year is bringing new legal battles.