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The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage

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Monday, July 20, 2026 - 4:10 PM
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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. AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your

The Download: perimenopause misinformation and China’s latest AI leap

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Friday, July 17, 2026 - 4:10 PM
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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. There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it. Perimenopause used to be considered taboo, but not

There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it.

Date
Friday, July 17, 2026 - 1:00 PM
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Perimenopause has entered the chat. Perimenopause—and its better-known relative, menopause—used to be considered taboo. Not anymore, thanks at least in part to TV doctors and social media influencers. Perhaps it’s my age, but these days, both my

The risk of weather data sabotage is rising

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Friday, July 17, 2026 - 12:57 PM
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Every morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing: a weather forecast. While these forecasts are something that most people glance at for two seconds, weather predictions influence

The Download: OpenAI unveils GPT-Red and heat pumps rise in the US

Date
Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 4:10 PM
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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. Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to make its models safer OpenAI has built an LLM super-hacker

The Download: a useful quantum machine and a record-breaking subsea tunnel

Date
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 4:10 PM
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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. PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light The machine that could change the world