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The Download: NASA’s new telescope and Chinese tech import curbs

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Wednesday, August 05, 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. NASA’s new dark energy space telescope can also detect killer asteroids   At the end of August, NASA is set to

The Download: US robot restrictions and ICE’s DNA grab

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Tuesday, August 04, 2026 - 4:14 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. Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics   —James O’Donnell  Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe

The Download: US robot restrictions, and ICE’s DNA grab

Date
Tuesday, August 04, 2026 - 4:14 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. Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics   —James O’Donnell  Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe

Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics

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Monday, August 03, 2026 - 10:43 PM
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This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick children, and despite advances are still

The Download: reward hacking explained and suspected Iranian cyberattacks

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Monday, August 03, 2026 - 4:08 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. Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals When two OpenAI models hacked into Hugging Face last

The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks

Date
Monday, August 03, 2026 - 4:08 PM
Description
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. Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals When two OpenAI models hacked into Hugging Face last

The Download: Montana’s new experimental drug rules

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Friday, July 31, 2026 - 4:16 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. Montana’s plan to become an experimental medical hub just pushed forward  As of this week in Montana, biotech

The Download: tricking LLMs, and reviving geothermal plants

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Thursday, July 30, 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. A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack  It is impossible to make large language models