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The Download: unlocking lithium and controlling Ebola

Date
Friday, May 29, 2026 - 4:10 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. How a new extraction process could unlock the world’s lithium A new method for extracting lithium could cut

The deadly Ebola outbreak is proving difficult to control

Date
Friday, May 29, 2026 - 3:19 PM
Description
The alert was raised on May 5. Four health-care workers in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo had died from an unknown illness within four days. Rapid response teams were sent to investigate, and tests at a research center in

The Download: climate tech goes public and the AI Hype Index returns

Date
Thursday, May 28, 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. Climate tech companies are going public. What’s next? Solar and battery company Solv Energy went public in

The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season

Date
Thursday, May 28, 2026 - 1:51 PM
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It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates that their task is to help shape AI, he was met with a

The Download: keeping up with AI, and the future of IVF

Date
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 4:10 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. Stay on top of what’s going on in AI this summer Here at MIT Technology Review, we understand exactly how

The Download: puncturing the AI jobs panic

Date
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - 4:10 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. A reality check on the AI jobs hysteria Despite the growing hysteria over AI’s threat to white-collar jobs