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AI The Download: America’s drone brothers, and an upside of AI doomerismTechurzAugust 26, 2025 In 2024 alone, 350 known drone incursions were reported over a hundred different US military installations. A lack of coordination…
AI The Download: Google’s AI energy expenditure, and handing over DNA data to the policeTechurzAugust 22, 2025 Google has just released a report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In total, the…
AI The Download: Ukraine’s Starlink repair shop, and predicting solar stormsTechurzAugust 21, 2025 Starlink is absolutely critical to Ukraine’s ability to continue in the fight against Russia. It’s how troops in battle zones…
AI The Download: churches in the age of AI, and how to run an LLM at homeTechurzAugust 21, 2025 This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…
Security 10 open-source apps I recommend every Windows user download – for freeTechurzAugust 19, 2025 LibreOffice / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways If Windows is your OS of choice, consider these open-source…
AI The Download: Clean energy progress, and OpenAI’s trilemmaTechurzAugust 19, 2025 —Joshua A. Basseches is the David and Jane Flowerree Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Public Policy at Tulane University.The…
AI The Download: Pigeons’ role in developing AI, and Native artists’ tech interpretationsTechurzAugust 18, 2025 People looking for precursors to artificial intelligence often point to science fiction by authors like Isaac Asimov or thought experiments…
AI The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT’s personality misstepTechurzAugust 15, 2025 Taiwanese politics increasingly revolves around one crucial question: Will China invade? China’s ruling party has wanted to seize Taiwan for…