2026 • Mar 30
Pints meet prop bets: Polymarket’s “Situation Room” pop-up bar in DC
Why did a leading prediction market feel the need for an in-person bar in DC?
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2026 • Mar 25
The Download: reawakening frozen brains, and the AI Hype Index returns
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. This scientist rewarmed and studied pieces of his
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2026 • Mar 25
How chemists turned bourbon waste into supercapacitors
Hydrothermal carbonization can directly convert sloppy stillage into hard or activated carbon.
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2026 • Mar 25
So long, farewell: Saying goodbye to Audi's best car, the 2026 RS6 Avant
With production now finished, we take one last ride in our favorite station wagon.
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2026 • Mar 25
Honda cancels the two electric vehicles it was developing with Sony
Sony Honda Mobility says the Afeela 1 and Afeela 2 are no more.
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2026 • Mar 25
Disney cancels $1 billion OpenAI partnership amid Sora shutdown plans
Press reports suggest Disney was blindsided and that no money changed hands.
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2026 • Mar 25
Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update
Move follows government pressure on smartphone makers to do more to protect children online.
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2026 • Mar 25
Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was “inevitable” on its apps
Meta plans to appeal as it faces down two other child safety trials.
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2026 • Mar 25
Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029, far sooner than previously thought
Company warns entire industry to move off RSA and EC more quickly.
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2026 • Mar 25
Trump staffs science and technology panel with non-scientists
Appointee list is in keeping with the administration's hostility toward science.
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2026 • Mar 25
Antibiotic resistance among germs swells during droughts, study suggests
Study links two crises: Climate change and antibiotic-resistant infections.
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2026 • Mar 25
Google's TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x
TurboQuant makes AI models more efficient but doesn't reduce output quality like other methods.
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