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The Download: moon city problems and drone traffic controllers

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. Mars may be a hellhole, but the moon is not far behind The US and China are racing to build bases on the moon, with NASA hoping to establish a small…

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The Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots

Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot traffic to plummet – but in reality it’s probably not the kind of bot activity most people associate with Russia. A chart citing Cloudflare data has been circulating around social media platforms, showing a sharp decline…

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Android is the best and worst thing about Googlebooks

My first week with the new Android-powered laptops has been about as rocky as anyone’s, but I’ve slowly learned to like them, even if love still feels a ways off. Every moment that’s impressed me has been thanks to Android, whether I’ve been accessing a native version of a useful app or quickly checking my…

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The OnePlus 16 is the company’s most interesting phone in years

Today the OnePlus 16 launched in China, the company’s first flagship phone since quitting both the US and European markets this summer. As luck would have it, it also looks like the company’s best phone in some time. Like most OnePlus phones, the 16 is positioned around performance, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen…

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Bill Gates Warns AI Will Erase Jobs, Urges US-Led Rules [2026]

Bill Gates used a rare primetime interview to deliver one of his bluntest AI warnings yet, telling NBC’s Meet the Press that artificial intelligence could wipe out jobs faster than new ones appear, and that the United States needs binding rules, not corporate promises, to keep the technology from spiraling into catastrophe. The Microsoft co-founder’s…

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