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• Scientists just created female clones of male mice

  12-08-2026 20:59 via technologyreview.com
  
  Scientists have deliberately turned male mouse embryos into females for the first time. A team based in Japan used a CRISPR-based approach to remove the Y chromosome from male cells and create female clones of male mice. “No one has done this before,” says Monika Ward, a reproductive biologist at the University of Hawaii, who was not involved in the research.The feat could change the way scientists think about reproduction, says Takashi Ishiuchi, a reproductive biologist at the
  
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• Discord ordered to suspend livestreams in Brazil

  12-08-2026 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Discord told the BBC it was "thoughtfully reviewing" the order by Brazil's data protection agency and it was "committed to user safety"
  
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• Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data

  12-08-2026 18:51 via technologyreview.com
  
  Business and technology leaders need no convincing that the time of agentic AI is here. Organizations are rapidly adopting agents, and few executives doubt the technology’s potential to transform work. But many organizations find that realizing the desired return on investment (ROI) from AI hinges on having the right foundation, with inadequate infrastructure and data being major blockers.Agentic AI places considerable new demands on enterprise data systems. The shift from answering questi
  
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• The Download: our 35 young innovators and the “censorship-industrial complex”

  12-08-2026 14:10 via technologyreview.com
  
  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 we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineersOn September 8, MIT Technology Review will reveal its 2026 list of Innovators Under 35, recognizing 35 young people from around the world who are doing groundbreaking scientific work and building clever technical fixes for sticky problems.By finding the top young innovators glo
  
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• How we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineers

  12-08-2026 11:08 via technologyreview.com
  
  Next month, on September 8, MIT Technology Review will reveal its 2026 list of Innovators Under 35, recognizing 35 young people from around the world who are doing groundbreaking scientific work and building clever technical fixes for sticky problems. By finding the top young innovators globally and learning what they’re focused on in their work, we aim to give readers a sense of what advances to expect in the years to come. As a newsroom, we also use this exercise to help us spot ris
  
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