The Download: taking the temperature of snow, and the future of privacy
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Summary
In today’s edition of The Download, an email newsletter produced by MIT Technology Review, James Temple writes about how climate researchers are taking the temperature of mountain snow to help predict the melt in California and other states, given the impact of climate change on the timing of runoff.
The Trump administration is axing the “AI Diffusion Rule” for chips, telling other countries they will face criminal penalties if they use semiconductors made by Huawei or any other company that uses US technology, according to the Financial Times.
US tech firms including Nvidia are inking AI deals with the Middle East on the Trump and Gulf tour.
A new treatment for inherited breast cancer, using the drug olaparib, has been trialled successfully, according to the BBC.
TikTok workers are concerned that a new messaging feature could be open to exploitation, according to The Information.
Apple is developing brain-computer interfaces for its products, which could eventually be used to control devices using thoughts, according to the Wall Street Journal.