The Download: funding a CRISPR embryo startup, and bad news for clean cement

Crypto billionaire Brian Armstrong is looking to invest in a US startup focused on gene-editing human embryos despite the ethical concerns around the technology.
The US Department of Energy has cancelled $3.7 bnin f u n d in g f or 24 c l e an e n er g y an d re l a t e d p ro j ec t s, in c l u d in g$ 1.3bn for cement-related projects as the industry accounts for 7% of global greenhouse-gas emissions and is a difficult industry to clean up.
Reddit is taking legal action against AI company Anthropic after it allegedly continued to access its site after claiming to have stopped.
MIT Technology Review’s latest podcast explores how AI-powered BaZi analysis has become the new oracle for China’s youth.
Amazon wants to use humanoid robots to deliver packages and is planning to test its new bipedal machines’ ability to tackle an obstacle course.
How long can humans live? Researchers believe we could be living longer, in better health, in the coming decades.

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