The Download: a blockchain enigma, and the algorithms governing our lives
Daily tech roundup highlighting THORChain’s contested governance after a $200 million user freeze and broader concerns about algorithmic prediction and power. Also reports on high-altitude internet tests, AI failures in education, Tesla’s autopilot naming dispute, a weight-loss drug trial with unusually high dropout rates, intermittent fasting doubts, dating-app bot problems, dream-hacking research, and hydrogen train tests.
Why it mattersHigh dropout rates in a weight loss drug trial indicate trial design and adherence risks for sponsors.