6/20/26
Today’s tech digest covers AI talent shifts, media tools, biometric age checks, home batteries, and iOS updates.
- Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival
Jumper isn’t the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.
- The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used
Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public.
- The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age
Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors.
- Home Batteries: How They’re Installed and How Much They Cost
After adding one to my home, here’s why you might want a home battery, how they work, and what to look for, plus some installation tips.
- Every new iOS 27 feature that’s worth knowing about
While it’s not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth looking.
- He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing
French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time.
