{"id":101660,"date":"2026-07-03T18:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/the-download-a-smoking-endgame-and-a-new-elizabeth-bear-story\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:49:33","slug":"the-download-a-smoking-endgame-and-a-new-elizabeth-bear-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/zh\/the-download-a-smoking-endgame-and-a-new-elizabeth-bear-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: a smoking \u201cendgame\u201d and a new Elizabeth Bear story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is today\u2019s edition of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.technologyreview.com\/newsletters\/briefing-the-download\/?_ga=2.179569122.736533416.1649661040-405833893.1649413289\"><em>The Download<\/em><\/a>,<em> our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what\u2019s going on in the world of technology.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The UK\u2019s generational tobacco ban might not work. I\u2019m supporting it anyway.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u2014Jessica Hamzelou<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As the parent of two little girls, I often think about how their childhood is different from mine. The seven-year-old is learning about AI at school. The five-year-old is given internet-based homework every week. And they are both absolutely repulsed by the idea of smoking.<\/p>\n<p>That was not the prevailing sentiment when I was young. Smoking was a central part of our culture. Which is why the UK\u2019s recent passing of a generational sales ban on tobacco products feels like such a big deal.<\/p>\n<p>This is what\u2019s described as an \u201cendgame\u201d approach. While many tobacco control strategies\u2014such as taxation or gory imagery\u2014aim to reduce consumption, policies like the UK\u2019s are designed to eliminate it entirely. It\u2019s a new approach, and no one knows whether it will work. But it\u2019s an enticing prospect\u2014and it\u2019s starting to look a lot less radical.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/07\/03\/1140036\/uk-tobacco-ban-might-not-work-children-smoking\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">Find out why generational tobacco bans are gaining support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/07\/03\/1140036\/uk-tobacco-ban-might-not-work-children-smoking\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\"><strong>story<\/strong><\/a><strong> is from The Checkup, our weekly biotech newsletter. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.technologyreview.com\/newsletters\/biotech-the-checkup\/?_ga=2.27955388.1879496638.1664182320-160041263.1657781451&amp;mc_cid=a40eac2491&amp;mc_eid=f221407621&amp;utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\"><strong>Sign up<\/strong><\/a><strong> to receive it in your inbox every Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You do your own time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u2014You do your own time is a short story by Elizabeth Bear, an award-winning speculative fiction author.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There we were, a regular murderers\u2019 row of librarians. Turning around in the nave of our library to greet the sound of footsteps, pistols leveled in case whoever was coming in didn\u2019t respect sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled down a solid-state drive full of biographies and case studies of people who had spent time\u2014and sometimes their whole lives\u2014in labor camps or chattelhood. It was illegal to possess, and the feds used smart agents to track down and obliterate any copies. Which was why we were sending one to the stars.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s left behind when a name is erased from the system? No legacy, no memory\u2014that is the point of media and narrative control. So that was our plan: to preserve it, for later generations, or just as a silent record of our existence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/12\/1138518\/you-do-your-own-time-fiction\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">Read the rest of this short story in full<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Elizabeth Bear<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>This story is from <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/subscribe?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\"><strong>the latest edition of our magazine<\/strong><\/a><strong>, which is all about engineering. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/subscribe?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\"><strong>Subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong> to get a copy, plus all our other issues and a range of subscriber-only content.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 An EU lawmaker investigating spyware was hacked by that\u00a0spyware<\/strong><br \/>Citizen Lab found Pegasus spyware on Stelios Kouloglou\u2019s phone. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/eu-politicians-investigated-pegasus-spyware-then-it-ended-up-on-one-of-their-phones\/\">Wired<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ It said the EU \u201clooks the other way\u201d on spyware abuses. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/03\/spyware-used-against-mep-investigating-pegasus-abuses-report-finds\">Guardian<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ Meet the director of Citizen Lab.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/12\/24\/1129294\/ronald-deibert-citizen-lab-digital-threats-spies-cybersecurity\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>2 Anthropic is closing loopholes that allow Chinese access to Claude<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s targeting VPNs, relay services, and overseas accounts. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ad033063-60f9-4c0c-8d8a-9193a83e6f60?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">FT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Users in China keep finding new workarounds.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-people-in-china-keep-outsmarting-anthropics-geolocation-restrictions\/\">Wired<\/a> $)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>3 A Tesla driver has been charged with manslaughter after a fatal crash<\/strong><br \/>Court records show he was using automated driver-assistance. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/autos\/driver-charged-with-manslaughter-after-tesla-crashed-into-texas-home-killing-woman-inside-65e17279?mod=rss_Technology\">WSJ<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ Tesla sales have surged 25% after a rebound in Europe.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/02\/business\/tesla-electric-vehicle-auto-sales.html\">NYT<\/a> $)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>4 Trump bought lots of\u00a0tech stock the day he unveiled\u00a0his AI Action Plan<\/strong><br \/>He acquired up to $5 million in stock from Amazon\u00a0and others. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2206671\/donald-trump-bought-a-bunch-of-tech-stock-the-same-day-he-announced-his-ai-action-plan\/\">Engadget<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ His AI Action Plan was a distraction<\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/07\/24\/1120639\/trumps-ai-action-plan-is-a-distraction\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>5 Companies are throttling employees\u2019 AI use because it\u2019s too expensive<\/strong><br \/>They\u2019re pleading with workers to use less powerful models. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/companies-are-throttling-employees-ai-use-because-its-too-expensive\/\">404 Media<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ Tesla has capped their AI spending at $200 per week.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/tesla-caps-employee-ai-spend-200-per-week-adoption-push\">The Information<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 The Energy Dept wants data centers on backup power in heat waves<\/strong><br \/>It wants them to free up power for AC. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/02\/business\/energy-environment\/electric-grid-data-centers-pjm.html\">NYT<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ People near data centers are dreading heat wave pollution<\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/01\/data-center-boom-collides-with-record-heat-testing-power-grid-00983009\">Politico<\/a> $)<br \/><em>+ No one wants a data center in their backyard. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/01\/14\/1131253\/data-centers-are-amazing-everyone-hates-them\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>7 A Meta glasses feature just went from free to a subscription service<\/strong><br \/>\u201cConversation Focus\u201d will now cost $19.99 per month. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c3wy317d71jo\">BBC<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ The move heralds a new era of consumer tech subscriptions. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/why-meta-is-charging-a-subscription-for-on-device-smart-glasses-features\/\">Wired<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 Random wobbles in time could solve gravity\u2019s greatest mystery<\/strong><br \/>A new idea\u00a0could reconcile gravity and\u00a0quantum mechanics. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2532714-random-wobbles-in-time-could-finally-solve-gravitys-greatest-mystery\/\">New Scientist<\/a> $)<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>9 Peter Thiel claims the pope is \u201cworking for the Chinese Communists\u201d<\/strong><br \/>By pushing for stricter AI rules that may benefit Chinese interests. (<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/02\/us\/peter-thiel-aspen-pope-china-ai-cec\">CNN<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ Pope Leo XIV said AI must be \u201cdisarmed\u201d in his first major teaching.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cedppn6002jo\">BBC<\/a>)<br \/><em>+ His encyclical offered a template for steering AI.<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/05\/29\/1138107\/how-the-popes-magnifica-humanitas-offers-a-template-for-individuals-to-meet-the-ai-moment\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>)\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>10 Supersonic flight over land could finally be legal again<\/strong><br \/>Regulators want to lift a\u00a0ban\u2014so long as the planes are quiet. (<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/07\/faa-proposal-supersonic-airliners-can-fly-over-us-cities-if-theyre-quiet\/\">Ars Technica<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cWe don\u2019t have robots that are nearly as good at understanding the physical world as a rat.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2014Yann LeCun, the founder of AMI Labs and Meta\u2019s former chief AI scientist, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cj6gr0xkyr3o\">the BBC<\/a> that AI isn\u2019t as smart as many think.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>One More Thing<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1825\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.technologyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250621_MTTR_UAP_SH01_FS_395.jpg?w=3000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1121807\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-credit\">MARCO GIANNAVOLA<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>How two brothers became go-to experts on America\u2019s \u201cmystery drone\u201d invasion\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On a Friday evening in December, every tier of US law enforcement was dispatched to a military research installation outside Boston after a squadron of 15 to 20 drones was spotted violating restricted airspace. The culprits could not be found.<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest in a series of purported drone sightings along the US East Coast. Lacking coordination or clarity from the White House, the Pentagon, and the intelligence community, law enforcement officers turned to an unlikely source: twin brothers from Long Island who hunt UFOs.<\/p>\n<p>The Tedescos have built a mobile field lab to investigate unexplained aerial phenomena. Now members of the FBI want their support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/08\/26\/1121458\/ufo-hunters-mystery-drone-invasion\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C\">Discover how the brothers are helping law enforcement investigate UFOs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Matthew Phelan<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>We can still have nice things<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A place for comfort, fun, and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? <\/em><a href=\"mailto:thomas.macaulay@technologyreview.com\"><em>Drop me a line<\/em><\/a><em>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>+ This record-breaking drone show is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i1ho1-JBBmw&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">mind-bending display of aerial light<\/a>.<br \/>+ A Paris bakery is taking a bite out of food waste by <a href=\"https:\/\/reasonstobecheerful.world\/demain-bakery-upcycling-food\/\">repurposing croissants<\/a>.<br \/>+ Relive your childhood with a classic episode from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MisterRogersNeighborhood\">Mister Rogers archive<\/a>.<br \/>+ See graffiti through new eyes with this project that <a href=\"http:\/\/demodetouslesjours.free.fr\/agenda\/\">prettifies tags and makes them legible<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is today\u2019s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what\u2019s going on in the world of technology. The UK\u2019s generational tobacco ban might not work. I\u2019m supporting it anyway. \u2014Jessica Hamzelou As the parent of two little girls, I often think about how their childhood is different from mine. The seven-year-old is learning about AI at school. The five-year-old is given internet-based homework every week. And they are both absolutely repulsed by the idea of smoking. That was not the prevailing sentiment when I was young. Smoking was a central part of our culture. Which is why the UK\u2019s recent passing of a generational sales ban on tobacco products feels like such a big deal. This is what\u2019s described as an \u201cendgame\u201d approach. While many tobacco control strategies\u2014such as taxation or gory imagery\u2014aim to reduce consumption, policies like the UK\u2019s are designed to eliminate it entirely. It\u2019s a new approach, and no one knows whether it will work. But it\u2019s an enticing prospect\u2014and it\u2019s starting to look a lot less radical. Find out why generational tobacco bans are gaining support. This story is from The Checkup, our weekly biotech newsletter. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Thursday. You do your own time \u2014You do your own time is a short story by Elizabeth Bear, an award-winning speculative fiction author. There we were, a regular murderers\u2019 row of librarians. Turning around in the nave of our library to greet the sound of footsteps, pistols leveled in case whoever was coming in didn\u2019t respect sanctuary. I pulled down a solid-state drive full of biographies and case studies of people who had spent time\u2014and sometimes their whole lives\u2014in labor camps or chattelhood. It was illegal to possess, and the feds used smart agents to track down and obliterate any copies. Which was why we were sending one to the stars. What\u2019s left behind when a name is erased from the system? No legacy, no memory\u2014that is the point of media and narrative control. So that was our plan: to preserve it, for later generations, or just as a silent record of our existence. Read the rest of this short story in full.\u00a0 \u2014Elizabeth Bear This story is from the latest edition of our magazine, which is all about engineering. Subscribe now to get a copy, plus all our other issues and a range of subscriber-only content. The must-reads I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology. 1 An EU lawmaker investigating spyware was hacked by that\u00a0spywareCitizen Lab found Pegasus spyware on Stelios Kouloglou\u2019s phone. (Wired $)+ It said the EU \u201clooks the other way\u201d on spyware abuses. (Guardian)+ Meet the director of Citizen Lab. (MIT Technology Review)\u00a02 Anthropic is closing loopholes that allow Chinese access to ClaudeIt\u2019s targeting VPNs, relay services, and overseas accounts. (FT $)+ Users in China keep finding new workarounds. (Wired $)\u00a03 A Tesla driver has been charged with manslaughter after a fatal crashCourt records show he was using automated driver-assistance. (WSJ $)+ Tesla sales have surged 25% after a rebound in Europe. (NYT $)\u00a04 Trump bought lots of\u00a0tech stock the day he unveiled\u00a0his AI Action PlanHe acquired up to $5 million in stock from Amazon\u00a0and others. (Engadget)+ His AI Action Plan was a distraction. (MIT Technology Review)\u00a05 Companies are throttling employees\u2019 AI use because it\u2019s too expensiveThey\u2019re pleading with workers to use less powerful models. (404 Media)+ Tesla has capped their AI spending at $200 per week. (The Information $) 6 The Energy Dept wants data centers on backup power in heat wavesIt wants them to free up power for AC. (NYT $)+ People near data centers are dreading heat wave pollution. (Politico $)+ No one wants a data center in their backyard. (MIT Technology Review)\u00a07 A Meta glasses feature just went from free to a subscription service\u201cConversation Focus\u201d will now cost $19.99 per month. (BBC)+ The move heralds a new era of consumer tech subscriptions. (Wired $) 8 Random wobbles in time could solve gravity\u2019s greatest mysteryA new idea\u00a0could reconcile gravity and\u00a0quantum mechanics. (New Scientist $)\u00a09 Peter Thiel claims the pope is \u201cworking for the Chinese Communists\u201dBy pushing for stricter AI rules that may benefit Chinese interests. (CNN)+ Pope Leo XIV said AI must be \u201cdisarmed\u201d in his first major teaching. (BBC)+ His encyclical offered a template for steering AI. (MIT Technology Review)\u00a0\u00a010 Supersonic flight over land could finally be legal againRegulators want to lift a\u00a0ban\u2014so long as the planes are quiet. (Ars Technica) Quote of the day \u201cWe don\u2019t have robots that are nearly as good at understanding the physical world as a rat.\u201d \u2014Yann LeCun, the founder of AMI Labs and Meta\u2019s former chief AI scientist, tells the BBC that AI isn\u2019t as smart as many think. One More Thing MARCO GIANNAVOLA How two brothers became go-to experts on America\u2019s \u201cmystery drone\u201d invasion\u00a0 On a Friday evening in December, every tier of US law enforcement was dispatched to a military research installation outside Boston after a squadron of 15 to 20 drones was spotted violating restricted airspace. The culprits could not be found. It was the latest in a series of purported drone sightings along the US East Coast. Lacking coordination or clarity from the White House, the Pentagon, and the intelligence community, law enforcement officers turned to an unlikely source: twin brothers from Long Island who hunt UFOs. The Tedescos have built a mobile field lab to investigate unexplained aerial phenomena. Now members of the FBI want their support. Discover how the brothers are helping law enforcement investigate UFOs. \u2014Matthew Phelan We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun, and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line.) + This record-breaking drone show is a mind-bending display of aerial light.+ A Paris bakery is taking a bite out of food waste by repurposing croissants.+ Relive your childhood with a classic episode from the Mister Rogers archive.+ See graffiti through new 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