This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

If you had walked onto a trading floor thirty years ago, you would have heard noise before you saw anything. Phones ringing, ...

The "Survival Directive" priority contract in Marathon is one of the very first quests you'll receive, and it takes place ...

Scott Shambaugh didn’t think twice when he denied an AI agent’s request to contribute to matplotlib, a software library he ...

Marathon releases on Thursday, March 5, at 6 pm UTC, on Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. This works out as the following ...

It's time to join the Pythonistas.

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first ...

There are plenty of reasons people want to download videos from YouTube and other video platforms. Maybe you’re traveling and don’t want to rely on spotty Wi-Fi. Maybe you want to save a long tutorial ...

Hot off the heels of Google’s big Android 16 QPR2 update for Pixel phones, Samsung users are now being treated to an update of their own. On December 8, Samsung officially began rolling out its One UI ...

Have you played around with the new iOS 26 yet? Here's how to download it on your iPhone if you haven't yet — once you do, you'll notice several new changes, including a clear design called Liquid ...

Hate waiting forever for a big game, software update, or important file to finish downloading? While slow internet might be the culprit, it's not always the only reason. Before blaming your ISP, you ...