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title: "The Download: online safety’s future and climate tech’s big pivot"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-download-online-safety-s-future-and-climate-tech-s-big-pivot-pq1sqjnfj
source_url: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/21/1137733/the-download-online-safety-climate-tech-pivot
type: article
source: "MIT Technology Review"
published: 2026-05-21T12:23:56.394Z
updated: 2026-05-21T12:24:22.266Z
tags: ["ai", "spacex", "climate-tech"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
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# The Download: online safety’s future and climate tech’s big pivot

**[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

MIT Technology Review's daily newsletter covers several major stories: tech researchers are suing the Trump administration over visa restrictions targeting online safety researchers; climate tech companies like Boston Metal are pivoting to critical minerals to survive reduced decarbonization support; SpaceX has filed for what could be the largest IPO ever; Nvidia posted record revenues despite losing the Chinese AI chip market to Huawei; and OpenAI may file for an IPO within days. Additional items cover AI cybersecurity directives, robotics limitations, EU tech sovereignty moves, and solid-state battery breakthroughs.

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