The Download: urgent climate change questions, and DALL-E’s big launch

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. Do these heatwaves mean climate change is happening faster than expected? Blistering heat waves have smashed temperature records around the globe this summer, scorching crops, knocking out power, fueling wildfires, buckling roads and…

Ten Reasons Companies Need to Stay on Top of Recent Patent Trends

A company’s knowledge of IP trends and its own internal IP strategy is crucial to a wide range of issues the company may face—including litigation, business expansion, and retaining its talent. Being prepared for IP issues your company may face externally, as well as developing a strategic plan internally for your company’s IP portfolio, will…

TextExpander, which lets users build shortcuts to speed up business communications, raises $41.4M, its first-ever funding

RPA, and companies like UiPath, swooped into on the world of work a few years ago as a catchy way for organizations to help teams automate and speed up repetitive business activities such as processing information on forms. Today, a company called TextExpander — which has has identified and built a way to fix a…