The Download: paradigm-shifting supershoes, and AI-powered NPCs

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. Supershoes are reshaping distance running Since 2016, when Nike introduced the Vaporfly, a paradigm-­shifting shoe that helped athletes run more efficiently (and therefore faster), the elite running world has muddled through a period…

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/06/25/1094222/the-download-supershoes-ai-npcs/