The Download: a smoking "endgame" and a new Elizabeth Bear story

Plus: An EU lawmaker investigating spyware was hacked by that same spyware. The UK's generational tobacco ban might not work. 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.