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2024-10-04 09:16:09

A new law in California protects consumers’ brain data. Some think it doesn’t go far enough.
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. On September 28, California became the second US state to officially... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/04/1104972/law-california-protects-brain-data-doesnt-go-far-enough/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-09-13 12:36:23

The Download: conspiracy-debunking chatbots, and fact-checking AI
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. Chatbots can persuade people to stop believing in conspiracy theories The internet has made it easier than ever before to encounter and spread... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/13/1103952/the-download-conspiracy-debunking-chatbots-and-fact-checking-ai/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-30 12:16:30

The Download: monkey names, and smart masks for health monitoring
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. How machine learning is helping us probe the secret names of animals The news: Do animals have names? It seems so, after new research appears to... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/30/1103390/the-download-monkey-names-and-smart-masks-for-health-monitoring/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-30 10:41:15

A new way to build neural networks could make AI more understandable
A tweak to the way artificial neurons work in neural networks could make AIs easier to decipher. Artificial neurons—the fundamental building blocks of deep neural networks—have survived almost unchanged for decades. While these networks give modern artificial intelligence... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/30/1103385/a-new-way-to-build-neural-networks-could-make-ai-more-understandable/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-29 18:10:32

How machine learning is helping us probe the secret names of animals
Do animals have names? According to the poet T.S. Eliot, cats have three: the name their owner calls them (like George); a second, more noble one (like Quaxo or Cricopat); and, finally, a “deep and inscrutable” name known only to themselves “that no human research can... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/29/1103353/how-machine-learning-is-helping-us-probe-the-secret-names-of-animals/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-29 18:10:32

A new smart mask analyzes your breath to monitor your health
Your breath can give away a lot about you. Each exhalation contains all sorts of compounds, including possible biomarkers for disease or lung conditions, that could give doctors a valuable insight into your health. Now a new smart mask, developed by a team at the California Institute of... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/29/1103330/a-new-smart-mask-analyzes-your-breath-to-monitor-your-health/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-29 16:11:13

A prosthetic leg that feels like a real body part
When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most prosthetics are static, cumbersome, and hard to move. Now a new neural interface developed by MIT researchers and colleagues connects a bionic lower limb to nerve endings in the thigh, allowing it to be controlled by the… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/29/1095984/a-prosthetic-leg-that-feels-like-a-real-body-part/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-29 13:38:49

Architecting cloud data resilience
Cloud has become a given for most organizations: according to PwC’s 2023 cloud business survey, 78% of companies have adopted cloud in most or all parts of the business. These companies have migrated on-premises systems to the cloud seeking faster time to market, greater scalability, cost savings, and improved collaboration. Yet while cloud... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/29/1095622/architecting-cloud-data-resilience/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-29 12:38:40

The Download: protecting tech workers, and Canada’s wildfire emissions
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. Kamala Harris should stand with tech workers, not their bosses —Stephen McMurtry is a Google Software Engineer and Communications Chair... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/29/1103297/the-download-protecting-tech-workers-and-canadas-wildfire-emissions/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-29 09:06:05

Kamala Harris should stand with tech workers, not their bosses
Tangled up in the contest to be the next US president, there is another battle brewing: Silicon Valley vs. Silicon Valley. In Donald Trump’s corner are venture capitalists like Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, along with executives like Elon Musk. In the other are execs like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and SV Angel... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/29/1103289/kamala-harris-tech-workers/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 15:24:10

Canada’s 2023 wildfires produced more emissions than fossil fuels in most countries
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Last year’s Canadian wildfires smashed records, burning about seven times more land in Canada’s forests than the annual average over the previous four decades.... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1103186/canada-wildfire-emissions/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 12:21:42

The Download: introducing: the 125th Anniversary issue
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. Introducing: the 125th Anniversary issue With this issue, we wanted to celebrate our milestone as a publication without dwelling too much on our own past. Victory laps... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1103166/the-download-introducing-the-125th-anniversary-issue/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 11:20:33

From the publisher
The magazine you now hold in your hands is 125 years old. Not this actual issue, of course, but the publication itself, which launched in 1899. Few other titles can claim this kind of heritage—the Atlantic, Harper’s, Audubon (which is also turning 125 this year), National Geographic, and Popular Science among them. MIT Technology Review… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1096643/publishers-letter-elizabeth-bramson-boudreau-125-years/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 11:20:33

The year is 2149 and …
The year is 2149 and people mostly live their lives “on rails.” That’s what they call it, “on rails,” which is to live according to the meticulous instructions of software. Software knows most things about you—what causes you anxiety, what raises your endorphin levels, everything you’ve ever searched for, everywhere you’ve been. Software sends... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1096774/sean-michaels-2149-fiction-speculation/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 11:20:33

African farmers are using private satellite data to improve crop yields
Last year, as the harvest season drew closer, Olabokunde Tope came across an unpleasant surprise. While certain spots on his 70-hectare cassava farm in Ibadan, Nigeria, were thriving, a sizable parcel was pale and parched—the result of an early and unexpected halt in the rains. The cassava... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1096743/african-farmers-space-satellite-data-crop-yields/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 10:22:23

Job title of the future: Weather maker
Much of the western United States relies on winter snowpack to supply its rivers and reservoirs through the summer months. But with warming temperatures, less and less snow is falling—a recent study showed a 23% decline in annual snowpack since 1955. By some estimates, runoff from snowmelt in the western US could decrease by a… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1096738/digital-forest-ranger-future-jobs/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 10:22:23

Will computers ever feel responsible?
“If a machine is to interact intelligently with people, it has to be endowed with an understanding of human life.” —Dreyfus and Dreyfus Bold technology predictions pave the road to humility. Even titans like Albert Einstein own a billboard or two along that humbling freeway. In a classic example, John von Neumann,... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1096801/responsible-machines-computers-human-intelligent-decisions/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 10:22:23

This startup is making coffee without coffee beans
DJ Tan, cofounder of the Singaporean startup Prefer Coffee, pops open a bottle of oat latte and pours some into my cup. The chilled drink feels wonderfully refreshing in Singapore’s heat—and it tastes just like coffee. And that’s impressive, because there isn’t a single ounce of coffee in it. It turns out that our beloved… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1096751/prefer-coffee-upcycling-fermentation/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 09:22:13

The author who listens to the sound of the cosmos
In 1983, while on a field recording assignment in Kenya, the musician and soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause noticed something remarkable. Lying in his tent late one night, listening to the calls of hyenas, tree frogs, elephants, and insects in the surrounding old-growth forest, Krause heard what seemed to be a kind of collective... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1096757/book-reviews-sound-land-sea/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 09:22:13

AI’s growth needs the right interface
If you took a walk in Hayes Valley, San Francisco’s epicenter of AI froth, and asked the first dude-bro you saw wearing a puffer vest about the future of the interface, he’d probably say something about the movie Her, about chatty virtual assistants that will help you do everything from organize your email to book… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1096515/ai-interfaces-ux-growth/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-28 09:22:13

From the editor
Welcome to our 125th anniversary issue! With this issue, we wanted to celebrate our milestone as a publication without dwelling too much on our own past. Victory laps are for race cars, not magazines. Instead, we decided to try to use history as a way to explore what things may look like over the next… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1097178/editors-letter-mat-honan-125-years/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

Screening new materials with computer vision
Boosting the performance of solar cells and other devices will require novel electronic materials that researchers are working to identify with the help of AI. Now a computer vision technique developed by MIT engineers offers a speedy way to confirm that such materials perform as expected—one of the biggest bottlenecks in... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095977/screening-new-materials-with-computer-vision/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

Thousands celebrate Tech Reunions ’24
Take a beautiful spring weekend, add brass rats and Tim the Beaver swag, mix in technology talks and outdoor activities, fuse it all together with a lot of socializing, and what do you get? MIT Tech Reunions, which this year drew more than 3,300 alumni, family, and friends to campus. The long weekend, May 30–June… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095838/thousands-celebrate-tech-reunions-24/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

In molecules, one chemist sees art
One Tuesday morning this past January, So Young Lee walked into a lab on the fourth floor of Building 18 and discovered that her equipment had exploded. It was a minor explosion—thankfully, no one was hurt—but the chemical she had painstakingly made had splattered all over the walls, the ceiling, and the broken shards of… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095673/in-molecules-one-chemist-sees-art/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

A tool that lets users fight misinformation online
Social media platforms are often urged to fight the spread of misinformation through content moderation, but two MIT-affiliated researchers are proposing an alternative: empowering users themselves to identify which information sources are trustworthy. The Trustnet browser extension, built by EECS professor... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095980/a-tool-that-lets-users-fight-misinformation-online/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

This is MIT and yes, we have bananas
Attending lectures and movies in 26-100 has been an integral part of the MIT experience for generations of students, but since 2018 they have also embraced what’s become another quintessential Institute experience just across the hall: picking up a banana in 26-110, officially the Karl Taylor Compton Room but now better known as the MIT… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095666/this-is-mit-and-yes-we-have-bananas/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

How a butterfly’s scales are born
A butterfly’s wing is covered in hundreds of thousands of tiny scales, like miniature shingles on a paper-thin roof. A single scale is as small as a speck of dust yet surprisingly complex, with a corrugated surface that helps wick away water, manage heat, and reflect light to give a butterfly its signature shimmer. MIT… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095973/how-a-butterflys-scales-are-born/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

Transformative spaces
MIT people often find their greatest moments of inspiration in each other’s company. And two big, beautiful additions to West Campus now underway will open up new spaces for connection, collaboration, rigorous exploration, and joyful play. Stretching along Mass. Ave. and Vassar Street, the familiar brick face of the historic Metropolitan Storage Warehouse may evoke… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095812/transformative-spaces/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

Not just another band from Boston
In 1976, Tom Scholz ’69, SM ’70, was a 29-year-old product design engineer working at Polaroid on audio electronics and tape-recording technology, with 11 patents under his belt. But few colleagues knew what Scholz did after hours, why he often came in late, or why he was, in his own words, “a horrible employee.” For… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095835/not-just-another-band-from-boston/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

Lakes and seas on Titan may be shaped by waves
Saturn’s moon Titan is the only body in the solar system besides Earth that has active lakes and seas—in this case thought to have formed as liquid methane and ethane flooded a landscape crisscrossed with river valleys. Now MIT geologists have found evidence that those mysterious features may be shaped by waves. Until... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095989/lakes-and-seas-on-titan-may-be-shaped-by-waves/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 21:19:11

A hundred years of curiosity
Any facet of Josef Eisinger’s remarkably wide-ranging century of life would be enough to shape the entire identity of another person. If you were to ask how his experience has intersected with history, for example, he might tell you about escaping the Nazis’ reign of terror in his native Austria by fleeing to Britain by… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1095661/a-hundred-years-of-curiosity/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 14:43:04

The power of purpose-built cloud infrastructure
While AI is accelerating cloud adoption, organizations’ reasons for migrating their systems and applications to the cloud remain relatively consistent: a desire to lower capital expenditures, increase agility in a fast-paced business environment, and improve availability of business-critical resources. Flexera’s... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1102940/the-power-of-purpose-built-cloud-infrastructure/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 12:16:39

The Download: living for longer, and sex in the age of AI
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. Maybe you will be able to live past 122 How long can humans live? This is a good time to ask the question. The longevity scene is having a moment, thanks to a… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1103045/the-download-living-for-longer-and-sex-in-the-age-of-ai/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 11:16:28

Ray Kurzweil: Technology will let us fully realize our humanity
By the end of this decade, AI will likely surpass humans at all cognitive tasks, igniting the scientific revolution that futurists have long imagined. Digital scientists will have perfect memory of every research paper ever published and think a million times faster than we can. Our plodding... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1096148/ray-kurzweil-futurist-ai-medicine-advances-freedom/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 11:16:28

This designer creates magic from everyday materials
Around 2012, at a bakery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Skylar Tibbits noticed someone wearing a shirt with the logo of a 3D-printing company. Tibbits, a designer and computer scientist, approached her and posed a question: “Why can’t I print something that walks off the machine?” The idea kicked off a... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1096638/skylar-tibbits-4-d-printing-materials-transformation/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 10:12:17

What will AI mean for economic inequality?
Prominent AI researchers expect the arrival of artificial general intelligence anywhere between “the next couple of years” and “possibly never.” At the same time, leading economists disagree about the potential impact of AI: Some anticipate a future of perpetually accelerating productivity, while others project more modest gains.... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1096133/ai-economic-inequality-jobs-low-income/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-27 09:16:08

A skeptic’s guide to humanoid-robot videos
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get it in your inbox first, sign up here. We are living in “humanoid summer” right now, if you didn’t know. Or at least it feels that way to Ken Goldberg, a roboticist extraordinaire who leads research in the field at the University of… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/1103035/a-skeptics-guide-to-humanoid-robot-videos/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-26 15:11:06

Readying business for the age of AI
Rapid advancements in AI technology offer unprecedented opportunities to enhance business operations, customer and employee engagement, and decision-making. Executives are eager to see the potential of AI realized. Among 100 c-suite respondents polled in WNS Analytics’ “The Future of Enterprise Data & AI” report, 76% say they are... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/26/1096349/readying-business-for-the-age-of-ai/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-26 12:06:41

Inside the long quest to advance Chinese writing technology
Every second of every day, someone is typing in Chinese. In a park in Hong Kong, at a desk in Taiwan, in the checkout line at a Family Mart in Shanghai, the automatic doors chiming a song each time they open. Though the mechanics look a little different from typing in English or French—people usually… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/26/1096630/chinese-writing-technology-evolution-thomas-mullaney/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-26 11:06:27

Maybe you will be able to live past 122
The UK’s Office of National Statistics has an online life expectancy calculator. Enter your age and sex, and the website will, using national averages, spit out the age at which you can expect to pop your clogs. For me, that figure is coming out at 88 years old. That’s not too bad, I figure, given… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/26/1096126/aging-health-longevity-lifespan-advances-investment/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-26 11:06:27

AI and the future of sex
The power of pornography doesn’t lie in arousal but in questions. What is obscene? What is ethical or safe to watch? We don’t have to consume or even support it, but porn will still demand answers. The question now is: What is “real” porn? Anti-porn crusades have been at the heart of the US culture… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/26/1096526/ai-sex-relationships-porn/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-24 11:26:34

Move over, text: Video is the new medium of our lives
The other day I idly opened TikTok to find a video of a young woman refinishing an old hollow-bodied electric guitar. It was a montage of close-up shots—looking over her shoulder as she sanded and scraped the wood, peeled away the frets, expertly patched the cracks with filler, and then spray-painted it a radiant... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/24/1096621/video-cultural-impact-learning-communication/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-20 12:36:14

The Download: boosting prosperity with AI, and fighting for a better future
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. How to fine-tune AI for prosperity Predictions abound on how the growing list of generative AI models will transform the way... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/20/1097057/the-download-boosting-prosperity-with-ai-and-fighting-for-a-better-future/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-20 11:06:58

Fighting for a future beyond the climate crisis
When it comes to climate breakdown and the extinction crisis, the question I get most often is: How can we have hope? People ask me this in a range of contexts—in Q&A sessions, in emails, and on podcasts and radio shows, whether I’m doing outreach for my novels, like A Children’s Bible or Dinosaurs, or… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/20/1096053/climate-change-future-for-future/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-20 09:39:44

How to fine-tune AI for prosperity
When Chad Syverson loads the US Bureau of Labor Statistics website these days looking for the latest data on productivity, he does so with a sense of optimism that he hasn’t felt in ages. The numbers for the last year or so have been generally strong for various financial and business reasons, rebounding from the… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/20/1096733/how-to-fine-tune-ai-for-prosperity/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-20 09:05:40

Why you’re about to see a lot more drones in the sky
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get it in your inbox first, sign up here. If you follow drone news closely—and you’re forgiven if you don’t—you may have noticed over the last few months that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quite busy. For decades, the... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/20/1097005/why-youre-about-to-see-a-lot-more-drones-in-the-sky/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-19 14:02:58

The rise of the data platform for hybrid cloud
Whether pursuing digital transformation, exploring the potential of AI, or simply looking to simplify and optimize existing IT infrastructure, today’s organizations must do this in the context of increasingly complex multi-cloud environments. These complicated architectures are here to stay—2023 research by Enterprise... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/19/1096575/the-rise-of-the-data-platform-for-hybrid-cloud/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-19 12:32:24

The Download: preserving our digital lives, and X exits Brazil
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. The race to save our online lives from a digital dark age There is a photo of my daughter that I love. She is sitting, smiling, in our old back garden,... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/19/1096992/the-download-preserving-our-digital-lives-and-x-exits-brazil/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-19 08:32:46

The race to save our online lives from a digital dark age
There is a photo of my daughter that I love. She is sitting, smiling, in our old back garden, chubby hands grabbing at the cool grass. It was taken in 2013, when she was almost one, on an aging Samsung digital camera. I originally stored it on a laptop before transferring it to a chunky… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/19/1096284/data-archives-archeologists-tiktok-future-wayback-machine/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-16 12:37:33

The Download: what tomorrow holds for today’s babies, and replacing the brain
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. What the future holds for those born today Happy birthday, baby. You have been born into an era of intelligent machines.... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096885/the-download-what-tomorrow-holds-for-todays-babies-and-replacing-the-brain/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-16 11:06:19

Escaping Spotify’s algorithm
Since the heyday of radio, records, cassette tapes, and MP3 players, the branding of sound has evolved from broad genres like rock and hip-hop to “paranormal dark cabaret afternoon” and “synth space,” and streaming has become the default. Radio DJs have been replaced by artificial intelligence, and the ritual of discovering something new is... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096276/spotify-algorithms-music-discovery-ux/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-16 09:05:59

What’s next for drones
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. Drones have been a mainstay technology among militaries, hobbyists, and first responders alike for more than a decade, and in that time the range available has skyrocketed.… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096517/whats-next-for-drones/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-16 08:36:55

This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little
A US agency pursuing moonshot health breakthroughs has hired a researcher advocating an extremely radical plan for defeating death. His idea? Replace your body parts. All of them. Even your brain. Jean Hébert, a new hire with the US Advanced Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), is expected to lead a... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096808/arpa-h-jean-hebert-wants-to-replace-your-brain/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-15 18:33:37

Aging hits us in our 40s and 60s. But well-being doesn’t have to fall off a cliff.
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. This week I came across research that suggests aging hits us in waves. You might feel like you’re on a slow,... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/15/1096799/aging-hits-us-in-our-40s-and-60s/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-15 12:27:38

The Download: facial recognition for migrant children, and Japan’s megaquake
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. DHS plans to collect biometric data from migrant children “down to the infant” The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/15/1096681/the-download-facial-recognition-for-migrant-children-and-japans-megaquake/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-15 11:59:35

What Japan’s “megaquake” warning really tells us
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. On August 8, at 16:42 local time, a magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook southern Japan. The temblor, originating off the shores of mainland... #press
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2024-08-15 10:26:19

The US government is still spending big on climate
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Friday marks two years since the US signed the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. Now, I’m not usually one to track legislation birthdays. But this particular law is the... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/15/1096648/inflation-reduction-act-two-years/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-15 09:26:09

Happy birthday, baby! What the future holds for those born today
Happy birthday, baby. You have been born into an era of intelligent machines. They have watched over you almost since your conception. They let your parents listen in on your tiny heartbeat, track your gestation on an app, and post your sonogram on social media. Well before you were born, you were known... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/15/1096178/125-years-predictions-babies-digital-agents/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-14 20:24:04

DHS plans to collect biometric data from migrant children “down to the infant”
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to collect and analyze photos of the faces of migrant children at the border in a bid to improve facial recognition technology, MIT Technology Review can reveal. This includes children “down to the infant,” according to John... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/14/1096534/homeland-security-facial-recognition-immigration-border/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-14 12:21:47

A new public database lists all the ways AI could go wrong
Adopting AI can be fraught with danger. Systems could be biased, or parrot falsehoods, or even become addictive. And that’s before you consider the possibility AI could be used to create new biological or chemical weapons, or even one day somehow spin out of our control. To manage these potential risks, we first... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/14/1096455/new-database-lists-ways-ai-go-wrong/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-14 12:21:47

The Download: a new AI risk database, and studying Jupiter’s mysterious moon
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. A new public database lists all the ways AI could go wrong What’s new: Adopting AI can be fraught with danger. Systems could... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/14/1096566/the-download-a-new-ai-risk-database-and-studying-jupiters-mysterious-moon/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-13 12:44:57

The Download: greener steel, and join us for EmTech 2024
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. How the auto industry could steer the world toward green steel Steel scaffolds our world, undergirding buildings and machines. It also presents a major challenge... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/13/1096440/the-download-greener-steel-and-join-us-for-emtech-2024/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-13 10:14:32

How the auto industry could steer the world toward green steel
Steel scaffolds our world, undergirding buildings and machines. It also presents a major challenge for climate change, since steel production largely relies on polluting fossil fuels. The automotive industry could be a key player in turning things around. Steel production is currently responsible for about 7% of global... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/13/1096387/auto-industry-green-steel/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-12 12:38:05

The Download: how we’re using AI, and Trump’s campaign hack
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. Here’s how people are actually using AI When the generative AI boom started with ChatGPT in late 2022, we were sold a vision of superintelligent AI tools that... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/12/1096204/the-download-how-were-using-ai-and-trumps-campaign-hack/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-12 09:07:31

Here’s how people are actually using AI
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get it in your inbox first, sign up here. When the generative AI boom started with ChatGPT in late 2022, we were sold a vision of superintelligent AI tools that know everything, can replace the boring bits of work, and supercharge productivity and… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/12/1096202/how-people-actually-using-ai/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-09 12:15:37

The Download: robotic table tennis, and future space habitats
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. Google DeepMind trained a robot to beat humans at table tennis What’s new: Google DeepMind has trained a robot to play table tennis at the equivalent of... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/09/1096118/the-download-robotic-table-tennis-and-future-space-habitats/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-09 09:42:13

Google DeepMind trained a robot to beat humans at table tennis
Do you fancy your chances of beating a robot at a game of table tennis? Google DeepMind has trained a robot to play the game at the equivalent of amateur-level competitive performance, the company has announced. It claims it’s the first time a robot has been taught to play a sport with... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/09/1096102/google-deepmind-trained-a-robot-to-beat-humans-at-table-tennis/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-09 09:14:08

This futuristic space habitat is designed to self-assemble in orbit
More people are traveling to space, but the International Space Station can only hold 11 people at a time. The Aurelia Institute, a nonprofit space architecture lab based in Cambridge, MA, has an approach that may help: a habitat that can be launched in compact stacks of flat... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/09/1096097/this-futuristic-space-habitat-is-designed-to-self-assemble-in-orbit/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-09 09:14:08

Watch a video showing what happens in our brains when we think
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. What does a thought look like? We can think about thoughts resulting from shared signals between some of the billions of neurons... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/09/1095969/video-what-happens-when-we-think/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-08 13:35:58

Advancing to adaptive cloud
For many years now, cloud solutions have helped organizations streamline their operations, increase their scalability, and reduce costs. Yet, enterprise cloud investment has been fragmented, often lacking a coherent organization-wide approach. In fact, it’s not uncommon for various teams across an organization to have spun up their own cloud projects,... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/08/1095619/advancing-to-adaptive-cloud/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-08 12:36:48

The Download: AC habits, and Starliner’s stranded astronauts
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. Your AC habits aren’t unique. Here’s why that’s a problem. —Casey Crownhart When I get home in the evening on a sweltering summer day, the first thing I do... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/08/1095938/the-download-ac-habits-and-starliners-stranded-astronauts/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-08 10:06:23

Your AC habits aren’t unique. Here’s why that’s a problem.
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. When I get home in the evening on a sweltering summer day, the first thing I do is beeline to my window air-conditioning units and crank them up. People across the city,… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/08/1095928/air-conditioning-peak-demand/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-07 12:32:46

The Download: AIDS denialism, and AI safety mechanisms
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. How covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/07/1095906/the-download-aids-denialism-and-ai-safety-mechanisms/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-07 10:30:28

What to know about China’s push for hydrogen-powered transportation
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. There’s a decent chance you’ve heard of hydrogen-powered vehicles but never seen one. Over 18,000 are in the US, almost exclusively in California. On the... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/07/1095849/china-hydrogen-truck-bike-coal/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-07 09:26:16

How covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism
Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in AIDS.” His guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, the former evolutionary biology professor turned contrarian podcaster Bret Weinstein, agreed with him: The “evidence”... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/07/1095762/covid-conspiracies-hiv-aids-denial-public-health/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-07 05:27:37

AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes
Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award winner who is considered one of the “godfathers” of modern AI, is throwing his weight behind a project funded by the UK government to embed safety mechanisms into AI systems. The project, called Safeguarded AI, aims to build an AI... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/07/1095879/ai-godfather-yoshua-bengio-joins-uk-project-to-prevent-ai-catastrophes/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-06 12:20:48

The Download: climate-friendlier air conditioners, and fighting explicit deepfakes
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. Your future air conditioner might act like a battery Cooling represents 20% of global electricity demand in... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/06/1095788/the-download-climate-friendlier-air-conditioners-and-fighting-explicit-deepfakes/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-06 10:20:30

Your future air conditioner might act like a battery
As temperatures climb on hot days, many of us are quick to crank up our fans or air conditioners. These cooling systems can be a major stress on electrical grids, which has inspired some inventors to create versions that can store energy as well as use it. Cooling represents 20% of global electricity demand in… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/06/1095707/air-conditioner-battery/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-06 09:50:26

Google is finally taking action to curb non-consensual deepfakes
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. It’s the Taylor Swifts of the world that are going to save us. In January, nude deepfakes of Taylor Swift went viral on X, which caused public... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/06/1095774/google-is-finally-taking-action-to-curb-non-consensual-deepfakes/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-05 12:42:48

A playbook for crafting AI strategy
Giddy predictions about AI, from its contributions to economic growth to the onset of mass automation, are now as frequent as the release of powerful new generative AI models. The consultancy PwC, for example, predicts that AI could boost global gross domestic product (GDP) 14% by 2030, generating US $15.7 trillion. Forty percent of our… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/05/1095447/a-playbook-for-crafting-ai-strategy/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-05 12:15:43

The Download: the risks of addictive AI, and hydrogen bikes’ limitations
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. We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’ —By Robert Mahari, a joint JD-PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Law School whose work focuses on... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/05/1095656/download-risks-addictive-ai-hydrogen-bikes/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-05 09:11:20

Hydrogen bikes are struggling to gain traction in China
If you are in China and looking to ride a shared bike in the city, you might find something on the bike that looks a little different: a water-bottle-size hydrogen tank. At least a dozen cities in China now have some kind of hydrogen-powered shared bikes for their residents. They offer an easier ride than… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/05/1095637/china-hydrogen-shared-bike-youon/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-05 09:11:20

We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’
AI concerns overemphasize harms arising from subversion rather than seduction. Worries about AI often imagine doomsday scenarios where systems escape human control or even understanding. Short of those nightmares, there are nearer-term harms we should take seriously: that AI could jeopardize public discourse through... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/05/1095600/we-need-to-prepare-for-addictive-intelligence/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-02 12:21:31

The Download: making tough decisions with AI, and the significance of toys
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. A personalized AI tool might help some reach end-of-life decisions—but it won’t suit everyone —Jessica Hamzelou This week, I’ve... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/02/1095598/the-download-making-tough-decisions-with-ai-and-the-significance-of-toys/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-02 09:22:03

A personalized AI tool might help some reach end-of-life decisions—but it won’t suit everyone
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. This week, I’ve been working on a piece about an AI-based tool that could help guide... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/02/1095573/ai-end-of-life-decisions-wont-suit-everyone/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-01 12:16:41

The Download: AI’s end of life decisions, and green investing
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. End of life decisions are difficult and distressing. Could AI help? End-of-life decisions can be extremely upsetting for surrogates—the people who have to... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/01/1095559/the-download-ais-end-of-life-decisions-and-green-investing/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-01 10:43:26

End of life decisions are difficult and distressing. Could AI help?
A few months ago, a woman in her mid-50s, let’s call her Sophie, experienced a hemorrhagic stroke. Her brain started to bleed. She underwent brain surgery, but her heart stopped beating. Sophie’s ordeal left her with significant brain damage. She was unresponsive; she couldn’t squeeze her fingers or open her eyes... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/01/1095551/end-of-life-decisions-ai-help/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-08-01 10:11:23

Why investors care about climate tech’s green premium
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Talking about money can be difficult, but it’s a crucial piece of the puzzle when it comes to climate tech. I’ve been thinking more about the financial piece of climate innovation since… #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/01/1095543/climate-tech-green-premium/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-31 13:05:59

Reimagining cloud strategy for AI-first enterprises
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing, and computer vision has sparked lofty predictions: AI will revolutionize business operations, transform the nature of knowledge work, and boost companies’ bottom lines and the larger global economy by trillions of dollars.... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/31/1094228/reimagining-cloud-strategy-for-ai-first-enterprises/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-31 12:37:55

The Download: ethics in physics, and talking to ChatGPT
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. The US physics community is not done working on trust —Frances Houle, Kate Kirby, Laura Greene & Michael Marder In April 2024, Nature released detailed... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/31/1095532/the-download-ethics-in-physics-and-talking-to-chatgpt/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-31 10:06:31

A controversial Chinese CRISPR scientist is still hopeful about embryo gene-editing. Here’s why.
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Back in 2018, it was my colleague Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine, who broke the story that a Chinese scientist... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/31/1095509/he-jiankui-hopeful-gene-editing/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-31 09:06:21

The US physics community is not done working on trust
In April 2024, Nature released detailed information about investigations into claims made by Ranga Dias, a physicist at the University of Rochester, in two high-profile papers the journal had published about the discovery of room-temperature superconductivity. Those two papers, which showed evidence of... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/31/1095425/the-us-physics-community-is-not-done-working-on-trust/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-30 19:02:08

OpenAI has released a new ChatGPT bot that you can talk to
OpenAI is rolling out an advanced AI chatbot that you can talk to. It’s available today—at least for some. The new chatbot represents OpenAI’s push into a new generation of AI-powered voice assistants in the vein of Siri and Alexa, but with far more capabilities to enable more natural, fluent... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/30/1095489/openai-has-released-a-new-chatgpt-bot-that-you-can-talk-to/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-30 12:27:04

The Download: rebuilding economic security, and solving math problems
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. How the US and its allies can rebuild economic security —Edlyn V. Levine is CEO and co-founder of a stealth-mode technology start up and... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/30/1095473/the-download-rebuilding-economic-security-and-solving-math-problems/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-30 09:29:36

How the US and its allies can rebuild economic security
A country’s economic security—its ability to generate both national security and economic prosperity—is grounded in it having significant technological capabilities that outpace those of its adversaries and complement those of its allies. Though this is a principle well known throughout history, the move over the last... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/30/1095439/usa-economic-security-competitiveness/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-30 08:58:32

How machines that can solve complex math problems might usher in more powerful AI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. It’s been another big week in AI. Meta updated its powerful new Llama model, which it’s handing out for free,... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/30/1095467/how-machines-that-can-solve-complex-math-problems-might-usher-in-more-powerful-ai/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-29 12:21:18

The Download: the future of CRISPR babies, and investing in climate tech
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. Controversial CRISPR scientist promises “no more gene-edited babies” until society comes around He Jiankui, the Chinese... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/29/1095433/the-download-the-future-of-crispr-babies-and-investing-in-climate-tech/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-29 09:16:47

From Meta CTO to climate tech investor: Mike Schroepfer on his big pivot
As the pandemic locked down cities in early 2020, Mike Schroepfer, then the chief technology officer of Meta, found himself with more free time than he’d ever had in his career. In quiet moments that would have been filled with work travel, social events, or his... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/29/1095357/from-meta-cto-to-climate-tech-investor-mike-schroepfer-on-his-big-pivot/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-26 18:57:50

Controversial CRISPR scientist promises “no more gene-edited babies” until society comes around
He Jiankui, the Chinese biophysicist whose controversial 2018 experiment led to the birth of three gene-edited children, says he’s returned to work on the concept of altering the DNA of people at conception, but with a... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/26/1095398/controversial-crispr-scientist-promises-no-more-gene-edited-babies-until-society-comes-around/?utm_source=press.coop

2024-07-26 12:27:45

The Download: AI’s math solutions, and brewing beer with sunlight
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. Google DeepMind’s new AI systems can now solve complex math problems AI models can easily generate essays and other types of text. However,... #press
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/26/1095394/the-download-ais-math-solutions-and-brewing-beer-with-sunlight/?utm_source=press.coop