Roundtables: An Inside Look at the 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
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The Download: introducing the Hidden Worlds issue
But rather than just jumping straight into the US, many of these firms are using Southeast Asia as both a...
I’m a beaver. You’re a beaver. We are beavers all.
As efficient creators and stewards of wetlands, beavers provide a hospitable ecosystem for dozens of other creatures, from insects, frogs,...
Tackling long-haul diseases
Tal, who has been obsessed with infectious disease since losing an uncle to HIV/AIDS and a cousin to meningococcal meningitis,...
Puzzle corner
The latest iteration of a legacyFounded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned,...
The first-ever mission to pull a dead rocket out of space has just begun
There are an estimated 500,000 pieces of space junk as small as a centimeter across orbiting Earth, and about 23,000...
The Download: tiny TikTok-style soap operas, and how algorithms change us
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The US spacecraft that landed on...
Algorithms are everywhere
“The present is not a prison sentence, but merely our current snapshot,” they write. “We don’t have to use unethical...
Bans on deepfakes take us only so far—here’s what we really need
Rules that require all AI-generated content to be watermarked are impossible to enforce, and it’s also highly possible that watermarks...
How Wi-Fi sensing became usable tech
“Even if your data is encrypted,” says Patwari, “somebody sitting outside of your house could get information about where people...
Conversational AI revolutionizes the customer experience landscape
I think the same applies when we talk about either agents or employees or supervisors. They don't necessarily want to...
The Download: Trump’s potential climate impact, and the end of cheap helium
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The Supreme Court will decide whether...
Wikimedia’s CTO: In the age of AI, human contributors still matter
What Deckelmann means by “sustainability” is a pressing concern in the open-source space more broadly. When complex services or entire...
Trump wants to unravel Biden’s landmark climate law. Here is what’s most at risk.
By some accounts, the law has helped spur hundreds of billions of dollars in private investment into projects that could...
How Antarctica’s history of isolation is ending—thanks to Starlink
Helpful hams and secret codes By 1957,Admiral Byrd was recognized as the world’s foremost expert in Antarctic exploration and was...
The era of cheap helium is over—and that’s already causing problems
A delicate balance The helium we use today formed from the breakdown of radioactive materials millions of years ago and...
How Much Has The Cost Of Living Really Increased In 2023
GettyGettyKey Takeaways Inflation has been high now for many months, but the Fed has managed to bring it down from...
The Download: Alabama’s embryo ruling impact, and remote learning for pre-schoolers
This story is from the next issue of MIT Technology Review, all about hidden worlds. It’s set to go live...
The weird way Alabama’s embryo ruling takes on artificial wombs
Justice Jay Mitchell, writing for the majority, pounced on what he called the “latent implication” of the defense’s argument. What...
Yes, remote learning can work for preschoolers
Mariam, one of the mothers in the camp, has two girls, five and four years old, and her greatest wish...
