MIT Technology Review

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 news: Google researchers claim to have made a breakthrough ... Read More

How AI can help spot wildfires

This means that the need to spot wildfires earlier is becoming ever more crucial, and some groups are turning to technology to help. My colleague James Temple just wrote about a new effort from Google ... Read More

The Download: bird flu concerns, and tracking AI’s impact on elections

Bird flu has been spreading in dairy cows in the US—and the scale is likely to be far worse than it looks. In addition, 14 human cases have been reported in the US since March. Both are worrying ... Read More

A brief guide to the greenhouse gases driving climate change

Greenhouse gases are those that trap heat in the atmosphere. SF 6 and other fluorinated gases can be thousands of times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide, an ... Read More

MIT Technology Review Introduces the 2024 Innovators Under 35

MIT Technology Review is thrilled to announce the release of an all-new inspiring class of 35 Innovators Under 35, whose unique stories and innovations are transforming the world. This 2024 edition is ... Read More

Google is funding an AI-powered satellite constellation that will spot wildfires faster

The full FireSat system should be able to detect tiny fires anywhere in the world, and provide updated images every 20 minutes. Read More

Inside Sign Speak’s Mission To Make Accessibility Out Of American Sign Language And Artificial Intelligence

Yami Payano is co-founder and CEO of Sign Speak. Sign Speak . Last month, I contributed an op-ed piece to MIT Technology Review wherein I argue the ways in which artificial intell ... Read More

Meet the radio-obsessed civilian shaping Ukraine’s drone defense

Since Russia’s invasion, Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov has become an influential, if sometimes controversial, force—sharing expert advice and intel on the ever-evolving technology that’s taken over the ... Read More

Meet The MIT Professor With Eight Climate Startups And $2.5 Billion In Funding

Yet-Ming Chiang’s research on materials science might seem esoteric. But he’s used it to build an array of companies in areas like batteries, green cement and critical minerals that could really help ... Read More

A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, study finds

In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial black holes—an idea first proposed in the 1970s—then these gravitational ... Read More

California bills protecting actors, performers from A.I. signed into law by Gov. Newsom

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two bills into law that would protect actors and performers from artificial intelligence or other digital replicas of their likeness being used without their consent, his ... Read More

‘Einstein’s Tutor’ Review: Emmy Noether in Space and Time

A little-known math instructor revolutionized our understanding of particle physics and influenced Albert Einstein’s thought. Read More