December 2022

Backed by Electrolux, Mila raises at a $52M valuation to add smarts to fresh air

December 23, 2022

Three years ago, Mila showed up on Kickstarter with its smart air purifier. The company created an air cleaner with a choice of different filters to suit the use case (and price point) customers were interested in, along with an impressive array of sensors built into the device itself. Today, the San Francisco-based company announced […]

Backed by Electrolux, Mila raises at a $52M valuation to add smarts to fresh air by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Questions linger over Facebook, Twitter, TikTok’s commitment to uphold election integrity in Africa, as countries head to polls

December 23, 2022

A dozen countries in Africa including Nigeria, the continent’s biggest economy and democracy, are expected to hold their presidential elections next year, and questions linger on how well social media platforms are prepared to curb mis and dis-information after claims of botched content moderation during Kenya’s polls last August. Concerns are mounting as it emerges […]

Questions linger over Facebook, Twitter, TikTok’s commitment to uphold election integrity in Africa, as countries head to polls by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla announces a $300 charging mat that can recharge 3 devices at once

December 23, 2022

Remember the Apple Airpower charging mat? Announced in 2017, the device was supposed to recharge three devices simultaneously, but Apple never released it, citing engineering issues. Now, Tesla is giving it a shot with the just-announced Wireless Charging Platform. Inside the Cybertruck-inspired aluminum casing is a wireless charging platform called FreePower from a startup called […]

Tesla announces a $300 charging mat that can recharge 3 devices at once by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: 2022’s best stories, and what’s next for AI

December 23, 2022
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. Our favorite stories of 2022 We like to think we’ve had a great year here at MIT Technology Review. Our stories have won numerous awards (this story from our magazine won Gold in…

Our favorite stories of 2022

December 23, 2022
We like to think we’ve had a great year here at MIT Technology Review. Our stories have won numerous awards (this story from our magazine won Gold in the AAAS awards) and our investigations have helped shed light on unjust policies. So this year we asked our writers and editors to comb back through the…

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725M

December 23, 2022

Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed a $725 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal. First reported by Reuters earlier today, the deal follows nearly four months after news first emerged that Meta had proposed a settlement in the Northern District of California where the suit was […]

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch