February 2023

Wean Khing Wong ’84

February 22, 2023
Wean Khing Wong, an attorney, mediator, speaker, and life coach, knows from personal experience that there are many ways to support the institutions and ideals that are important to you. As founder and former president of the MIT Chinese Alumni Group—which alumni and students of any ethnic background are welcome to join—she has produced free…

A warm welcome

February 22, 2023
Sally Kornbluth officially began her tenure as MIT’s 18th president on January 1. A welcome banner—in Duke blue, presumably to ease her transition to 02139—greeted her in Lobby 7 as she began taking her first sips from the firehose. Here’s her video hello to the MIT community:

Tackling Earth’s tremors and cancerous tumors

February 22, 2023
Forecasting earthquakes is complex, relying on specialized analysis of minute signals from the Earth’s crust. Cancer treatment is also a highly complex field, involving thousands of researchers and billions of dollars worldwide. Either would be enough to fill the waking hours of any scientist. But the work of Jie Zhang, PhD ’97, a geophysicist and…

Tracksuit raises $5M to make brand tracking more accessible

February 21, 2023

Tracksuit, a New Zealand-based brand tracking startup, wants to take on traditional market research players by offering a more affordable, accessible brand insights tool. “Market research and brand tracking has been around for a long time, and it usually consists of a consultant coming in on a quarterly or biannual basis with a 100-page slide […]

Tracksuit raises $5M to make brand tracking more accessible by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk suggests Twitter could open source its algorithm ‘next week’

February 21, 2023

A new tweet by Twitter owner Elon Musk suggests the company is preparing to open source its algorithm as soon as next week — unless, of course, it’s all a joke. (One never knows these days!) However, Musk has been a longtime proponent of the idea that Twitter’s recommendation algorithm should be open sourced, having […]

Elon Musk suggests Twitter could open source its algorithm ‘next week’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Digging into Coinbase’s better-than-expected Q4 results

February 21, 2023

Earlier this afternoon Coinbase reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 results. TechCrunch’s first look at the numbers is here. In response to the company’s raw numbers, shares of Coinbase are off around 2.2% in after-hours trading as of the time of writing. (The company initially fell much further before recovering to positive territory, gains that […]

Digging into Coinbase’s better-than-expected Q4 results by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube Music’s latest feature lets users create custom radio stations

February 21, 2023

YouTube Music is introducing a new radio experience that lets users create their own custom stations, the company told TechCrunch on Tuesday. Prior to the launch of this feature, users have started music listening experiences by picking from preexisting playlists, radios or albums, but now users can create their own radios from the ground up. […]

YouTube Music’s latest feature lets users create custom radio stations by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch