August 2023

The Download: open source’s future, and cancer drugs shortages

August 18, 2023
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 future of open source is still very much in flux When Xerox donated a new laser printer to MIT in 1980, the company couldn’t have known that the machine would ignite a…

Why generalist investors will always win

August 18, 2023
How can a generalist compete with a specialist when it comes to customer introductions, or tactical advice? We can’t, but we don’t need to.

Netflix inks deal with Reliance’s Jio to expand India presence

August 18, 2023
Netflix has inked a “first-of-its-kind” deal with Jio Platforms, India’s largest telecom operator, to bundle the streaming service with the carrier’s two pay-as-you-go plans as the American giant pushes to expand its subscriber base in the key Asian market. A Netflix mobile-only plan will come bundled with Jio’s 1,099 Indian rupees (or $13.2) plan, whereas […]

A chemo drug storage shows the vulnerability of the healthcare supply chains

August 18, 2023
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. If you’ve been following health headlines in recent months, you may have heard that many prescription drugs are in short supply. Yesterday, the New York Times…

Is Now the Time to Invest in Realty Income (O)?

August 18, 2023
Realty Income (O), The Monthly Dividend Company, has a solid record of increasing the dividend more than 120 times since its stock market debut. However, is the stock the right…

This UK startup engineered a clever way to reuse waste heat from cloud computing

August 18, 2023
Using heat generated by computers to provide free hot water was an idea born not in a high-tech laboratory, but in a battered country workshop deep in the woods of Godalming, England. “The idea of using the wasted heat of computing to do something else has been hovering in the air for some time,” explains…