February 22, 2025

US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts

The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]

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November 2023

The 20 best STEM toys to gift coders-in-training

November 6, 2023

There’s no doubt the STEM toys category has lost a bit of its magic. The hype that started about a decade ago, powering a wave of startups to launch creative and experimental products — pitching parents on dedicated connected hardware and apps to help unlock their kids’ future tech career progression — has faded to […]

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It’s shockingly easy to buy sensitive data about US military personnel

November 6, 2023
For as little as $0.12 per record, data brokers in the US are selling sensitive private data about active-duty military members and veterans, including their names, home addresses, geolocation, net worth, and religion, and information about their children and health conditions.  In a unsettling study published on Monday, researchers from Duke University approached 12 data…

3 Energy Services Stocks Displaying Promising Gains

November 6, 2023
The escalating endeavors in oil and gas exploration to cater to the world’s rising energy needs are projected to keep the energy services industry afloat in the foreseeable future. Therefore,…

Appetite wants to help you and your friends discover, plan and book a meal out

November 6, 2023

Appetite, an app for discovering and booking restaurants, is aiming to streamline the process of planning nights out with friends and family. After beta testing the app with 14,000 users, the startup is now releasing Appetite to everyone in the United Kingdom, with expansions planned for Europe and the United States. Founded in May 2023 […]

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The inside scoop on watermarking and content authentication

November 6, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. On October 30, President Biden released his executive order on AI, a major move that I bet you’ve heard about by now. If you want…

Daytona wants to be an enterprise-grade GitHub Codespaces

November 6, 2023

A new company is setting out “fill the enterprise void” left by GitHub Codespaces,” with a platform that enables companies to bring all their development environment endeavors in-house. Cloud-based coding is all the rage, a trend that that has accelerated in recent years with the introduction of browser-based integrated developer environments (IDE) such as GitHub […]

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Daye now offers tampon-based STI screening — starting in the UK

November 6, 2023

UK femcare-turned-gynaecological-health startup, Daye, has expanded its tampon-based home screening service to add STI testing. The startup is billing this “non-invasive screening” service for sexually transmitted infections as a “world first”. The “STI Diagnostic Tampon” service uses Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing tech to detect the presence of pathogens. Daye is launching with the ability […]

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