September 6, 2024

For Subscribers: Celebrate 125 years of MIT Technology Review

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March 2024

In the Gundo, Discipulus Ventures is bringing together a cohort of founders to accelerate America

March 26, 2024

Scores of accelerator programs run every year with the aim of identifying and cultivating founders in the earliest stages of building a company. Only a fraction seek out founders that are explicitly aligned with some set of values — let alone classically conservative values like family, patriotism and faith. Discipulus Ventures, which kicked off its […]

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Understanding and overcoming victim mentality

March 26, 2024
Victim mentality is a psychological phenomenon that is often misunderstood and misinterpreted. It can be deeply ingrained in a person’s self-identity, influencing their thoughts, behaviors, and relationships, and yes, it…

How to turn off Instagram’s political content filter

March 26, 2024

It’s election season in the U.S., and Instagram has changed the way that it recommends political content. On both Instagram and the newer X competitor Threads, this change won’t impact what you see from accounts you already follow. But the platforms won’t proactively recommend content about politics, which could limit users’ ability to learn about […]

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Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal

March 26, 2024

In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior and help Facebook compete with Snapchat, according to newly unsealed court documents. Facebook called this “Project Ghostbusters,” in a clear reference to Snapchat’s ghost-like logo. […]

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NASA’s snake robot is designed to search out life in the icy oceans of a Saturn moon

March 26, 2024

The snake robot form factor has existed for decades. In addition to the diversity it adds to the world of automation, the design has several pragmatic attributes. The first is redundancy, which allows for the system to keep chugging even after a module is damaged. The second is a body that makes it possible for […]

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Vibrant Planet uses AI for land mapping and improving climate resiliency

March 26, 2024

As the planet warms due to human-caused climate change, damage from wildfires has increased with it. The amount of forest area burned by wildfires increased 320% from 1996 to 2021, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System. While building tech to slow the progression and impacts of climate change would be ideal, it’s a […]

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Understanding the S&P 500’s significant surge

March 26, 2024
The S&P 500, a stock market index that measures the stock performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States, has increased significantly by 25% over…