November 13, 2025

The Download: AI to measure pain, and how to deal with conspiracy theorists

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. AI is changing how we quantify pain Researchers around the world are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure. The…

November 2025

Why You Don’t Need to Be an Expert to Start Your Business

November 10, 2025
On this episode of “America’s Favorite Mom and Pop Shops®,” learn how understanding people — and listening to data — helped this entrepreneur with no professional cooking experience open Poppy’s, a thriving café in Brooklyn.

The State of AI: Energy is king, and the US is falling behind

November 9, 2025
Welcome to The State of AI, a new collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review. Every Monday for the next six weeks, writers from both publications will debate one aspect of the generative AI revolution reshaping global power. This week, Casey Crownhart, senior reporter for energy at MIT Technology Review and Pilita Clark, FT’s…