October 15, 2025

Why Clear Leadership Beats Cutting-Edge Tools Every Single Time

Strong leadership, not technology, is the real driver of team performance and organizational success.

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The Download: measuring returns on R&D, and AI’s creative potential

September 17, 2025
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. How to measure the returns on R&D spending Given the draconian cuts to US federal funding for science, it’s worth asking some hard-nosed money questions: How much should we be spending on R&D?…

How to measure the returns to R&D spending

September 17, 2025
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Given the draconian cuts to US federal funding for science, including the administration’s proposal to reduce the 2026 budgets of the National Institutes of Health by…

Al Gore on China’s climate rise: ‘I would not have seen this coming’

September 16, 2025
Al Gore and Lila Preston of Generation Investment Management talked with TechCrunch about recent headlines, including the tech industry’s growing appetite for rare earth minerals, how the AI boom’s demand for massive data centers could impact global energy consumption, and whether the space industry’s rocket launches are truly a net positive.