The world is just not quite ready for humanoids yet
Famed robotics Rodney Brooks recently sounded the alarm on the amount of money going into humanoid startups. He’s not the only skeptic.
The Download: aging clocks, and repairing the internet
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 aging clocks can help us understand why we age—and if we can reverse it Wrinkles and gray hairs aside, it can be difficult to know how well—or poorly—someone’s body is truly aging.…
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The Download: our bodies’ memories, and Traton’s electric trucks
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 do our bodies remember? “Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re…
How do our bodies remember?
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. “Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re…
This test could reveal the health of your immune system
Attentive readers might have noticed my absence over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been trying to recover from a bout of illness. It got me thinking about the immune system, and how little I know about my own immune health. The vast array of cells, proteins, and biomolecules that works to defend us from…
Shutdown silver lining? Your IPO review comes after investors buy in
With 90% of SEC staff furloughed, the agency announced on Thursday that it won’t penalize companies for omitting pricing details during the shutdown.
Flipkart’s Super.money quietly partners with troubled Juspay as it expands its reach
Super.money, the fintech arm of Flipkart, is looking to raise a round of funding at a $1 billion valuation, after securing $50 million from Flipkart to date.
While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered a glimpse of the “first of many” massive Nvidia AI systems it is rolling out, starting now.
Andreessen Horowitz denies report of India office, calls it ‘fake news’
a16z’s Anish Acharya calls India office reports “entirely fake news!”
Reflection raises $2B to be America’s open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek
Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an open-source alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek.
Here’s How Much Money Disney Employees in Engineering, Data, Tech and Finance Make in a Year
New data reveals how much Disney pays its workers.