Y Combinator launches “Early Decision” for students who want to graduate first, build later
The accelerator has introduced a new application track called Early Decision, designed for students who want to start companies but don’t want to drop out.
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
The earth around Lake Naivasha, a shallow freshwater basin in south-central Kenya, does not seem to want to lie still. Ash from nearby Mount Longonot, which erupted as recently as the 1860s, remains in the ground. Obsidian caves and jagged stone towers preside over the steam that spurts out of fissures in the soil and…
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India court rejects X’s “free speech” argument, backs government takedown powers
X sued the Indian government in March over content takedown orders issued through its centralized portal.
Billionaire VC Mike Moritz slams new H-1B visa fee as ‘brutish extortion scheme’
In a new, scathing Financial Times op-ed, the former Sequoia Capital honcho compares the White House to Tony Soprano’s pork store, calling its new H-1B visa plan another “brutish extortion scheme.”
Chipiron’s big idea: rethinking MRI access, not replacing old machines
Medical device funding is hitting levels we haven’t seen since 2021, with investors pouring billions into diagnostics and imaging companies. While innovation has raced ahead, a fundamental problem still hasn’t changed: Critical medical hardware like MRI machines cost millions of dollars and is limited to large hospitals. So how do you take one of the […]
The ‘Best-Led’ Company of 2025 Is Worth Over $4 Trillion
Leadership can make or break a business.
It Takes Humans 1,000 Hours of Study to Pass This Exam for Finance Professionals. It Took AI Mere Minutes.
Passing the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) test could lead to a 53% salary increase for finance professionals.
Roundtables: The Future of Birth Control
Conversations around birth control usually focus on women, but Kevin Eisenfrats, one of the MIT Technology Review 2025 Innovators Under 35, is working to change that. His company, Contraline, is working toward testing new birth control options for men. Speakers: Kevin Eisenfrats, Co-founder and CEO of Contraline, and Amy Nordrum, executive editor Recorded on September 24, 2025…
This Investment Expert Only Gets About 4 Hours of Sleep a Night. Here’s His Very Busy Daily Routine.
Jim Cramer, the host of “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” on CNBC, has been waking up at 3:15 a.m. for at least a decade.
Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms
A new call recording app is gaining traction for offering to pay users for voice data from calls, which is sold to AI companies.
Zoox asks federal regulators for exemption to launch a commercial robotaxi service
The exemption would allow the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company to commercially deploy its custom-built robotaxis, which lack traditional controls like pedals and a steering wheel.