February 27, 2026

MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting

The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting category.  The shortlisted story—“We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard”—is part of the publication’s Power Hungry package on AI’s energy burden.  AI is often described…

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Adobe’s project fast fill is generative fill for video

October 11, 2023
As part of its MAX conference, Adobe traditionally shows off some of its more forward-looking tech, which may or may not end up in its Creative Cloud apps at some point in the future. The idea here is to show what its engineers are working on and right now, as you can imagine, that’s a […]

Box unveils unique AI pricing plan to account for high cost of running LLMs

October 11, 2023
As generative AI becomes embedded in enterprise software, one of the challenges that companies face is how to fairly price it to recoup the cost of running their content against foundational large language models like OpenAI’s. Box introduced Box AI last May, bringing generative AI to the platform via a partnership with OpenAI. Today, at […]

Carefull lands $16.5M to shield seniors from financial fraud

October 11, 2023
Carefull, a fintech platform that aims to help banks protect older customers from fraud, scams and “money mistakes,” today announced that it raised $16.5 million in a Series A round led by Fin Capital with participation from TTV Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Montage Ventures and Northwestern Mutual. Bringing the company’s total funding to […]

The Download: gene-edited chickens, and China’s green companies

October 11, 2023
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 gene editing could help curb the spread of bird flu  The news: Gene editing could help prevent chickens from catching and spreading bird flu, new research suggests.  How they did it: Researchers…

State-backed hackers are exploiting new ‘critical’ Atlassian zero-day bug

October 11, 2023
Microsoft says Chinese state-backed hackers are exploiting a “critical”-rated zero-day vulnerability in Atlassian software to break into customer systems. The technology giant’s threat intelligence team said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that it has observed a nation-state threat actor it calls Storm-0062 exploiting a recently disclosed critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center […]

Conveyor raises $12.5M to automate security reviews using LLMs

October 11, 2023
In a perfect world, companies would vet the security and compliance of every third-party vendor they use. Sales wouldn’t close until these reviews are complete. The trouble is, security reviews require a massive investment of time — and labor. Questionnaires — the main way companies vet vendor — contain hundreds of questions, covering everything from […]

Master the Art of Global Tipping Etiquette

October 11, 2023
Tipping is a well-known practice in many parts of the world for those working in the service sector, as it offers extra compensation for their efforts. However, there are particular…

Formant is managing data so robotics companies don’t have to

October 11, 2023
Ten years ago this December, Bot & Dolly became one of a dozen or so robotics companies snapped up during Google’s robotics acquisition spree. The San Francisco-based firm, best known for its special effects work on films like “Gravity,” was folded into a new portfolio with ambitious plans to shake up the industry. For a […]