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…
Record-high demand for crude oil and tight supplies amid extended oil output cuts will likely push energy prices higher, driving the energy sector’s growth prospects. Given favorable conditions in the…
Point.me, an online search engine and concierge service that makes it easy to discover real-time reward flight options, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by by Thayer Ventures. The platform checks for flights on 33 loyalty programs across more than 150 airlines to uncover real-time award flight options. The New York-based startup […]
Murena is in the business of deGoogling Android smartphones in the name of privacy. The French/European firm has been doing this for around five years, as a not-for-profit foundation — but also, in more recent years, opening a for-profit arm that sells devices running its alternative, anti-tracking OS. It’s hardware agnostic, loading its open source […]
Did you know that, back in 2022, the lack of financial literacy cost 15% of Americans at least ten grand? That’s right! While most can find a way to land…
AI language models are not humans, and yet we evaluate them as if they were, using tests like the bar exam or the United States Medical Licensing Examination. The models tend to do really well in these exams, probably because examples of such exams are abundant in the models’ training data. Yet, as my colleague…
India has warned its citizens of an advanced malware targeting Android users, capable of accessing sensitive data and allowing hackers control over infected devices. The Controller General of Defence Accounts, a department in India’s Defense Ministry, released the advisory on the Remote Access Trojan called DogeRAT, originally brought to notice by the cybersecurity startup CloudSEK. The […]
Money laundering — the process of transferring assets around in order to disguise the illicit origin of the money behind them — has been a huge and growing business for years, used by terrorists to finance their work, criminals to wash their spoils, (some) fat cats to avoid taxes and more. Aided by the rise […]
For decades, MIT Technology Review has published annual lists highlighting the advances redefining what technology can do and the brightest minds pushing their fields forward. This year, we’re launching a new list, recognizing companies making progress on one of society’s most pressing challenges: climate change. MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch will…