Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com
Amazon is bringing Alexa+ to the web with a new Alexa.com site, expanding its AI assistant beyond devices and positioning it as a family-focused, agent-style chatbot.
The Download: helping cancer survivors to give birth, and cleaning up Bangladesh’s garment industry
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. An experimental surgery is helping cancer survivors give birth An experimental surgical procedure that’s helping people have babies after they’ve had treatment for bowel or rectal cancer. Radiation and chemo can have pretty…
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Managing Business Documents More Efficiently Starts With Better PDF Tools
Edit, convert, and sign PDFs without slowing down daily operations.
How Insomnia Cookies Became A $350 Million Business — By Obsessing Over One Word
It’s a powerful lesson in brand positioning, and a great way to sell cookies too.
Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026
Google TV will let you ask Gemini to find and edit your photos, adjust your TV settings and more.
The Download: Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley, and the AI terms that were everywhere in 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. Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change In June last year, startup Octavia Carbon began running a high-stakes test in the small town of Gilgil in…
LG’s new OLED TV is just 9mm thick
This year LG is showing off its manufacturing chops at CES with a new Wallpaper OLED TV that is just 9mm thick.
Luminar claims founder Austin Russell is dodging a subpoena in the bankruptcy case
The Luminar founder claims he has been cooperative.
Teradar reveals its first terahertz-band vision sensor for cars
The company is tapping the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum to bring out the best qualities of more common lidar and radar sensors.
What’s next for AI in 2026
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. In an industry in constant flux, sticking your neck out to predict what’s coming next may seem reckless. (AI bubble? What AI bubble?) But for the…
Kodiak taps Bosch to scale its self-driving truck tech
There is no timeline for when these systems will become available. But once they do, Kodiak could bring its tech to more trucks, faster.