February 7, 2025

These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda

Reports from the US Government Accountability Office on improper federal payments in recent years are circulating on X and elsewhere online, and they seem to be a big influence on Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency and its supporters as the group pursues cost-cutting measures across the federal government.  The payment reports have been…

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Deal Dive: VCs are no longer gunshy about firearm startups

February 10, 2024

Kai Kloepfer started biometric “smart” gun startup Biofire as a science fair project after the Aurora, Colorado, mass shooting in 2012 brought the U.S.’s gun violence problem close to home. Kloepfer began thinking of ways to solve the problem using what he knows: technology. Twelve years later, that project has turned into Biofire, a firearms […]

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The Download: how to improve pulse oximeters, and OpenAI’s chip plans

February 9, 2024
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. Why engineers are working to build better pulse oximeters Visit any health-care facility, and one of the first things they’ll do is clip a pulse oximeter to your finger. These devices, which track…

Why Investors Are Flocking to These 2 Medical Stocks

February 9, 2024
Given the growing demand for healthcare facilities, rapid integration of digital technology, and transformative biotechnology breakthroughs, the medical industry is poised for continued growth and profitability this year and beyond….

Why engineers are working to build better pulse oximeters

February 9, 2024
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. Visit any health-care facility, and one of the first things they’ll do is clip a pulse oximeter to your finger. These devices, which track heart rate…

Here are the fintech startups that could go public in 2024

February 9, 2024

Could 2024 be the year for fintech IPOs? Quite possibly, according to F-Prime Capital’s State of Fintech 2024 report. F-Prime — a VC firm with over $4.5 billion in assets under management that tracks the performance of emerging, publicly traded and privately held financial technology companies — naturally remains bullish on the fintech space, noting that: […]

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AI is going to save software companies’ dreams of growth

February 8, 2024

It appears emerging price points for AI-powered software products will boost the total addressable market (TAM) for technology products, and help reaccelerate growth at tech companies big and small.

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The Download: Google’s Gemini plans, and virtual power plants

February 8, 2024
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. Google’s Gemini is now in everything. Here’s how you can try it out. The news: In the biggest mass-market AI launch yet, Google is rolling out Gemini, its family of large language models,…

Advanced solar panels still need to pass the test of time

February 8, 2024
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. It must be tough to be a solar panel. They’re consistently exposed to sun, heat, and humidity—and the panels installed today are expected to last 30 years or more. But how can…

Unlocking the power of sustainability

February 7, 2024
According to UN climate experts, 2023 was the warmest year on record. This puts the heat squarely on companies to accelerate their sustainability efforts. “It’s quite clear that the sense of urgency is increasing,” says Jonas Bohlin, chief product officer for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) platform provider Position Green. That pressure is coming from…