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Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander suffers propulsion issue, making moon landing unlikely

January 8, 2024

After a successful launch on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket this morning, Astrobotic Technology said its lunar lander has encountered critical issues with the propellant system that have likely taken a moon landing off the table for good. In a devastating series of updates earlier today, the Pittsburgh-based startup said a “failure within the […]

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Timekettle’s $699 translation hardware handles multiple languages at once

January 8, 2024

Personal translation devices have had a hugely transformative decade. Improvements to processing power, machine learning and cloud platforms have all played key roles in this development. The technology is increasingly becoming a mainstay of wireless earbuds, and the recent explosion of generative AI platforms will only serve to further these impressive results. It’s easy to […]

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Amazon turns to AI to help customers find clothes that fit when shopping online

January 8, 2024

After recently turning to generative AI to enhance its product reviews, e-commerce giant Amazon today shared how it’s now using AI technology to help customers shop for apparel online. The company explains it’s now using large language models, generative AI, and machine learning to power four AI-powered features that will help customers find clothing that […]

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The Download: Introducing MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2024

January 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. Introducing: MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2024 The start of a new year offers a great opportunity to reflect while also thinking about what’s to come. That is especially true for…

Four lessons from 2023 that tell us where AI regulation is going

January 8, 2024
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. In the US and elsewhere, 2023 was a blockbuster year for artificial intelligence and AI regulation, and this next year is guaranteed to bring even…

AI for everything: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

January 8, 2024
WHO Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI WHEN Now When OpenAI launched a free web app called ChatGPT in November 2022, nobody knew what was coming. But that low-key release changed everything. By January, ChatGPT had become the fastest-growing web app ever, offering anyone with a browser access to one of the most powerful neural networks ever…

The first gene-editing treatment: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

January 8, 2024
WHO CRISPR Therapeutics, Editas Medicine, Precision BioSciences, Vertex Pharmaceuticals WHEN Now The first gene-editing cure has arrived. Grateful patients are calling it “life changing.” It was only 11 years ago that scientists first developed the potent DNA-snipping technology called CRISPR. Now they’ve brought CRISPR out of the lab and into real medicine with a treatment…

Heat pumps: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

January 8, 2024
WHO Daikin, Mitsubishi, Viessmann WHEN Now We’ve entered the era of the heat pump.  Heat pumps are appliances that can cool and heat spaces using electricity. Many buildings today are still heated with fossil fuels, specifically natural gas. Switching to electric heat pumps that run on renewable energy could help homes, offices, and even manufacturing…