February 7, 2025

How the tiny microbes in your mouth could be putting your health at risk

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. This week I’ve been working on a piece about teeth. Well, sort of teeth. Specifically, lab-grown bioengineered teeth. Researchers have created these teeth with a mixture of human…

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JumpCloud resets customer API keys citing ‘ongoing incident’

July 10, 2023

JumpCloud has told customers it reset their API keys to protect their organizations from an apparent security incident. The directory, identity, and access management giant said in an email to customers that it was experiencing an “ongoing incident” but did not provide specifics. In a support post on its site, the company said the resets […]

JumpCloud resets customer API keys citing ‘ongoing incident’ by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: China’s semiconductor fightback, and New York’s controversial AI law

July 10, 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 China is fighting back in the semiconductor exports war China has been on the receiving end of semiconductor export restrictions for years. Now, it’s striking back with the same tactic.  On July…

Why everyone is mad about New York’s AI hiring law

July 10, 2023
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. Last week, a law about AI and hiring went into effect in New York City, and everyone is up in arms about it. It’s one…

China’s first big volley in the semiconductor exports war

July 10, 2023
China has been on the receiving end of semiconductor export restrictions for years. Now, it is striking back with the same tactic. On July 3, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that the export of gallium and germanium, two elements used in producing chips, solar panels, and fiber optics, will soon be subject to a…

Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days

July 10, 2023

Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days. The Twitter rival was launched on June 6 (or June 5 in the Americas), according to a tracker. Mark Zuckerberg noted on the first day that the app attracted 2 million sign-ups in two hours, 5 million sign-ups in […]

Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

The best e-bikes for every type of rider and where Chinese EV makers are headed

July 9, 2023

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Reporter Rebecca Bellan is back in the driver’s seat the next couple of weeks as I stash my laptop and head out for some adventures (planes, ferries and bikes […]

The best e-bikes for every type of rider and where Chinese EV makers are headed by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s vision for Threads is more mega-mall than public square

July 7, 2023

In the latest sign that Meta’s new Twitter lookalike Threads is unlikely to capture the essence of its predecessor, the company is apparently actively disinterested in cultivating its new app into useful hub of breaking news and world events. In a reply to a question from The Verge’s Alex Heath, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, currently […]

Meta’s vision for Threads is more mega-mall than public square by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

If you don’t buy Jony Ive’s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan?

July 7, 2023

You enjoyed his iMacs, his iPhones, his iPads. You thrilled at the way he said “aluminium” [sic]. You admired the typeface. Are you ready for the $60,000 turntable? Better make up your mind fast, because Linn is only producing 250 of these handmade bad boys. A record player doesn’t seem like a logical extension of […]

If you don’t buy Jony Ive’s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan? by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch