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The Download: 2022’s best stories, and what’s next for AI

December 23, 2022
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. Our favorite stories of 2022 We like to think we’ve had a great year here at MIT Technology Review. Our stories have won numerous awards (this story from our magazine won Gold in…

Our favorite stories of 2022

December 23, 2022
We like to think we’ve had a great year here at MIT Technology Review. Our stories have won numerous awards (this story from our magazine won Gold in the AAAS awards) and our investigations have helped shed light on unjust policies. So this year we asked our writers and editors to comb back through the…

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725M

December 23, 2022

Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed a $725 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal. First reported by Reuters earlier today, the deal follows nearly four months after news first emerged that Meta had proposed a settlement in the Northern District of California where the suit was […]

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Brain stimulation might be more invasive than we think

December 23, 2022
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. Today, there are lots of neurotechnologies that can read what’s going on in our brains, modify the way they function, and change the wiring.  This is the case for plenty of treatments…

What’s next for AI

December 23, 2022
In 2022, AI got creative. AI models can now produce remarkably convincing pieces of text, pictures, and even videos, with just a little prompting. It’s only been nine months since OpenAI set off the generative AI explosion with the launch of DALL-E 2, a deep-learning model that can produce images from text instructions. That was…

Flipkart and PhonePe complete separation

December 23, 2022

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart no longer owns a stake in payments firm PhonePe. The two said on Friday that they have completed a full ownership separation of PhonePe and shareholders in the Singapore entities of both firms have purchased shares directly in PhonePe’s India entity. The move comes as PhonePe, which was acquired by Flipkart […]

Flipkart and PhonePe complete separation by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Reliance buys 23.3% stake in US-based AI firm Exyn

December 22, 2022

Reliance has backed Philadelphia-based AI and robotics startup Exyn, the Indian conglomerate disclosed in a stock exchange filing on Thursday, making further inroads in startups globally. Reliance Strategic Business Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has acquired a 23.3% stake in Exyn for $25 million, the Indian firm said. The Indian firm’s investment […]

Reliance buys 23.3% stake in US-based AI firm Exyn by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

VFX studio Perception takes us inside the tech of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

December 22, 2022

Visual effects artists, especially the ones that work on Marvel films, are in more demand than ever and rarely get enough credit. Nearly a dozen VFX houses contribute to one Marvel project. Perception, the Emmy-nominated design and VFX lab that has worked on 33 Marvel films and series, was assigned the challenging task of designing […]

VFX studio Perception takes us inside the tech of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Automotus raises $9M to scale automated curb management tech

December 22, 2022

The new mobility landscape has made curb space in cities a hot commodity. No longer are curbs just for buses, taxis, deliveries and parking. Now those traditional use cases have to contend with bike lanes, ride-hail, same-day deliveries, dockless vehicles and more. As a result, cities and investors are starting to prioritize software that helps […]

Automotus raises $9M to scale automated curb management tech by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch