I Paid for Media Coverage — and It Opened Doors I Couldn’t Pitch My Way Into
Paying to get published has become part of the modern content economy, but pay-to-play isn’t the problem. The problem is bad storytelling.
MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting
The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting category. The shortlisted story—“We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard”—is part of the publication’s Power Hungry package on AI’s energy burden. AI is often described…
This 37-Year-Old Thought His Boat-Flipping Side Hustle Was About to Sink. Now It’s a $68 Million Public Company.
Jason Ruegg’s business idea started on the docks during college, flipping used boats in between classes.
Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message.
Google’s more affordable AI Plus plan rolls out to all markets, including the U.S.
Gemini 3 Pro and other AI tools are now available globally through the Google AI Plus plan, which is $7.99 per month in the United States.
OpenAI launches Prism, a new AI workspace for scientists
OpenAI has launched a new scientific workspace program called Prism, which integrates AI into existing standards for composing research papers.
Amid Trump attacks and weaponized sanctions, Europeans look to rely less on US tech
European governments are looking to move away from U.S. tech and reclaim their digital sovereignty at a time of unpredictability and volatility in the United States.
The price gap between Waymo and Uber is narrowing
Data collected and analyzed by Obi suggest a shift is underway.
If you live in the UK, you probably won’t be able to visit Pornhub anymore
Pornhub parent company Aylo will restrict access from U.K. users, rather than comply with age verification mandates, which the company said it believes have not succeeded in promoting online safety.
TikTok says it’s still working to recover its U.S. infrastructure
TikTok says some of the glitches continue but it’s making “significant progress” in recovering its U.S. infrastructure.
WhatsApp is rolling out a new stricter security setting to protect users from cyber attacts
Days after Meta was sued by over alleged false privacy claims by its chat app WhatsApp, the company has rolled out a new setting to protect users against cyber attacks. The feature, called Strict Account Settings, adds restrictions like automatically blocking media and attachments from unknown senders, and silencing calls from unknown numbers. Under this setting, link […]