Brilliant Tech Means Nothing Without the Right Narrative — Here’s How to Craft It
The biggest obstacle for emerging tech isn’t complexity, competition or timing — it’s the narrative the public hears before the product ever loads.
Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI?
The ongoing public feud between the Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic over its technology has raised a deep open question: does the law actually allow the US government to conduct mass surveillance on Americans? Surprisingly, the answer is not straightforward. More than a decade after Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s collection of bulk…
Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within messaging apps
Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS and SMS.
The Download: inside a deepfake marketplace, and EV batteries’ future
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. Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files…
Are Your Messages Falling Flat? These Are the Communication Secrets You Need to Truly Be Heard
Learn the habits great leaders use to ensure every message lands and drives action.
What’s next for EV batteries in 2026
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. Demand for electric vehicles and the batteries that power them has never been hotter. In 2025, EVs made up over a quarter of new vehicle sales globally,…
These AI notetaking devices can help you record and transcribe your meetings
These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some even offer live translation.
TikTok says its services are restored after the outage
TikTok says it finally solved all issues related to outages caused by last week’s U.S. snowstorm.
AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’?
How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse?
Why Tether’s CEO is everywhere right now
For years, Tether’s CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Those days are over.
Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary makes $7M on opening weekend
While the documentary is exceeding box office expectations, it’s unlikely to make a profit in theaters.