June 27, 2025

We’re learning more about what weight-loss drugs do to the body

Weight-loss drugs are this decade’s blockbuster medicines. Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro help people with diabetes get their blood sugar under control and help overweight and obese people reach a healthier weight. And they’re fast becoming a trendy must-have for celebrities and other figure-conscious individuals looking to trim down. They became so hugely popular…

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…

Twitter killers: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

January 8, 2024
WHO Bluesky, Discord, Mastodon, Nostr, Threads WHEN Now For the better part of 17 years, the roiling, rolling, fractious, sometimes funny, sometimes horrifying, never-ever-ending global conversation had a central home: Twitter. If you wanted to know what was happening and what people were talking about right now, it was the only game in town.  But…

Boosting Your Odds of Loan Approval

January 8, 2024
A personal loan provides a flexible means of funding various types of expenses. These loans can range from a low amount of $600 to the six digits. Borrowers may use…

3 Private Equity Stocks to Watch

January 8, 2024
The private equity industry is well-positioned for substantial growth in the future, largely attributable to a growing High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI) base, an uptick in global deals, and the sector’s enhanced…