The Era of Blockchain Hype Is Over — Execution Is What Will Drive Adoption
Blockchain is shifting from speculation to execution, with adoption driven by practical infrastructure.
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…
Tonight, the future of deep tech will be explained to you at StrictlyVC Palo Alto
On Wednesday evening at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous.
Fintech firm Marquis alerts dozens of US banks and credit unions of a data breach after ransomware attack
Marquis said ransomware hackers stole reams of banking customer data, containing personal information and financial records, as well as Social Security numbers, belonging to hundreds of thousands of people. The number of affected people is expected to rise.
OpenAI has trained its LLM to confess to bad behavior
OpenAI is testing another new way to expose the complicated processes at work inside large language models. Researchers at the company can make an LLM produce what they call a confession, in which the model explains how it carried out a task and (most of the time) owns up to any bad behavior. Figuring out…
The Power Move Most Leaders Overlook — and How It Wins in High-Stakes Moments
When neutrality is practiced intentionally, it becomes a quiet superpower for steady leadership and smarter decisions.
Avoid These 5 AI Video Mistakes That Kill Engagement
Generative AI offers unprecedented opportunities for video marketing. It also comes with a wide array of pitfalls. Here’s how to avoid them.
Energy department hands out $800M in grants for small nuclear reactors
The Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec were awarded substantial grants to build one reactor in Tennessee and two more in Michigan.
Anthropic hires lawyers as it preps for IPO
Anthropic is reportedly prepping for an IPO that could come as early as 2026.
How to Free Yourself From Overthinking and Make Confident Choices Every Time
The objective of sound leadership should not be to guarantee flawless decisions but to act decisively with the best information available — and then to commit with conviction.
Anthropic Engineers Sound the Alarm About AI: ‘I’m Coming to Work to Put Myself Out of a Job’
The $138 billion AI startup recently conducted a study of 132 of its own engineers to understand how AI is changing work.