February 13, 2026

ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.

There are tears in the audience as Patrick Darling’s song begins to play. It’s a heartfelt song written for his great-grandfather, whom he never got the chance to meet. But this performance is emotional for another reason: It’s Darling’s first time on stage with his bandmates since he lost the ability to sing two years…

Carefull lands $16.5M to shield seniors from financial fraud

October 11, 2023
Carefull, a fintech platform that aims to help banks protect older customers from fraud, scams and “money mistakes,” today announced that it raised $16.5 million in a Series A round led by Fin Capital with participation from TTV Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Montage Ventures and Northwestern Mutual. Bringing the company’s total funding to […]

The Download: gene-edited chickens, and China’s green companies

October 11, 2023
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. How gene editing could help curb the spread of bird flu  The news: Gene editing could help prevent chickens from catching and spreading bird flu, new research suggests.  How they did it: Researchers…

State-backed hackers are exploiting new ‘critical’ Atlassian zero-day bug

October 11, 2023
Microsoft says Chinese state-backed hackers are exploiting a “critical”-rated zero-day vulnerability in Atlassian software to break into customer systems. The technology giant’s threat intelligence team said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that it has observed a nation-state threat actor it calls Storm-0062 exploiting a recently disclosed critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center […]

Conveyor raises $12.5M to automate security reviews using LLMs

October 11, 2023
In a perfect world, companies would vet the security and compliance of every third-party vendor they use. Sales wouldn’t close until these reviews are complete. The trouble is, security reviews require a massive investment of time — and labor. Questionnaires — the main way companies vet vendor — contain hundreds of questions, covering everything from […]

Master the Art of Global Tipping Etiquette

October 11, 2023
Tipping is a well-known practice in many parts of the world for those working in the service sector, as it offers extra compensation for their efforts. However, there are particular…

Formant is managing data so robotics companies don’t have to

October 11, 2023
Ten years ago this December, Bot & Dolly became one of a dozen or so robotics companies snapped up during Google’s robotics acquisition spree. The San Francisco-based firm, best known for its special effects work on films like “Gravity,” was folded into a new portfolio with ambitious plans to shake up the industry. For a […]

These Chinese companies prove green tech can be profitable

October 11, 2023
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Living through the epic rainfall that flooded New York City a few weeks ago was nothing if not a reminder of just how urgently we need to tackle the climate crisis. Fortunately,…

Klarna launches a suite of new features, including an AI-powered image-search tool

October 11, 2023
Klarna is introducing a suite of new features, including an AI-powered image-search tool called Shopping lens, the company announced on Wednesday. The company is also launching shoppable videos in Europe, in-store product scanning, a new cashback program, express refunds and more. The new Shopping lens allows users to take a picture of items and styles […]

UK regulator launches antitrust investigation into $19B Vodafone/Three mobile merger

October 11, 2023
When Vodafone and Hutchison-owned Three in the U.K. announced their plan to merge in a non-cash deal to create a $19B mega mobile operator in June of this year, we noted that it would likely face a sizeable regulatory hurdle. The next chapter in that story opened up today: the country’s Competition and Markets Authority, […]