Bill Gates Recommends Putting These Books on Your Holiday Reading List
The books Gates recommends all fall under the theme of making sense of the world around you.
Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024
Another year is coming to a close, so let’s look back at the MIT Technology Review stories that resonated most with you, our readers. We published hundreds of stories in 2024, about AI, climate tech, biotech, robotics, space, and more. There were six new issues of our magazine, on themes including food, play, and hidden…
Holiday Shopping Spending Is Expected to Decrease By $85 Billion This Year — But These Expert-Backed Tips Can Help Your Small Business Maximize Revenue
Joseph Black, director of product management, accounting, and commerce at Intuit QuickBooks, reveals how small businesses can stand out.
Google DeepMind’s new AI model is the best yet at weather forecasting
Google DeepMind has unveiled an AI model that’s better at predicting the weather than the current best systems. The new model, dubbed GenCast, is published in Nature today. This is the second AI weather model that Google has launched in just the past few months. In July, it published details of NeuralGCM, a model that…
Hackers May Be Reading Your Texts — U.S. Officials Urge All Americans to Use Encryption Messaging Apps in the Wake of Massive Cyberattack
The FBI and security officials warn that messages sent by AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies customers are vulnerable.
CEO of UnitedHealthcare Fatally Shot Outside Hotel in New York City
Brian Thompson was reportedly shot in what authorities say appeared to be a targeted attack.
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The Download: the Russia-Ukraine war’s effect on tech, and shaking up AI search
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 the Ukraine-Russia war is reshaping the tech sector in Eastern Europe It might have been hard a few years ago to imagine soldiers heading to battle on oversized toys made by a…
‘Elevator Pitch’ Meltdown: Watch the Moment That Broke This Entrepreneur’s Brain
On this episode of ‘Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch,’ an investor makes an offer that leaves a contestant speechless.
How the Ukraine-Russia war is reshaping the tech sector in Eastern Europe
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