February 17, 2026

The Download: the rise of luxury car theft, and fighting antimicrobial resistance

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. The curious case of the disappearing Lamborghinis Across the world, unsuspecting people are unwittingly becoming caught up in a new and growing type of organized criminal enterprise: vehicle transport fraud and theft. Crooks…

The sale on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 ends today

August 11, 2023
Tick-tock, startup fans and aficionados. Today’s the last day to score serious savings to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. In fact, you have mere hours left to grab the best deal on the early-stage startup world’s epic, three-day event. Save up to $600 on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 […]

Google pushes Match for more money in antitrust battle, court filing states

August 11, 2023
Google has filed a new motion to the court in its antitrust battle with Epic Games and Match Group, where it claims that the dating app maker owes additional fees beyond the $40 million that had been previously set aside in escrow. Those funds are Google’s cut of Match’s in-app payments on Google Play that […]

Elon Musk says he is actually going to fight Mark Zuckerberg; please forgive me

August 11, 2023
Elon Musk says his fight with Mark Zuckerberg is definitely happening, and I’m so, so sorry I have to write these words and present them in this article. To pull back the curtain, every time Musk does something asinine and moronic, we in the media wrestle with the anguish of whether or not we actually […]

Why is it so hard to create new types of pain relievers?

August 11, 2023
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. This week I’ve been thinking about America’s addiction to opioids. The statistics are staggering. Since 2010, opioid overdose deaths have nearly quadrupled. More than 80,000 people…

Next slide, please: A brief history of the corporate presentation

August 11, 2023
It’s 1948, and it isn’t a great year for alcohol. Prohibition has come and gone, and booze is a buyer’s market again. That much is obvious from Seagram’s annual sales meeting, an 11-city traveling extravaganza designed to drum up nationwide sales. No expense has been spared: there’s the two-hour, professionally acted stage play about the…