December 26, 2025

MIT Technology Review’s most popular stories of 2025

It’s been a busy and productive year here at MIT Technology Review. We published magazine issues on power, creativity, innovation, bodies, relationships, and security. We hosted 14 exclusive virtual conversations with our editors and outside experts in our subscriber-only series, Roundtables, and held two events on MIT’s campus. And we published hundreds of articles online,…

Brinc launches new program for climate tech startups

July 6, 2023

Brinc, the Hong Kong-based accelerator backed by investors like Animoca Brands, is launching a new program for fledgling climate tech startups. The three-month program is tailored for founders who are focused on carbon dioxide removal (CDR). They will receive fundraising support, guidance on how to scale up and introductions to Brinc’s network of follow-on investors, […]

Brinc launches new program for climate tech startups by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on China cast shadow over Meta’s VR quest

July 6, 2023

As Meta sets its sight on introducing its virtual reality headsets to the Chinese market, Mark Zuckerberg’s contentious remarks about Beijing in the past may pose a major obstacle to his China dream. According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, Meta is preparing to re-enter China by selling the Oculus Quest VR […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on China cast shadow over Meta’s VR quest by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Zuckerberg’s remarks on China cast shadow over Meta’s VR quest

July 6, 2023

As Meta sets its sight on introducing its virtual reality headsets to the Chinese market, Mark Zuckerberg’s contentious remarks about Beijing in the past may pose a major obstacle to his China dream. According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, Meta is preparing to re-enter China by selling the Oculus Quest VR […]

Zuckerberg’s remarks on China cast shadow over Meta’s VR quest by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, is now live

July 5, 2023

Meta is taking on Twitter with a new app. Instagram today announced the anticipated launch of its text-based social networking app, Threads, which allows Instagram users to authenticate with their existing credentials in order to post short updates, including text up to 500 characters, links, photos and videos up to 5 minutes in length. At […]

Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, is now live by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Bluesky announces its $8M seed round & first paid service, custom domains

July 5, 2023

Hours before Meta launches its anticipated Instagram competitor, Threads, another Twitter rival — Bluesky — is announcing additional funding and its first paid service. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company shared that it raised seed funds totaling $8 million this summer, when it converted from being a public benefit LLC to a public […]

Bluesky announces its $8M seed round & first paid service, custom domains by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Fiat says its cutest EV will tote accessories like, I kid you not, a ‘little shower’

July 5, 2023

Fiat is slowly trickling out new details on its upcoming Topolino EV, and it turns out the teeny-tiny quadricycle will do some trickling of its own. Designed for short trips in and around dense European cities, Fiat’s owner Stellantis said this week that the upcoming electric vehicle will start at $10,735 (€ 9,890) in Italy. […]

Fiat says its cutest EV will tote accessories like, I kid you not, a ‘little shower’ by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch