March 31, 2026

Shifting to AI model customization is an architectural imperative

In the early days of large language models (LLMs), we grew accustomed to massive 10x jumps in reasoning and coding capability with every new model iteration. Today, those jumps have flattened into incremental gains. The exception is domain-specialized intelligence, where true step-function improvements are still the norm. When a model is fused with an organization’s…

3 Financial Stocks to Watch Closely for Momentum

August 25, 2023
With sustained demand and rapid digital transformation, the financial services industry is poised for significant growth and expansion. Moreover, industry players usually benefit in a high-interest rate environment. Thus, robust…

All hail the new EU law that lets social media users quiet quit the algorithm

August 25, 2023
Internet users in the European Union are logging on to a quiet revolution on mainstream social networks today: The ability to say ‘no thanks’ to being attention hacked by AI. Thanks to the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), users of Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok and Snap’s Snapchat can easily decline “personalized” content feeds […]

The tricky ethics of brain implants and informed consent 

August 25, 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 covered some exciting new research. Two teams reported that they used brain-computer interfaces to help people who had lost their ability to speak…

Zepto becomes India’s first 2023 unicorn with $200 million fresh funding

August 25, 2023
Instant grocery delivery startup Zepto has raised $200 million in a new funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion, it said Friday, at a time when most other firms in the category have either died or are struggling. The funding makes Zepto the first Indian startup to attain the unicorn status this year. StepStone […]

This venture-backed startup has quietly bought more than 80 mom-and-pop shops

August 25, 2023
Teamshares is a low-flying, Brooklyn-based startup with big ambitions to capitalize on an opportunity in plain sight: that of small businesses without a succession plan. It’s not a small market. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small businesses represent 99.7% of U.S. employer firms and 64% of private-sector jobs. Meanwhile, just 15% or so […]

Former President Trump returns to Twitter, now X, with his mugshot

August 25, 2023
Former President Trump tweeted for the first time in more than two years on Thursday night, breaking a long silence on the platform, now known as X, that persisted into Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover. Trump’s first tweet since January 8, 2021 came after he was booked in an Atlanta jail on Thursday for 13 felony […]

Reddit launches moderator rewards program amid sitewide discontent 

August 25, 2023
Reddit is launching the “Mod Helper Program” to reward moderators who offer helpful advice to other moderators, along with an updated moderator help center.  The announcement comes amid growing discontent among the site’s moderators, many of whom relied on third-party apps that have since been shut down because of Reddit’s API pricing. Moderators have asked […]