June 16, 2025

How AI can help make cities work better for residents

In recent decades, cities have become increasingly adept at amassing all sorts of data. But that data can have limited impact when government officials are unable to communicate, let alone analyze or put to use, all the information they have access to. This dynamic has always bothered Sarah Williams, a professor of urban planning and…

VFX studio Perception takes us inside the tech of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

December 22, 2022

Visual effects artists, especially the ones that work on Marvel films, are in more demand than ever and rarely get enough credit. Nearly a dozen VFX houses contribute to one Marvel project. Perception, the Emmy-nominated design and VFX lab that has worked on 33 Marvel films and series, was assigned the challenging task of designing […]

VFX studio Perception takes us inside the tech of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube secures NFL Sunday Ticket in landmark streaming deal

December 22, 2022

YouTube and the National Football League announced on Thursday that the two have reached a deal for the NFL Sunday Ticket. Starting next season, NFL Sunday Ticket will be available on two of YouTube’s subscription businesses as an add-on package on YouTube TV and standalone a-la-carte on YouTube Primetime Channels. The NFL Sunday Ticket has […]

YouTube secures NFL Sunday Ticket in landmark streaming deal by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Okta confirms another breach after hackers steal source code

December 22, 2022

Okta has confirmed that it’s responding to another major security incident after a hacker accessed its source code following a breach of its GitHub repositories. The identity and authentication giant said in a statement on Wednesday that it was informed by GitHub about “suspicious access” to its code repositories earlier this month. Okta has since […]

Okta confirms another breach after hackers steal source code by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Automotus raises $9M to scale automated curb management tech

December 22, 2022

The new mobility landscape has made curb space in cities a hot commodity. No longer are curbs just for buses, taxis, deliveries and parking. Now those traditional use cases have to contend with bike lanes, ride-hail, same-day deliveries, dockless vehicles and more. As a result, cities and investors are starting to prioritize software that helps […]

Automotus raises $9M to scale automated curb management tech by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: space exploration, and why we’re hooked on hybrid cars

December 22, 2022
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. What’s next in space in 2023 We’re going back to the moon—again—in 2023. Multiple uncrewed landings are planned for the next 12 months, spurred on by a renewed effort in the US to…

A brief history of diffusion, the tech at the heart of modern image-generating AI

December 22, 2022

Text-to-image AI exploded this year as technical advances greatly enhanced the fidelity of art that AI systems could create. Controversial as systems like Stable Diffusion and OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 are, platforms including DeviantArt and Canva have adopted them to power creative tools, personalize branding and even ideate new products. But the tech at the heart […]

A brief history of diffusion, the tech at the heart of modern image-generating AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Why EVs won’t replace hybrid cars anytime soon

December 22, 2022
The end could be coming soon for cars as we know them. To limit global warming to 1.5 °C, the 2015 international Paris climate agreement set 2050 as a worldwide deadline to reach net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions. That means gas-powered vehicles will need to be largely off the road by then. And since cars typically have…

The US Postal Service is finally getting EVs

December 22, 2022
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The US Postal Service is finally going electric. The USPS announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire at least 66,000 electric delivery vehicles between now and 2028, and all purchases after 2026 will…