Technology is probably changing us for the worse—or so we always think

December 20, 2024

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Ready for a fresh set of puzzles? Click here for the January/February Puzzle Corner, brought to you with a special Mystery Hunt twist by guest editor Dan Katz ’03. This column includes solutions to three September/October 24 problems. Find solutions to the other three problems here.

May 15, 2024

MIT Technology Review is celebrating our 125th anniversary with an online series that draws lessons for the future from our past coverage of technology. Do we use technology, or does it use us? Do our gadgets improve our lives or just make us weak, lazy, and dumb? These are old questions—maybe older than you think.…

Berlin-based trawa raises €10M to use AI to make buying renewable energy easier for SMEs

May 15, 2024

Trawa simplifies energy purchasing and management for SMEs by leveraging an AI-powered platform and downstream data from customers.

Lydia, the French payments app with 8 million users, launches mobile banking app Sumeria

May 15, 2024

Lydia is splitting itself into two apps — Lydia for P2P payments and Sumeria for those looking for a mobile-first bank account.

Shipping logistics startup Harbor Lab raises $16M Series A led by Atomico

May 15, 2024

AWS confirms European ‘sovereign cloud’ to launch in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 years

May 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European “sovereign cloud” which is designed to enable greater data residency across the region. The company said that the first AWS sovereign cloud region will be in the German state of Brandenburg, and will go live by the end of 2025. […]

Indian insurance startup Go Digit raises $141M from anchor investors ahead of IPO

May 15, 2024

Go Digit, an Indian insurance startup, has raised $141 million from investors including Goldman Sachs, ADIA, and Morgan Stanley as part of its IPO.

Food VC Peakbridge has new $187M fund to transform future of food, like lab-made cocoa

May 15, 2024

Peakbridge intends to invest in between 16 and 20 companies, investing around $10 million in each company. It has made eight investments so far.

Accion’s new $152.5M fund will back financial institutions serving small businesses globally

May 15, 2024

For over six decades, the nonprofit has been active in the financial services sector.

Threads finally starts its own fact-checking program

May 15, 2024

Meta’s newest social network, Threads is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook’s network for a few months. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted that the company “recently” rolled out the ability for fact-checkers to rate and mark false content on Threads. However, Mosseri didn’t share any details about when exactly the […]

Looking Glass launches new 3D displays

May 15, 2024

Looking Glass makes trippy-looking mixed-reality screens that make things look 3D without the need of special glasses. Today, it launches a pair of new displays, including a 16-inch mode that runs $4,000. There’s also a 32-inch display, with a ‘if you have to ask how much it costs you can’t afford it’ price tag. The […]

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