What Is Computer Numerical Control (CNC)?
Machine tools don’t always need to be operated by hand. Discover the meaning of CNC, or computer numerical control, in this explanatory guide.
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,…
Iterative launches its second fund for Southeast Asia startups
Despite global headwinds, Southeast Asia’s early stage startups are still going strong, say the founders of Iterative Capital. The Singapore-based venture capital firm, which runs a YC-style accelerator program, announced today it has raised $55 million for its Fund II from LPs like Cendana, K5 Global, Village Global and Goodwater Capital. Other backers include a […]
Iterative launches its second fund for Southeast Asia startups by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech
ICON, a construction tech company that’s raised more than $400 million in funding, has landed a new contract from NASA to develop new systems to build on the moon and Mars. The $57.2 million contract is a continuation of a previous Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) dual-use contract with the U.S. Air Force, which was […]
Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Let’s-a-go again with a new ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ trailer
One month after Nintendo debuted its first trailer for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” the company has revealed yet another trailer—this time giving fans a first look at Princess Peach and Donkey Kong. In the newest trailer, viewers get to see more of Illumination’s incredible animating skills with Donkey Kong, voiced by Seth Rogen, completely […]
Let’s-a-go again with a new ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ trailer by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: Apple announces its 2022 App Store Award winners
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
Daily Crunch: Apple announces its 2022 App Store Award winners by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Magic creator Richard Garfield on why he put a paper game on the blockchain
Richard Garfield is a name familiar to many in the tabletop gaming world, most notably as one of the creators of Magic: The Gathering, the most prominent trading card game out there. But Garfield is dipping his toes into the world of digital and in particular blockchain-adjacent games, and TechCrunch took the opportunity to quiz […]
Magic creator Richard Garfield on why he put a paper game on the blockchain by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
You Can Still Get a Cyber Monday Price on an iPad Air
Save big on an iPad Air with this extended Cyber Monday deal.
Blue Origin’s Shahir Gerges discusses a post-ISS orbital economy at TC Sessions: Space
NASA’s plan to decommission and deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) by 2031 creates another collaborative, multinational opportunity to provide a persistent orbital presence. Yet, the path to achieving that goal remains unclear. Here’s the rub. No one knows exactly what that presence looks like, how it should be built, who would run it and […]
Blue Origin’s Shahir Gerges discusses a post-ISS orbital economy at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
AWS adds automated agent monitoring to Amazon Contact Center
AWS introduced Contact Center, its customer service oriented product some years ago, putting it smack dab in the middle of enterprise applications. It also places the company in the position of competing directly with the likes of Salesforce and other established enterprise SaaS vendors. When you are competing in that space, you need some powerful […]
AWS adds automated agent monitoring to Amazon Contact Center by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
8 Great gifts for anyone working from home
This time two years ago, I changed up my annual gift guide feature’s focus from travel to working from home. After all, very few of us were doing much traveling at the time. I planned to switch back as the world reopened; it’s clear now, however, that for many of us, there is no going […]
8 Great gifts for anyone working from home by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch