Carnival Cruise Ship Rescues Two Men Stranded After Their Boat Sinks: ‘They Were Adrift Way Too Far Offshore’
The men were found floating on a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico.
Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024
Another year is coming to a close, so let’s look back at the MIT Technology Review stories that resonated most with you, our readers. We published hundreds of stories in 2024, about AI, climate tech, biotech, robotics, space, and more. There were six new issues of our magazine, on themes including food, play, and hidden…
5 Goal-Setting Guidelines That Drive Success
Consistency leads to constant motivation, and before you know it, you’ll reach the pinnacle of success, one goal at a time.
TikTok tests a feature that would bring TikTok Shop links to more videos
TikTok is experimenting with a feature that has the ability to make all posts on the app shoppable, as first reported by Bloomberg. The move is part of the company’s plans to turn TikTok Shop into a multi-billion dollar e-commerce business in the United States. TikTok confirmed that the feature is currently in limited testing, […]
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Reading the fine print of Apple’s DMA rules: 25 things app developers need to know
Apple last week announced new rules for EU app developers to comply with new regulation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA). After being designated as a “gatekeeper,” the EU required Apple to make changes to increase competition in the app industry, including by offering new ways to download apps from outside the App Store, new frameworks […]
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Inngest raises $6.1M as it expands its workflow engine
Inngest, a startup that makes it easier for developers to build and manage serverless backends, today announced that it has raised a $6.1 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with follow-on investments from GGV, Afore Capital and Vercel CEO and co-founder Guillermo Rauch, who all participated in the company’s $3 million seed round. At […]
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Why the world’s biggest EV maker is getting into shipping
Earlier this month, a massive ship picked up over 5,000 electric cars from two ports in northern and southern China. Five days later, it passed through Singapore, and it is now headed for India. However, its final destination is in Europe, where most of the cars will be sold. The ship’s name is BYD Explorer…
Aurora Solar lays off 20% of employees after reportedly missing growth targets
The SaaS startup, which provides software to solar installers, reportedly missed its growth targets for the past year.
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Several Leaders Got Themselves in Trouble for Communication Blunders Last Year — Here’s How You Can Avoid Becoming One of Them.
From relying too heavily on AI to not expecting the unexpected, here’s how to communicate effectively as a leader in the year ahead — and avoid needless controversy in the process.
6 Ways to Attract and Retain the Best Employees
When trying to hire, these principles are the keys to consistently finding A-players.
Elon Musk Says Neuralink Just Implanted Its ‘Telepathy’ Device in a Human Brain for the First Time — Here’s What That Means
The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO said the unidentified patient was “recovering well.”