You Have a Better Chance of Winning the Powerball Than Many of McDonald’s Monopoly Top Prizes
The odds for McDonald’s longtime game are longer than ever.
Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why.
It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western Europe. Yesterday, the UK recorded its highest ever June temperature at 36.1 °C (about 97 °F). But as the weather app on my phone confirmed, it felt like 39 °C. It’s frightening that we are seeing such temperatures in…
Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to advise Microsoft and Anthropic
Former Conservative PM Rishi Sunak served from 2022 to 2024. Britain’s Acoba flagged concerns of granting “unfair access” to Anthropic and Microsoft.
6 Ways to Make Money Online in 2025
Online selling is no longer about chasing fads but rather choosing the right business model and executing it well. Here’s what’s actually working for entrepreneurs today.
Investors are betting $21 billion that the energy transition isn’t going away
Political shifts might have set back the energy transition, but large investors are betting that renewables are at the future of energy.
UK slaps Google Search with special market status, making way for stricter regulations
The CMA has designated Google as having “strategic market status” in the search and search advertising markets, which means the company has such “a substantial and entrenched” position that it requires special regulations to ensure fair competition.
These Restaurateurs Relied on One Tactic to Help Them Tackle Their ‘Most Ambitious Challenge Yet’
55 Hospitality founders Jenn Saesue and Chat Suansilphong have turned “filling the white space” into a business model.
This App Offers a Smart, Time-Saving Way for Entrepreneurs to Invest
Start building wealth without spending hours researching stocks.
The world is just not quite ready for humanoids yet
Famed robotics Rodney Brooks recently sounded the alarm on the amount of money going into humanoid startups. He’s not the only skeptic.
The Download: our bodies’ memories, and Traton’s electric trucks
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. How do our bodies remember? “Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re…
How do our bodies remember?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. “Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re…