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This is todayβs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatβs going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Kids issue If the desire to limit kidsβ use of technology was once a subcurrent, it has become a raging flood. Countries around the world are ban...
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Bose QuietComfort headphones used to be innovative. Bose's noise-canceling research is the reason the technology is where it is today, and its headphones set the standard. They were the ubiquitous traveler's accessory. But over the past few years, it's felt like Bose has rested on that reputation, a...
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The glasses, called Legato Frames, integrate the companyβs patented hearing-assistance technology into the arms of eyewear frames.
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This piece explores why control, not adoption is becoming the defining challenge of the AI era, and how technology leaders can regain it.
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The technology to detect pandemics early already exists. The real test is whether health systems will use it.
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Sam Altman has expressed concerns that large companies with AI interests are determining the direction the technology takes, rather than society
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When Don Yansen β63 arrived at theΒ MIT AgeLab for a study on technology in careΒgiving for older adults, he didnβt plan to launch another company. But when he heard participants talk about how hard modern devices can be to use, he decided to develop an alternative. Yansen, a serial entrepreneur who...
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Dreame, the Chinese vacuum company that aspires to be a global technology giant, is reportedly shutting down its automotive project after funding from the government dried up. According to CarNewsChina, the company's automotive division called "Project Starry Sky" once employed over 1,000 people, bu...
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An update to the USβs National Security Science & Technology Strategy has redefined its reliance on data centers in light of emerging technologies.
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This is todayβs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatβs going on in the world of technology. How to encourage smarter AI use in the classroom Chatbots took schools by surprise. Suddenly, students carried an app in their phones that could magically answer...
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Humanoid robots are having a moment in China. The popular machines are part of the countryβs strategy to bring artificial intelligence into daily life. Embedding the technology into physical systemsβan idea called embodied AIβwas a key facet of Chinaβs latest five-year plan, and companies here are a...
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A sensor that listens silently, then calls in a second one to ping the target, could be a key pairing that helps the US Navy track underwater drones before they reach the pier.
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Correspondent Joe Inwood breaks down the weapons technology that could make a difference in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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This article is from Making AI Work, MIT Technology Reviewβs limited-run newsletter examining how to apply LLMs across industries. To receive it in your inbox, sign up here. Chatbots took many schools by surprise upon their release a few years ago. Suddenly, students carried an app in their phones t...
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This is todayβs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatβs going on in the world of technology. Kids outlearn AIβand we still donβt know why Teaching a computer to use human language requires an inhuman amount of data. An LLM can easily churn through a hundr...
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Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.
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Plenty of massive technology companies have come under fire in the last few years for antitrust violations
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This is like having a personal trainer, but an on-demand one that goes with you as needed and is always improving.
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Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising Β₯2.6 billion ($16 million).
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This is todayβs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatβs going on in the world of technology. This companyβs plans to deploy space mirrors could jeopardize the night sky for many A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth on demand might uni...
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Nigerian defense technology company Terra Industries is developing its market in the global south, where air and ground drones are employed by governments and organizations to monitor and protect strategic assets and critical infrastructure
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Technology leaders donβt seem to understand societyβs gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
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This is todayβs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatβs going on in the world of technology. Support networks aim to help kids through the polycrisis Sometime in the late 2000s, six-year-old Pim Sullivan-Tailyour was sitting in the back of a car in Thaila...
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LG Display has unveiled a new OLED manufacturing method that reportedly results in panels that are brighter, longer-lasting, more efficient, and theoretically can be almost any size. This new technology is called FLiPP (FMM-Less innovative Pixel Patterning), which LG Display describes as a "dream ne...
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NATO plans to bolster its eastern defenses with AI assisted drones, but wonβt give the autonomous technology the power to engage targets without human oversight
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As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology β and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesnβt necessarily lead to acceptance.
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Companies including Tesla and Base Power are vying for a piece of the rapidly growing market for home batteries. One technology has made it all possible.
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This is todayβs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatβs going on in the world of technology. AIβs recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all The AI industryβs boldest promise right now is that AI will soon improve itself, with almost n...
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Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.
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