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How we picked promising climate tech companies in an especially unsettling year

MIT Technology Review’s reporters and editors faced a dilemma as we began to mull nominees for this year’s list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch. How do you pick companies poised to succeed in a moment of such deep uncertainty, at a time when the new Trump administration is downplaying the dangers...

2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Pairwise and its climate-adapted crops

Climate change will make it increasingly difficult to grow crops across many parts of the world. Pairwise is leveraging CRISPR gene editing to develop plants that can better withstand adverse conditions. Pairwise uses cutting-edge gene editing to produce crops that can withstand increasingly harsh c...

2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Traton and its electric trucks

As Europe gradually phases out heavy-duty diesel trucks, Traton is gearing up production of its electric models. The company is also helping to install hundreds of public chargers to aid the growth of electric freight transport across Europe.  Every day, trucks carry many millions of tons of cargo d...

2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Cemvision and its low-emissions cement

Cement is one of the most used materials on the planet, and the industry emits billions of tons of greenhouse gasses annually. Cemvision wants to use waste materials and alternative fuels to help reduce climate pollution from cement production. Today, making cement requires crushing limestone and he...

2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Cyclic Materials and its rare earth recycling tech

Rare earth magnets are essential for clean energy, but only a tiny fraction of the metals inside them are ever recycled. Cyclic Materials aims to change that by opening one of the largest rare earth magnet recycling operations outside of China next year. By collecting a wide range of devices and rec...

2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Ather Energy and its premium e-scooters

More than 70% of the 200 million registered vehicles in India are two-wheelers. Ather Energy builds e-scooters for the rising middle class that could help commuters ditch highly-polluting, gas-guzzling models. While sales of Tesla or BYD cars drove electric vehicle adoption elsewhere in the world, t...

2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Kairos Power and its next-generation nuclear reactors

Like many new nuclear startups, Kairos promises a path to reliable, 24/7 decarbonized power. Unlike most, it already has prototypes under construction and permits for commercial reactors.  Kairos made last year’s list because of a safer design for small modular reactors that produce power from nucle...

BT unveils promise of a major 5G upgrade across the UK

BT Group promises that 99% of the UK population will have access to 5G SA by 2030.

Gemini for Home is confusing us all – but Google has answered some of the biggest questions from users

Google has new devices, new subscriptions, and a new AI assistant for its smart home kit.

The 7 Best Milk Frothers for Your Home Espresso Setup (2025)

Up your home espresso-making game with these WIRED-tested foam makers—including our top pick, Subminimal's NanoFoamer Pro.

Wondering what Wonder Project is on your Prime Video homepage? The answer might surprise you

There's a new streaming service on our Prime Video homepage: Wonder Project. But what can you watch on it?

BYOD and edge devices may be causing more security headaches for your business

BYOD and edge devices, combined with cloud and on-prem, are making it hard for IT teams to manage.

Sora provides better control over videos featuring your AI self

Sora now lets you rein in your AI doubles, giving you more say on how and where deepfake versions of you make an appearance on the app. The update lands as OpenAI hurries to show it actually cares about its users’ concerns as an all-too-predictable tsunami of AI slop threatens to take over the inter...

Jaguar Land Rover and Asahi finally set to restart some production following cyberattacks

Production will soon be back underway at Asahi and Jaguar Land Rover.

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers, a crowd-sourcing project that maps sightings of immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built. It’s just the latest ICE-tracking initiative to be pulled by tech platforms in the past few days.  A Padlet...

Here’s the real reason Endurance sank

The ship wasn't designed to withstand the powerful ice compression forces—and Shackleton knew it.

Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK

We’re introducing a new generation of apps you can chat with, right inside ChatGPT. Developers can start building them today with the new Apps SDK, available in preview.

This Steam Deck rival dares you to embrace the cord

Handheld makers are throwing paint at the wall to see what sticks. They apparently can't compete with the Steam Deck on price, so they're trying giant handhelds, 3D handhelds, more familiar and comfortable handhelds, and premium handhelds with Switch-like detachable controllers that double as mice....

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible

As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the past—they risk introducing critical security failures along the way.

iOS 26’s enhanced boarding passes have finally arrived – here’s how they work

In iOS 26, boarding passes in Apple Wallet also include flight trackers, luggage location, and airport maps, but so far only on one airline.

Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s secret device won’t be ‘your weird AI girlfriend’

OpenAI and designer Jony Ive are trying to solve a number of technical challenges before releasing their mysterious AI gadget, according to a Financial Times report. Two of the challenges include figuring out the palm-sized device’s “personality” and how often it should talk. “The concept is that yo...

Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to launch a free ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming

Xbox Cloud Gaming is reportedly testing a free Xbox Cloud Gaming tier supported by ads in the wake of controversial console price hikes.

Chat Control is "like a malware on your device" – Signal slams the EU proposal to scan your private chats

Signa said it could leave Europe instead of weakening encryption if the controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) proposal were to pass.

Keeping emergency services connected when it matters most through link bonding

When lives are at risk, first responders need to have complete confidence in their digital tools.

Enabling real-time responsiveness with event-driven architecture

I tested the Creality K2 Pro and it's the most reliable 3D printer I’ve used

The K2 range has arrived with the launch of two new machines, the K2 and the K2 Pro, with the larger build space now making three very distinct size differences in the range. As the one in the middle, the K2 Pro is going to be the obvious choice and, for K1C owners, finally offers a decent upgrade r...

AMD and OpenAI announce strategic partnership to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs

AMD and OpenAI have announced a multi-year partnership to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs, beginning with 1 gigawatt in 2026, to power OpenAI’s next-generation AI infrastructure and accelerate global AI innovation.

Heidi Health raises $65M Series B led by Steve Cohen’s Point72 Private Investments

Heidi Health raised a $65 million Series B led by Steven Cohen’s Point72 Private Investments.

Introducing AgentKit, new Evals, and RFT for agents

Today, we’re releasing new tools to help developers go from prototype to production faster: AgentKit, expanded evals capabilities, and reinforcement fine-tuning for agents.

Accelerating AI adoption in Europe

OpenAI and Allied for Startups release the Hacktivate AI report with 20 actionable policy ideas to accelerate AI adoption in Europe, boost competitiveness, and empower innovators.