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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAIBy Karen Hao ’15PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, 2025, $32 Read MIT Technology Review’s excerpt here. Play It Again, Sam: Repetition in the ArtsBy Samuel Jay Keyser, HM ’97, emeritus professor of linguisticsMIT PRESS, 2025, $30 Data, Systems, and Society: Harness AI for Societal GoodBy Munther A. Dahleh,…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Curious about the Honda with the biggest engine ever? The full‑luxury Gold Wing holds the crown with a massive flat‑six powerplant.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Anantha Chandrakasan became the Institute’s new provost on July 1, succeeding Cynthia Barnhart, SM ’86, PhD ’88, who announced her decision to step down in February. Chandrakasan, who earned his BS, MS, and PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, joined MIT in 1994. Head of the Energy-Efficient Circuits…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:A team at MIT and the Scripps Research Institute has made important progress toward vaccines that can protect against HIV, and potentially other diseases, with a single dose. The researchers treated mice with a vaccine that combines two different adjuvants, materials that help stimulate the immune system—one incorporating a compound previously developed by Scripps professor…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:As I write in late July, we’re contending with a major tax increase on the annual returns from MIT’s endowment as well as other investments and assets. This new tax burden will strain the resources we use to support research, innovation, and student scholarships and financial aid—the heart and soul of the Institute. And the…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, Junior Peña learned to keep his eyes down and his schedule full. In his neighborhood, a glance could invite trouble, and many kids—including his older brother—were pulled into gang culture. He knew early on that he wanted something else. With his parents working long hours, he went to…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Most people with type 1 diabetes inject insulin to prevent their blood sugar levels from getting too high. However, if their blood sugar gets too low, it can lead to confusion, seizures, and even death. To combat this hypoglycemia, some patients carry syringes of glucagon, a hormone that stimulates release of glucose. Now MIT engineers…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have identified areas needing repair and then mixed the exact shades needed to fill in one area at a time. Restoring a single painting can take anywhere from a few weeks to over a decade. Now an MIT graduate student in mechanical engineering…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Textiles account for 5% of landfill space—and clothing made with polyester can take up to 200 years to decompose. Massachusetts tackled the problem by banning disposal of clothing and fabrics in 2022. And Infinite Threads, a spinoff of the Undergraduate Association Sustainability Committee, is addressing it by collecting lightly used clothing from the MIT community…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:On a typical afternoon, MIT’s new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building hums with life. On the fourth floor, a jazz combo works through a set in a rehearsal suite as engineers adjust microphone levels in a nearby control booth. Downstairs, the layered rhythms of Senegalese drumming pulse through a room built to absorb its…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Ether rallied nearly 5% on Monday, but a true short-term trend reversal hinges on $4,700 flipping back to support.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Attorneys general from across the U.S. are warning Big Tech companies about exploiting children with their AI products.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:The Commerce Secretary did not clarify which blockchain the federal government plans to use—or for what purpose, exactly.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:They're cooking in the Weather Lab.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Companies looking to benefit from agentic browsers pause: The services can tap into a user's online accounts and automate tasks but also expose organizational data and systems to myriad threats.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Apple’s next major software update for the Mac is macOS Tahoe, also known as macOS 26. Alongside the new Liquid Glass design and major Spotlight upgrades, macOS Tahoe will bring three new Apple apps to the Mac. Here’s what’s coming. more…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:AI appears to be killing off jobs for young people in certain fields, a study found.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Gmail was one of the first apps to start testing Material 3 Expressive in June and the redesign is now widely rolling out. more…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Micro Frontend Architecture has become increasingly popular in recent years, as teams look to re-use parts of their existing applications in new projects rather than rebuilding everything from scratch. Micro frontends also allow large teams to share ...
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Global enterprises Block and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are exploring AI agent proof of concepts in financial services and drug discovery.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Here are some highly rated series to check out, plus a look at what's new in August.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:From AMG flagships to American trucks, this versatile Mercedes-designed gearbox found widespread use. We take a closer look at the cars it powered.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Solana, dogecoin, and ether also rallied, while CME crypto futures hit $30B in open interest, signaling growing institutional demand.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Leaks have revealed that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra won't get a new battery and will keep the rounded edge design.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Nothing appears to have licensed professional photos through the site Stills and passed them off as Phone 3 samples.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:The fund, if approved, would be the first in the U.S. to offer complete and direct exposure to the president’s volatile meme coin.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Just because temperatures are dropping and the days are getting shorter doesn’t mean it’s time to hibernate. Fall is a perfect time to get outside, and it’s also a great opportunity to save on gadgets and gear designed for the outdoors. To celebrate the unofficial end of summer, REI is offering up to 30 percent […]
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit with a group of US authors who accused the AI startup of copyright infringement. In a legal filing on Tuesday, Anthropic says it has negotiated a “proposed class settlement,” allowing it to skip a trial that would have determined how much the company owes for allegedly training its […]
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:The tech giant came forward as the creator of the viral nano-banana AI image model.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:From Bauer to Hercules, Harbor Freight offers several circular saws - but which one do users say rises above the rest? We dig into their reviews.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:A threat group Google tracks as UNC6395 systematically stole large amounts of data from Salesforce customer instances by using OAuth tokens stolen from Salesloft Drift, researchers said. The post Hundreds of Salesforce customers impacted by attack spree linked to third-party AI agent appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Your drawers don't need these gimmicky gadgets, according to the pros.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:A free nuggets hack apparently exposed major McDonald’s security flaws.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Apple’s iPhone 17 event is officially set for September 9. For eager early adopters, the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air will likely be in consideration alongside iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. Here are five advantages the iPhone 17 Pro will have over the flashy new Air model. more…
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:The next Arlo Essential, Pro and Ultra cameras will have more Arlo Intelligence features. Pan Tilt cameras are joining the lineup.
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