This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. A few weeks ago, a fire broke …
AI is everywhere, and it’s starting to alter our relationships in new and unexpected ways—relationships with our spouses, kids, colleagues, friends, and even ourselves. Although the technology remains unpredictable and …
At least dozens of workers for the Technology Transformation Services, housed within the US General Services Administration, were fired Wednesday afternoon, sources tell WIRED. The sudden cuts seemingly targeted probationary …
Robots are bringing new life to extinct species In the last few years, paleontologists have developed a new trick for turning back time and studying prehistoric animals: building experimental robotic …
The dream of offshore rocket launches is finally blasting off Want to send something to space? Get in line. The demand for rides off Earth is skyrocketing, with launches more …
The Prime Minister’s call for the “complete rewiring of the British state” has put the onus on the civil service to match the demands placed upon it by rapid technological …
These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda Reports from the US Government Accountability Office on improper federal payments in recent years are circulating on X and elsewhere online, and they …
In a new essay on his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company is open to a “compute budget,” among other “strange-sounding” ideas, to “enable everyone on Earth …
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In 1981, American physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, gave a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute …
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. Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper problem …
Meta has partnered with UNESCO on a new plan to improve translation and speech recognition AI, Techcrunch reported. As part of its Language Technology Partner Program, Meta is seeking collaborators …
“We’re working on trying to create functional replacement teeth,” Pamela Yelick of Tufts University, one of the researchers behind the work, told me. The idea is to develop an alternative …
India’s central bank is introducing an exclusive “.bank.in” domain for banks from April 2025 as part of efforts to combat rising digital payment frauds and bolster trust in online banking …
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Editor’s take: Taking screenshots on modern mobile devices is incredibly easy. However, inexperienced users often overlook …
The Game Company, a Dubai gaming startup, has raised $10 million to build the next cloud gaminginfrastructure based on blockchain technology… Source : VentureBeat
An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it For the past five months, Al Nowatzki has been talking to an AI …
OM System has unveiled the OM-3 Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera, combining an old-school Olympus-style body with the latest stacked sensor technology. The new model offers buyers many of the …
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For every technological gadget that becomes a household name, there are dozens that never catch on. This year marks a full decade since Google confirmed it was stopping production of …
