MIT Technology Review

Hello, quantum world.

An ambitious project by Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs could reshape how we live, work, and play in urban neighborhoods.

Dueling neural networks. Artificial embryos. AI in the cloud. Welcome to our annual list of the 10 technology advances we think will shape the way we work and live now and for years to come.

No matter what anyone tells you, we’re not ready for the massive societal upheavals on the way.

Spruced-up human and animal organs could someday be the solution for people needing transplants.

The Jigsaw team at Alphabet brings people who were radicalized online back from the brink, one video at a time.

Inside EDGE: the shipping giant’s ambitious, tech-driven bid to keep Amazon and others at bay.

Why redesigning the humble yeast could kick off the next industrial revolution.

Timnit Gebru looks around the AI world and sees almost no one who looks like her. That’s a problem for all of us.

A skilled autopilot function will make drones far more ubiquitous and useful.

Ethan Zuckerman on fighting social media’s echo chamber.

Lawrence Livermore Lab’s increasingly powerful climate models have sounded a stark warning for California.

Messenger Kids, its first grab at the under-13 crowd, is not to be trusted. After all, you’ve seen how the company treats adults.

But not all parents may want to know the results.

The quest to understand common diseases takes on unprecedented scope.

Half a billion dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency was stolen—that’s gotten people’s attention.

Toxic effects seen in animals raise questions about new gene therapies for children.

Satori is built to turn routers, thermostats, and other household devices into zombies.

Advances in DNA sequencing and AI could make the idea a more practical treatment option.

In a new book, political scientist Virginia Eubanks says using computers to decide who gets social services hurts the poor.

There are about as many opinions as there are experts.

The AI boom offers Chinese chipmakers a chance to catch up after years of lagging behind.

Wind energy is booming, making maintenance work on turbines one of the fastest-growing jobs in the US.

A forthcoming UN regulation will slash shipping industry pollution but may also speed up climate change.

At Amazon Go, you grab your milk and leave. It might take some getting used to.

Software that hijacks your computer to mine has become the most popular malware on the planet.

50,000 healthy people will be screened in an effort to detect hidden tumors.

Close examination reveals how power is being consolidated across their networks.

The fastest-growing business app is relying on machine-learning tricks to fend off a deluge of messages—as well as competition from Facebook and Microsoft.

I rode in a bunch of autonomous cars so you don’t have to.

The company’s cryptocurrency has also seen an incredible run-up in value, but investors may have gotten the wrong idea.

Researchers have found worrying security holes in apps companies use to control industrial processes.

Gene editing can change an animal’s sex.

AI will make better decisions by embracing uncertainty.

Six drug firms are paying to sequence the genes of every volunteer in the UK Biobank.

Six drug firms are paying to sequence all the DNA in the UK Biobank.

Entrepreneurial parents are reinventing the baby bottle, sleep monitor, and breast pump.

Robots may take over, but they’ll look cool doing it.

Federal and state legislators are already developing plans to stop Internet providers from dictating what you can see online.

From AI-powered hacking to tampering with voting systems, here are some of the big risks on our radar screen.

This year, social media threatened the planet, homemade CRISPR injections went viral, and a security robot drowned itself. Meet the technologies that we wish we hadn’t.

Codecademy, Coursera, edX, and Udacity reveal their most popular courses of 2017 and what they think will trend in 2018.

Our staff pick their favorites.

High-voltage direct-current transmission lines hold the key to slashing greenhouse gases.

It’s been a bad year for America’s biggest tech hub—though not because of a lack of innovation.

Drawing on giant population studies, the diagnostics company Myriad Genetics introduces a novel type of DNA test to predict cancer.

As many foreign workers are forced out of the country, don’t expect smart machines to clean your office or help out on the farm.

It’s expected to deliver hormones more effectively than injections or pills.

Shirley Ann Jackson worked to help bring about more diversity at MIT, where she was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate. She then applied her mix of vision and pragmatism in the lab, in Washington, and at the helm of a major research university.

A new wave of gene-edited crops are dodging regulators, and they’re about to reach stores.