MIT Technology Review

Cells from the plants have been turned into a tough biocomposite that could break down naturally after its useful life is over.

Bans in cities could spread to states, then up to Washington.

How accessible would a cure be to the people who need it?

Hao Li sees deepfake technology as moving quickly toward being indistinguishable from reality.

The result, obtained from mobile-phone records, raises an obvious question–why?

It’s time for a broad reckoning on the ethics of funding, but creating good policies won’t be easy.

NASA and ESA want to know that if an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth, we could do something about it

OpenAI’s agents evolved to exhibit complex behaviors, suggesting a promising approach for developing more sophisticated artificial intelligence.

Canadian company NorthStar wants to track space debris with a constellation of 40 satellites. It’s not the craziest idea.

When a perpetrator is a young white man, people blame video games. If he’s black, people make up a troublingly racist narrative.

The ride-hailing companies want to create a third category of workers. That’s had mixed results in other countries.

A startup called Quantum Circuits is networking mini quantum devices together to create computers it will claims will be easier to scale up than rival machines.

A new curriculum that helps children understand how algorithms are designed will keep them safe and motivate them to help shape the technology’s future.

Signe Swenson, who leaked details about the lab’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, explains how its funding works.

Space elevators would dramatically reduce the cost of reaching space but have never been technologically feasible. Until now.

Suicide among young people is on the rise, and many point to social media as the cause.

It’s the first time scientists have made this discovery for a planet whose distance from its star means it could theoretically have liquid water on its surface.

Researchers are getting close to manufacturing viable human embryos from stem cells. They say there needs to be a law against turning them into people.

Activists are using Airdrop, livestreams, and innovative maps to keep their protest alive. But the authorities have plenty of tech of their own.

The move is part of a wide-ranging push to rein in the power of Big Tech

Supercooling organs could save the lives of people on transplant waiting lists.

New reports allege that Ito actively solicited funding from Epstein and systematically tried to cover up the connection.

The tech giant gave a rare statement that bristled at Google’s analysis of the novel hacking operation.

The US could someday try to crack down on cryptocurrency by calling certain users financial institutions. Critics say that would be a terrible idea.

The recent near-miss between SpaceX and ESA highlights the weaknesses in our current system for keeping Earth’s orbit safe.

And why it matters that millions got to see US presidential candidates defend their competing plans for the single biggest issue of our age.

The CTO of Faceook says videos forged using AI will be used maliciously on its platforms before long.

At an internal meeting, Nicholas Negroponte shocked some people with his comments on funding from the alleged sex trafficker.