MIT Technology Review

And no, super-powerful computers are not about to take over

Maybe we need a cap on how many satellites internet firms are allowed to send into orbit.

Polling shows more people will need to demand action on climate change, particularly Republicans, to ensure the passage of desperately needed policies.

With help from a neural network, researchers reconstructed an image the artist created and painted over during his Blue Period.

Well-hidden sea walls, white rooftops, and community programs to monitor for signs of heat illnesses are all part of the strategy for helping the Big Apple cope with global warming.

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.