MIT Technology Review

Future generations will scoff at your passcode.

Stem cells can be coaxed to self-assemble into structures resembling human embryos.

Stem cells can be coaxed to self-assemble into structures resembling human embryos.

The prosthesis could help more people who have lost their vision than a device already on the market.

Decentralized databases promise to revolutionize medical records, but not until the health-care industry buys in to the idea and gets to work.

iFlytek’s voice recognition technology is everywhere in China, and that’s what’s making it smarter every day.

The iPhone was fantastic when it was released in 2007. A lot has changed since then.

A radiative cooling technology could help cut energy consumption in new buildings by nearly 70 percent—and significantly shave demand in existing structures, too.

Your videoconferences are going to become far more productive.

The approach could treat patients in dire need faster at a lower price, but questions remain about safety.

Advances in AI have made it possible for machines to autonomously inspect pipelines, power lines, and transportation systems.

We’ve built our cities and flood protections with assumptions based on the climate of the past.

Checkout systems are going autonomous.

Finland’s digital money system for asylum seekers shows what blockchain technology can offer the unbanked.

The potentially life-saving cancer vaccine has been around for more than a decade, so why isn’t everyone getting it?

Homology Medicines has raised $127 million—and a few eyebrows.

If it works as expected, the Net Power natural gas demonstration plant will capture carbon at nearly no cost.

A new crop of venture capitalists is specifically backing companies that have international founders.

The idea that American workers are being left in the dust because they lack technological savvy does not stand up to scrutiny. Our focus should be on coordination and communication between workers and employers.

The retail giant is taking a characteristically algorithmic approach to fashion.

The disease may be among the first to be treated with the novel gene-editing tool.

Out-of-work truckers armed with “adversarial machine learning” could dazzle autonomous vehicles into crashing.

How an unusual medical case in the 1990s provided a clue for how to treat a fatal muscle disease.

What will it do to kids to have digital butlers they can boss around?

Meet the people who are taking innovations like CRISPR and flexible electronics and turning them into businesses.

They’re bringing fresh and unexpected solutions to areas ranging from cancer treatment to Internet security to self-driving cars.

Creating the breakthroughs that will make everything from AI to solar power to heart valves more practical and essential.

Our annual list of the young dreamers, tinkerers, and innovators that are creating technology’s future.

Finding the technology solutions that can directly improve, and sometimes save, people’s lives.

PillPack’s founders aim to simplify medication management with a drug delivery infrastructure built to coordinate care.

We are beset by—and immersed in—apps and devices that are quietly reducing the amount of meaningful interaction we have with each other.

By reworking the basic metabolism of crops, plant scientists hope to forestall devastating food shortages.

Though the messaging app dominates in China, few Americans have even heard of it.

Malware can be encoded into a gene and used to take over a computer program.

Voice-based AI devices aren’t just jukeboxes with attitude. They could become the primary way we interact with our machines.

A China Titans affiliate bought the bankrupt storage startup Aquion and plans to sell its batteries directly to big grid operators.

Scientists are trying to manufacture eggs and sperm in the laboratory. Will it end reproduction as we know it?

The sonar-equipped Sunu Band buzzes harder the closer an object is.

Middle Eastern startups are overcoming cultural and other barriers to tap into a growing local taste for technology, from Bitcoin wallets to digital publishing.

Starting with just a digital file, scientists manufactured the common flu virus.

Starting with just a digital file, scientists manufactured the common flu virus.

It’s hard to teach machines to use language. That’s why they should teach themselves instead.

Companies want to replace addictive painkillers and help people detox from opioids.

Many things still need to change before electric vehicles can become a mainstream choice.

For now, cheap laser sensors may not offer the standard of data required for driving at highway speeds.

Researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently improve the DNA of human embryos.

If the crystal ball is right, you’ll be eating lab-grown chicken nuggets in your autonomous car and thanking your lucky stars for male birth control.

Challenging written characters make voice-based computing a natural for China, but computers that can hold a conversation in Chinese are some way off.

Helix will sequence your genes for $80 and lure app developers to sell you access to different parts of it.

Drone delivery won’t happen until the unmanned vehicle can master the emergency landing.