MIT Technology Review

The most nimble-fingered machine yet shows how machine learning can teach robots to recognize and pick up different types of objects, a skill that could transform many factories and warehouses.

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all want to dominate the business of providing artificial-intelligence services through cloud computing. The winner may have the OS of the future.

Chinese doctors and tech companies are developing tools to automate routine medical tasks.

Earlier diagnosis could help researchers develop drugs to slow the progress of the disease.

Drawing up technical standards is an early attempt to control how AI evolves worldwide.

Here are the real reasons we’re not building clean energy anywhere near fast enough.

Nectome will preserve your brain, but you have to be euthanized first.

The lobbying effort to get the FDA out of the way of biotech animals is under way.

Speedy caffeine delivery is Café X’s X factor, and the coffee’s decent, too.

A city council member calls his plan to mint a new crypto-token an “initial community offering.” If it works, it could be revolutionary.

Rapid DNA sequencing is helping doctors treat critically ill infants in days rather than weeks.

Alibaba is investing huge sums in AI research and resources—and it is building tools to challenge Google and Amazon.

Blockchain-powered computer programs promise to revolutionize the digital economy, but new research suggests they’re far from secure.

I tried out 5G wireless networks, AI translation robots, and self-driving buses in Pyeongchang.

Matthew Vander Heiden helped revive the forgotten—but critical—study of cancer metabolism.

Innovations in fields like energy and transportation often take time—and extra support—to develop. The Engine at MIT is helping them make the leap from the lab to the marketplace.

By pitting neural networks against one another, Ian Goodfellow has created a powerful AI tool. Now he, and the rest of us, must face the consequences.

DNA-based scores are getting better at predicting intelligence, risks for common diseases, and more.

In this excerpt from his new book Taming the Sun, Varun Sivaram follows the research paths of two rival scientists determined to find a way to wring fuel out of thin air.

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.