Powering HPC with next-generation CPUs
For all the excitement around GPUs—the workhorses of today’s AI revolution—the central processing unit (CPU)
The Download: our thawing permafrost, and a drone-filled future
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Scientists can see Earth’s permafrost thawing from space
Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent years, a crack has formed
The US may be heading toward a drone-filled future
On Thursday, I published a story about the police-tech giant Flock Safety selling its drones
The Download: AI to detect child abuse images, and what to expect from our 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch list
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Coming soon: Our 2025 list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch
The need to cut emissions and adapt to our warming world is growing more urgent.
US investigators are using AI to detect child abuse images made by AI
Generative AI has enabled the production of child sexual abuse images to skyrocket. Now the
The Download: shoplifter-chasing drones, and Trump’s TikTok deal
Shoplifters in the US could soon be chased down by drones The news: Flock Safety,
Shoplifters could soon be chased down by drones
Flock Safety, whose drones were once reserved for police departments, is now offering them for
The Download: growing threats to vulnerable languages, and fact-checking Trump’s medical claims
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Fusion power plants don’t exist yet, but they’re making money anyway
This week, Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced it has another customer for its first commercial fusion
How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral
When Kenneth Wehr started managing the Greenlandic-language version of Wikipedia four years ago, his first
Roundtables: The Future of Birth Control
Conversations around birth control usually focus on women, but Kevin Eisenfrats, one of the MIT
The Download: accidental AI relationships, and the future of contraception
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Trump is pushing leucovorin as a new treatment for autism. What is it?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to