A Complete Unknown, Anora, and Jurassic Park are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.

The US is barreling toward a recession for no good reason, and dragging the world—and a few thousand penguins on remote Antarctic islands—down with it.

The hoodie is a work-from-home security blanket. But in the office, it’s a trap.

Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: TikTok tests TikTok for Artists, which provides musicians with analytics and fan engagement tools, in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia  —  – Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)  —  Music Ally NEXT 2025: Early Bird tickets on sale now – at […]

Will Oremus / Washington Post: An increasingly vocal contingent of GOP leaders, some of whom attended Y Combinator’s Little Tech Competition Summit, call for antitrust action against Big Tech  —  Just now  —  The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news  —  Happy Thursday!

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: A researcher says changes in X’s web app show X plans to let Verified Organizations bid on abandoned X handles with prices ranging from $10,000 to $500,000+  —  X’s plan to boost revenue by selling off dormant usernames on its service is starting to shape up.

A cost-cutting initiative in the world of passenger aviation could see flight-deck staff reduced to just a captain, with their co-pilot replaced by AI. It may save money, but it’s a risk too far, argues Paul Marks

For over a decade, through a collaboration managed by MIT.nano, MIT and Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec), one of the largest universities in Latin America, have worked together to develop innovative academic and research initiatives with a particular focus in nanoscience and nanotechnology and, more recently, an emphasis on design and smart manufacturing. Now, the collaboration […]

Renewable power sources have seen unprecedented levels of investment in recent years. But with political uncertainty clouding the future of subsidies for green energy, these technologies must begin to compete with fossil fuels on equal footing, said participants at the 2025 MIT Energy Conference. “What these technologies need less is training wheels, and more of […]

The process of catalysis — in which a material speeds up a chemical reaction — is crucial to the production of many of the chemicals used in our everyday lives. But even though these catalytic processes are widespread, researchers often lack a clear understanding of exactly how they work. A new analysis by researchers at […]

Don’t forget: the employees are a huge part of what made the company attractive in the first place.

Four ways companies can creatively leverage knowledge, expertise, and capabilities—even without owning them.

These are the best umbrellas we’ve tested. They’ll protect you from showers and heavy rain and will hold up for the long haul.

An art studio hopes its concept for a phone case that can flip around to cover most of your screen will help cure your screen addiction.

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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Sources: Ireland’s DPC will fine TikTok €500M+ before the end of April for illegally shipping European users’ data to China, after a lengthy investigation  —  The penalty is likely to be the third highest ever dished out by the Irish watchdog following earlier fines of €746 million …

Financial Times: Plaid raised $575M at a $6.1B valuation, below its peak $13B+ valuation in 2021, mostly to cover employees’ tax bills for those converting RSUs to common stock  —  Pioneer of open banking will use $575mn raised from BlackRock and others to cover employee taxes and share buybacks

Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft has halted talks for, or delayed development of, data center projects in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin  —  The software company has recently halted talks for, or delayed development of, sites in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois …

In February 2024, Reddit struck a $60 million deal with Google to let the search giant use data on the platform to train its artificial intelligence models. Notably absent from the discussions were Reddit users, whose data were being sold. The deal reflected the reality of the modern internet: Big tech companies own virtually all […]

The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.

Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amazon also placed a last-minute bid.

A lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, where he taught for over 20 years.

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: The White House says “de minimis” exemptions for packages under $800 from China and Hong Kong will end on May 2, affecting Temu, Shein, and other marketplaces  —  De minimis tariff exemptions, which currently allow packages worth as much as $800 from China and Hong Kong to enter the US duty […]

Tripp Mickle / New York Times: Apple shares drop 7%+ after hours following Trump’s announcement that the US will impose tariffs of 46% on Vietnam, 26% on India, and an additional 34% on China  —  The iPhone maker spent years trying to move production of some products out of China to avoid tariffs.  But now […]

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Tech stocks fall in late trading after President Trump announced new tariffs: Amazon drops as much ~7%, Meta ~5%, Nvidia ~5%, Alphabet ~4%, and Microsoft ~3%  —  Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced …

A more precise definition of the second is crucial to all sorts of physical measurements – but to get there, scientists have to pack up their extraordinarily fragile optical clocks and take them on tour

The MIT School of Science welcomes Jess Speedie, one of eight recipients of the 2025 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. The announcement was made March 27 by the Heising-Simons Foundation. The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship, named after the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a sun-like star, was established in 2017 to provide postdocs with the opportunity to […]

When major disasters hit and structures collapse, people can become trapped under rubble. Extricating victims from these hazardous environments can be dangerous and physically exhausting. To help rescue teams navigate these structures, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Notre Dame, developed the Soft Pathfinding Robotic Observation Unit (SPROUT). SPROUT is […]

C. Cem Tasan has been appointed director of MIT’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), effective March 15. The POSCO Associate Professor of Metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), Tasan succeeds Lionel “Kim” Kimerling, who has held the post of interim director since Carl Thompson stepped down in August 2023. “MRL is a strategic […]

Volatile situations can be tricky even for seasoned leaders.

A conversation with Stanford GSB professor Ilya Strebulaev on embracing disagreement.

And the hidden costs of neglecting this crucial part of your workforce.

“Coffee” made with functional mushrooms like lion’s mane and chaga is all the rage—we tried the most popular brands to find which were the most palatable.

The elective medical industry is cashing in on plastic pollution fears, but the evidence of harm from microplastics is still deeply uncertain.

Jack Thorne, who cowrote the hit Netflix show about a 13-year-old accused of murder, told WIRED he understands how easily kids can get lured into incel ideology.

Michael Acton / Financial Times: Documents: the NLRB froze Janneke Parrish and Cher Scarlett’s cases against Apple pending a review after Trump nominated an Apple attorney as general counsel  —  National Labor Relations Board freezes pair of disputes after Crystal Carey nominated as agency’s general counsel

Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider: X users are asking Grok to fact check other users by tagging @grok, often on political or historical topics, as a new passive aggressive way to dunk on others  —  – People are replying to posts on X — asking Grok: “Is this true?”  — It’s a new form of […]

Financial Times: In a March 28 brief, X asked SCOTUS to shield user data from US law enforcement without “probable cause”, in Coinbase user James Harper’s long-running case  —  Billionaire backs case brought by Coinbase client whose data was surrendered to authorities

Imagine a coffee company trying to optimize its supply chain. The company sources beans from three suppliers, roasts them at two facilities into either dark or light coffee, and then ships the roasted coffee to three retail locations. The suppliers have different fixed capacity, and roasting costs and shipping costs vary from place to place. […]

As a young girl growing up in the former Soviet Union, Evelina Fedorenko PhD ’07 studied several languages, including English, as her mother hoped that it would give her the chance to eventually move abroad for better opportunities. Her language studies not only helped her establish a new life in the United States as an […]

It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.

Big Boys, A Thousand Blows, and The Handmaid’s Tale are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Microsoft says it used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders  —  Microsoft used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders.

Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines: Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold show a design similar to its predecessor’s; sources: it will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB of RAM  —  Update: We’ve updated this article with the dimensions of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. … After having released renders of […]

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise €200M+; IQM raised a €128M Series A2 in July 2022  —  IQM, a Finnish startup that builds quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200 million ($216 million) …

How one startup balances revenue growth and brand management.

An analysis shows the impact can linger for senior leaders.

A conversation with HBS professor Raj Choudhury on what research really shows about hybrid work.

For those who want to drive like George Russell but don’t have the bucks for a Benz, this blingy electric bike might be the next best thing.