FRDM+ provides access to an impressive library of automotive videos for $20 a month.

A rock containing many smaller round stones could indicate that there was once a large amount of liquid water on the Red Planet.

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Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Reducto, which helps companies convert complex documents into inputs for LLMs, raised a $24.5M Series A led by Benchmark, following a $8.4M seed in October 2024  —  Reducto cofounders Adit Abraham and Raunak Chowdhuri.  —  Reducto  —  I’ve long been fond of Arthur C. Clarke’s famous third law …

Chris Welch / The Verge: Google says it will end support for 1st- and 2nd-gen Nest thermostats on October 25, and won’t launch new models in Europe due to its “unique” heating systems  —  The company is also pulling Nest thermostats out of Europe entirely, citing “unique” heating challenges.

Gabe Kaminsky / The Free Press: Leaked letter: interim DC attorney Ed Martin accused Wikipedia of allowing foreign manipulation and propaganda, threatening its tax-exempt status  —  In a letter obtained by The Free Press, Trump appointee Ed Martin accuses the Wikimedia Foundation of violating the law.  Critics say his tactics are ‘grandstanding.’

The US National Science Foundation cancelled funding for research on misinformation, disinformation and AI-generated deepfakes, even as misleading information runs rampant on social media

Text-generating AIs such as ChatGPT can be used to hide encrypted messages inside fake conversations, which could help people living under oppressive regimes communicate secretly

Hackers may be able to garble the output of programs running on quantum computers, leaving other people with unknowingly incorrect results – but thankfully, there is a fix

Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) interdisciplinary research group of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with MIT, A*STAR Skin Research Labs, and the National University of Singapore, have developed a novel method that can quickly and automatically detect and monitor microbial contamination in […]

Senior Madison Wang, a double major in creative writing and chemistry, developed her passion for writing in middle school. Her interest in chemistry fit nicely alongside her commitment to producing engaging narratives.  Wang believes that world-building in stories supported by science and research can make for a more immersive reader experience. “In science and in writing, you […]

Every day, hundreds of chat messages flow between pilots, crew, and controllers of the Air Mobility Command’s 618th Air Operations Center (AOC). These controllers direct a thousand-wide fleet of aircraft, juggling variables to determine which routes to fly, how much time fueling or loading supplies will take, or who can fly those missions. Their mission […]

A study found that the timing and emotional tenor of a leader’s communication can significantly affect their team members’ performance.

These wireless earbuds with an “open” design let you zone out to your music while also keeping you aware of your surroundings.

Social Security workers are being asked to use an AI chatbot. An animated video on how to do so failed to mention that the chatbot can’t be trusted with personally identifiable information.

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Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: Baidu CEO Robin Li says demand for text-based models like DeepSeek’s is “shrinking” and claims its model had a higher propensity for “hallucinations”  —  Search group’s chief makes rare criticism of China’s generative artificial intelligence darling

Michael Peel / Financial Times: Toshiba Europe researchers say they used quantum key distribution cryptography to send messages over a 250km German commercial telecommunications network  —  Researchers harness quantum mechanics to create communications system that can avoid being hacked  —  Scientists have sent messages …

Gabriel Daros / Rest of World: Brazil’s AI-based social security app, launched in 2018, has cut bureaucracy in some cases but wrongly rejected hundreds of vulnerable people over minor errors  —  An algorithmic tool meant to reduce bureaucracy is misfiring on complex cases, and vulnerable Brazilians are paying the price.

A new autonomous vehicle framework would also make it easier for Tesla and other companies to research domestically made self-driving cars that don’t meet all federal safety standards.

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts explain how to prepare for travel to and from the United States—and how to stay safe.

The Abyss, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Inside Out 2 are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Facebook will reduce the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and make them ineligible for monetization, after Zuckerberg promised a return to “OG Facebook”  —  Facebook will begin lowering the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and making them ineligible for monetization, Meta announced on Thursday.

Pete Schroeder / Reuters: The US Federal Reserve withdraws guidance requiring banks to seek regulatory approval before engaging in crypto-related activities, joining the FDIC and OCC  —  U.S. banking regulators announced on Thursday they were pulling back several documents that urge banks to show caution when dabbling in cryptocurrency and related activities.

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: US v. Google: a Yahoo executive estimates that a bid for Chrome would cost tens of billions of dollars, and says Yahoo “would be able to pursue it with Apollo”  —  – Company working to ‘revitalize’ its search engine, properties  — Yahoo official testifies at Google’s antitrust remedy trial

Coordinating complicated interactive systems, whether it’s the different modes of transportation in a city or the various components that must work together to make an effective and efficient robot, is an increasingly important subject for software designers to tackle. Now, researchers at MIT have developed an entirely new way of approaching these complex problems, using simple […]

Martina Solano Soto is on a mission to pursue her passion for physics and, ultimately, to solve big problems. Since she was a kid, she has had a lot of questions: Why do animals exist? What are we doing here? Why don’t we know more about the Big Bang? And she has been determined to […]

On March 6, MIT launched its first lunar landing mission since the Apollo era, sending three payloads — the AstroAnt, the RESOURCE 3D camera, and the HUMANS nanowafer — to the moon’s south polar region. The mission was based out of Luna, a mission control space designed by MIT Department of Architecture students and faculty in collaboration with […]

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Allen J. Morrison, a professor of global business, explains the three major objectives of China’s economic strategy—and what companies should really focus on.

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Instagram’s long-promised video-editing app is out now. Here’s how to use Edits to make Reels, and how the software differs from TikTok’s CapCut.

A WIRED investigation reveals that the US Department of Homeland Security has deployed at least 30 YouTube ads since April 1 to threaten irregular migrants with deportation and a ban on reentry.

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Framework Laptop 13 review: a matte 3:2 display, AMD’s Ryzen AI CPU is the Laptop 13’s fastest ever, and Copilot+, but some glitchiness and poor battery life  —  With great power comes great responsibility and subpar battery life.  —  At this point, the Framework Laptop 13 is a familiar face, […]

Financial Times: Elon Musk is stepping back from DOGE in May, spending 1-2 days per week on government work, as tariffs, customer anger, and Chinese competition weigh on Tesla  —  Billionaire’s foray into government coincided with increased competition from Chinese rivals  —  In the days following Donald …

Bloomberg: US v. Google: DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg testifies that Chrome is worth “upwards of $50B if it went on the market” based on “back-of-the-envelope” math  —  – DuckDuckGo CEO estimated potential sale price at DOJ hearing  — Justice Department has asked that court order Chrome’s sale

Six MIT faculty members are among the nearly 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, public policy, and research elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced April 23. One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to […]

For a robot, the real world is a lot to take in. Making sense of every data point in a scene can take a huge amount of computational effort and time. Using that information to then decide how to best help a human is an even thornier exercise. Now, MIT roboticists have a way to […]

Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.

Ryan Coogler’s horror movie has shattered box office records—and the myth that audiences don’t care about original stories.

The franchise’s Disney era has been defined by toothless politics, but Andor Season 2 is a vivid metaphor for America’s descent into authoritarianism.

Dylan Butts / CNBC: SK Hynix reports Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to ~$12.4B, vs. ~$12.1B est, and operating profit up 158% YoY to ~$5.2B, vs. ~$4.6B est., on demand for its HBM chips  —  South Korea’s SK Hynix on Thursday topped quarterly revenue and operating profit estimates, with demand for its high bandwidth memory […]

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Sources: OpenAI aims to debut its next “open” model, which will be “text in, text out” and possibly let developers turn “reasoning” on and off, in early summer  —  Toward the end of March, OpenAI announced its intention to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 sometime this year.

Reuters: The White House says that fines on Apple and Meta by the EU are a “novel form of economic extortion” that the United States will not tolerate  —  The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple (AAPL.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) by the European Union were a …

Researchers at MIT have developed a noninvasive medical monitoring device powerful enough to detect single cells within blood vessels, yet small enough to wear like a wristwatch. One important aspect of this wearable device is that it can enable continuous monitoring of circulating cells in the human body. The technology was presented online on March […]

Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons they had seen under the microscopes of the time. With today’s imaging technologies, scientists can zoom in much further, seeing the tiny synapses through which neurons communicate with one another, and even the molecules […]

MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic material. The method could pave the way for new classes of electronic devices, such as ultrathin wearable sensors, flexible transistors and computing elements, and highly sensitive and compact imaging devices.  As a demonstration, the team fabricated a thin membrane of pyroelectric […]

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WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg shares what it takes to foster loyalty, trust, and engagement—both inside and outside your company.