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A maze of mirrors and lenses turns any material into a highly efficient light absorber and could be used for detection of faint light or charging distant devices with light

Hacking concerns continue to dog the online Conservative party vote, which will decide next UK prime minister – should online voting even be used in such situations?

Devices called spaceplates, which promise to squash the empty space out of cameras, theoretically work in full colour even if no one yet knows how to build one

Many feel a lift when the sun comes out, but most won’t break out in song and dance — unless, of course, they’re on MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle Team.  The team relied on 100 percent solar energy to power their hand-built car, Nimbus, for 1,940 miles, taking first place at the American Solar Challenge for […]

The Middle East is a region that is facing complicated challenges. MIT programs have been committed to building scalable methodologies through which students and the broader MIT community can learn and make an impact. These processes ensure programs work alongside others across cultures to support change aligned with their needs. Through MIT International Science and […]

Wastewater monitoring emerged amid the Covid-19 pandemic as an effective and noninvasive way to track a viral outbreak, and advances in the technology have enabled researchers to not only identify but also quantify the presence of particular variants of concern (VOCs) in wastewater samples. Last year, researchers with the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) […]

Whether it’s clients, colleagues, or family, your work likely makes more of an impact than you realize.

A three-step approach.

How leaders can enhance integrity, innovation, and inclusion.

These discounts on phones, tablets, and smartwatches will sweeten up the end of your summer.

WeWork’s controversial cofounder Adam Neumann is not the only entrepreneur to see opportunity in the generation of Americans unable to buy homes.

Standardized time is broadcast by satellite networks around the world, but their signals are vulnerable to interference—so the UK is building a more resilient system.

Reuters: Baidu reveals its first quantum computer, Qianshi, which has a 10-qubit processor, and says it is developing a 36-qubit system  —  Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc revealed its first quantum computer on Thursday and is ready to make it available to external users, joining the global race to apply the technology to practical […]

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot, which operates over 7,000 bitcoin ATMs across North America, plans to go public via SPAC at a ~$885M valuation  —  Investor appetite for bitcoin ATMs to be tested as the cryptocurrency and SPAC markets slump  —  Here’s Why Crypto Might Not Be Dead  —  Created with […]

Kari McMahon / The Block: Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank abandons its $500M acquisition of Thai crypto exchange Bitkub, announced in 2021, saying Bitkub needs to fix regulatory issues  —  – Thailand’s oldest bank SCB is abandoning its $500 million deal to acquire crypto exchange Bitkub.

Computers could transmit highly confidential data even without internet, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth by using their speakers to transmit ultrasonic noise that vibrates nearby smartphones

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Ireland’s DPC and France’s CNIL are investigating Peiter Zatko’s allegations about Twitter, following his complaint that referenced EU regulators  —  The explosive Twitter whistleblower complaint that was made public yesterday — detailing a raft of damning allegations across security …

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Snowflake reports Q2 revenue of $497M vs. $467M est., up 83% YoY, and anticipates product revenue to be between $500M and $505M in Q3; stock up 17%+ after hours  —  – Shares of the cloud data platform provider Snowflake popped more than 17% in extended trading on Wednesday.

CNN: At an all-hands, Twitter’s executives pushed back against Peiter Zatko’s complaint, with CEO Parag Agrawal saying a “false narrative” has been created  —  Twitter whistleblower alleges the company has reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies that pose a national security risk

Having short pre-video animations on YouTube about the tactics used to spread misinformation could help stop the proliferation of conspiracy theories

A computer made using blocks of rubber with streaks of a rubber-silver compound performs simple calculations when squished

Water laced with nanocrystals containing small pores can carry 100 times more oxygen than normal, which could help it act as an oxygen source to preserve organs and tissues

A new MIT study finds that Alzheimer’s disease disrupts at least one form of visual memory by degrading a newly identified circuit that connects the vision processing centers of each brain hemisphere. The results of the study, published in Neuron by a research team based at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, come from […]

Zeolites are a class of minerals used in everything from industrial catalysts and chemical filters to laundry detergents and cat litter. They are mostly composed of silicon and aluminum — two abundant, inexpensive elements — plus oxygen; they have a crystalline structure; and most significantly, they are porous. Among the regularly repeating atomic patterns in […]

When the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center (LLSC) unveiled its TX-GAIA supercomputer in 2019, it provided the MIT community a powerful new resource for applying artificial intelligence to their research. Anyone at MIT can submit a job to the system, which churns through trillions of operations per second to train models for diverse applications, such as spotting tumors in […]

How to reset the conversation and start getting things done.

To cope with volatility, companies should rethink how they approach strategic planning.

Research shows that “staying out of it” might make you seem more suspicious and untrustworthy than outright disagreement.

Science agencies around the world halted partnerships with Russia after it invaded Ukraine. But such actions are shortsighted and do more harm than good.

Seen most recently in sci-fi shows like Westworld and Severance, the sinister substance also exists in the real world—where it may control us all.

Don’t hate the technology, hate the implementation.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins / Associated Press: A look at Intel’s challenges in building its $20B Ohio chip fabs, set to open in 2025, including finding 7,000 construction workers during a local building boom  —  Ohio’s largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers …

Washington Post: Dune Analytics: so far, Tether is not blocking Tornado Cash accounts, potentially violating US Treasury sanctions; Tether says it has not received a request  —  The decision by Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, signals broader industry resistance to the Treasury Department’s sanctioning of Tornado Cash

Sheila Dang / Reuters: Internal memo: Twitter plans to combine its platform health experience team, working on reducing toxic content, and Twitter service team, working on spam bots  —  Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is combining teams that work on reducing toxic content and spam bots, according to a staff memo on Tuesday seen by Reuters …

To help combat climate change, many car manufacturers are racing to add more electric vehicles in their lineups. But to convince prospective buyers, manufacturers need to improve how far these cars can go on a single charge. One of their main challenges? Figuring out how to make extremely powerful but lightweight batteries. Typically, however, it […]

Peiter “Mudge” Zatko’s claims about the company’s lax security are all bad. But one clearly captures the extent of systemic issues.

Damning accusations from Twitter’s former chief of security could have widespread consequences for Musk’s takeover.

From earth-friendly barbecue to clever weeknight dinners, this season’s crop is especially bountiful.

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Court filing: the FTC agrees to drop Mark Zuckerberg as a defendant in a suit to block Meta’s Within acquisition after Meta vowed he wouldn’t buy it personally  —  The agency said it made the decision after Meta promised Mr. Zuckerberg would not try to personally purchase the start-up […]

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok is testing a new “Nearby” feed with select users in Southeast Asia that displays local content to users, alongside a location tag feature for creators  —  TikTok is testing a new ‘Nearby’ feed that is designed to display local content to users.

Ina Fried / Axios: Yelp will add a note on crisis pregnancy center pages to distinguish them from clinics with abortion services, amid pressure on Google to clarify search results  —  Yelp is adding a prominent consumer notice to crisis pregnancy center listings to more clearly distinguish them from clinics …

Camera lenses that ignore certain objects and only capture images they have been designed to recognise can be built in just hours from clear plastic with a 3D printer

A modification to the way electric cars are charged could allow them to get 90 per cent battery from nothing in just 10 minutes. A standard approach would take half an hour

A new technique turns wood shavings into 3D printer ink to make objects that start off as damp, flat sheets and then twist and warp into shape as they dry

Step one: Make sure your purpose statement includes key stakeholders. Step two: Make sure your KPIs align.

A conversation with HBS professor Ayelet Israeli weighing the pros and cons of the e-commerce platform.

What can we learn about how leaders and their teams communicate under pressure from the sinking of a container ship?

The population tally, with its normative ideas of identity and household, counted queerness nearly a century ago—but it needs to go much further.

In much of the US, donors aren’t obliged to disclose potentially inheritable health conditions. A proposed law could change that.

Most people don’t stick with the just one in-game clan for very long. These players have stuck with the same lineage for half a decade—and counting.