Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu: Munich-based Fernride, which develops technology for autonomous driving and remote control of electric yard trucks, raised a $31M Series A  —  Fernride’s teleoperated yard truck technology platform not only provides a sustainable alternative to diesel-powered trucks but also addresses the challenges posed by driver shortages.

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: In a case study, researchers estimate that between 33% and 46% of Mechanical Turk workers used LLMs when completing a text summarization task  —  File this one under inevitable, but hilarious.  Mechanical Turk is a service that from its earliest days seemed to invite shenanigans …

Researchers at IBM pitted their 127-qubit Eagle quantum computer against a conventional supercomputer in a challenge to perform a complex calculation – and the quantum computer won

David H. Autor, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, has been recognized as one of two 2023 NOMIS Distinguished Scientists for his significant contributions and ongoing research work to understand the effects of technological change and globalization on jobs and earnings prospects for workers. Anne Brunet of Stanford University is the other winner for this […]

On a Monday afternoon, poet Joshua Bennett is chatting with early arrivals to his class, asking how they spent their weekends. The wistful chords of the 1979 Bill Evans jazz album “We Will Meet Again” play in the background. It’s a relaxed, convivial start to a new MIT Literature class that explores the relationship between […]

People who are passionate about their work are more likely to judge colleagues who work for financial stability, social status, or familial obligations.

Disruptive innovation isn’t just about simplifying technology — it also requires a new business model.

How an unconventional CEO transformed the safety culture in the mining industry.

My sister and I were part of the “Oregon Trail Generation”—some of the first to truly form long-lasting relationships over video games.

Are the wearable pumps worth it? What does “hospital-grade” mean? Here’s everything you need to know.

Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, talks about the blunders of urban planners and how better cities depend a whole lot on a smarter approach to parking.

Sayan Chakraborty / Nikkei Asia: Peak XV head Shailendra Singh discusses the Sequoia split, saying the move will remove potential conflicts, especially in AI and with Sequoia’s US portfolio  —  Split with American parent eliminates potential conflicts in hot sectors like AI  —  Managing Director Shailendra Singh …

Nic Newman / Reuters Institute: Reuters’ 2023 Digital News Report: despite social media fragmentation, users’ dependence on platforms for news keeps growing; Facebook drops and TikTok grows  —  This year’s report comes against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living crisis, a continuing war in the heart of Europe, and further climate instability across the world.

BBC: Margrethe Vestager says discrimination, not extinction, is a more pressing concern for AI due to training models and “guardrails” are needed to counter bias  —  Discrimination is a more pressing concern from advancing artificial intelligence than human extinction, says the EU’s competition chief.

From Avatar: The Way of Water to Magic Mike’s Last Dance, here are our favorite movies on the streaming service.

John Vaillant’s ‘Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World’ is a tortuously timely examination of the effects of climate change.

You finally don’t have to pay an arm and a leg for a large-screen Apple laptop.

The Block: Filing: the SEC says it anticipates it will take 120 days to potentially respond to Coinbase’s request for clearer rulemaking on digital asset trading  —  – The SEC has put forth its position on Coinbase’s rulemaking petition.  — The agency said it anticipates needing four months to potentially respond.

James Vincent / The Verge: Stack Overflow survey of ~90K developers in 185 countries: 70% use or plan to use AI coding tools in 2023; only 3% “highly trust” and 39% “somewhat trust” them  —  A survey of developers by coding Q&A site Stack Overflow has found that AI tools are becoming commonplace …

Bloomberg: Databricks says its annual revenue jumped 60%+ to $1B in the fiscal year ended in January and announces the acquisition of Rubicon, an AI storage system startup  —  Databricks Inc. said it generated $1 billion in annual revenue and has diversified its business with new products and tools for artificial intelligence.

How are waves of disruptive technologies, such as more advanced versions of artificial intelligence systems, changing the way we work, live, and play? Are there pathways that academics, practitioners, innovators, and entrepreneurs ought to be pursuing to ensure that the largest share of the benefits associated with new technologies uplift the most marginalized populations? What […]

The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences recently recognized the 2023 winners of the school’s Infinite Mile Award. The awards salute members of the SHASS staff who have made exceptional contributions to their academic units, the school, and the Institute. These colleagues exemplify the spirit of going the extra mile in their roles […]

One of many key priorities identified in the Task Force 2021 and Beyond report (TF2021) is the need to improve undergraduate advising. That conclusion isn’t groundbreaking; the committee working on the issue conceded that, over the past 30 years, multiple reports, memos, and pilots had already delved into it extensively. “We do not need further […]

Five strategies for managers and individual team members.

How perpetual bonds can make nature-based offsets a realistic strategy for dealing with climate change.

A conversation with Karen Dillon and Rob Cross about pain points we tend to ignore until it’s too late.

The Xiaomi 13 Ultra is more camera than phone.

The ecommerce giant’s “delivery service partners” are under constant pressure to perform, but say they have little freedom to manage their own businesses.

Fresh claims from a former US intelligence officer about an “intact” alien craft may get traction on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers want to believe.

Mark Savage / BBC: Paul McCartney says AI helped “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to complete what he calls “the final Beatles record”, set for release in 2023  —  Sir Paul McCartney says he has employed artificial intelligence to help create what he calls “the final Beatles record”.

Biz Carson / Bloomberg: In a first, Larry Ellison passes Bill Gates to become the world’s fourth-richest person with a $129.8B net worth; ORCL has risen 42% in 2023 on the AI boom  —  The optimism around artificial intelligence boosted both Oracle Corp.’s stock — and founder Larry Ellison’s net worth — to record highs […]

Financial Times: A look at the global network of subsea internet cables, dominated by companies from France, the US, and Japan, as China circumvents US curbs to build its own  —  Nearly 1.4mn kilometres of metal-encased fibre criss-crosses the world’s oceans, speeding internet traffic seamlessly around the globe.

There are many ways to map New York City, including street maps of Manhattan’s famous grid, the brightly colored subway map, and souvenir maps of skyscrapers. Those are all static maps of long-term features, however. Alternately, there is a more dynamic way to map the city: use digital technologies to show the city in motion, […]

Combat sports might not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think of MIT, but the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club has been attracting students as an outlet from the rigors of academic life for more than 20 years. “The recurring thing we hear from graduating students in the club is that taekwondo […]

A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.

Personal information, including ID documents and phone numbers, have been released on Telegram.

If you can handle minor blemishes on otherwise high-quality cookware, these deals are worth perusing. Discounts flame out on June 14.

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon is testing generative AI for product review summaries, giving an overview of what customers liked and disliked about a product, along with a disclaimer  —  – Amazon is testing the use of artificial intelligence to generate summaries of reviews left on some products.

Katie Jennings / Forbes: Vendors allege Hippocratic AI co-founder’s former startup Health IQ, which faces a fraud lawsuit, owes millions; Hippocratic AI raised $50M from a16z and others  —  The venture firm made a repeat investment in Munjal Shah, but his previous company Health IQ is facing allegations of millions …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Boston-based CloudZero, a cloud cost management startup, raised a $32M Series B led by Innovius Capital and Threshold Ventures, taking its total raised to $52M+  —  CloudZero, a cloud cost management startup, today announced that it raised $32 million in a Series B funding round led by Innovius Capital and Threshold […]

For the past two and a half years, graduate student Tong Zhang has been figuring out how bacteria protect themselves against phages — the viruses that infect them. All the while, doing so as a student far from her hometown of Beijing, China. Phages and bacteria are in a constant arms race, which those in […]

Nestled within the Tuul River valley and embraced by the southern Khentii Mountain Range, Ulaanbaatar (UB), Mongolia’s largest city, presents itself as an arena where nature’s forces wage an unrelenting battle against human resilience. The capital city is an icy crucible, with bone-chilling winters that plummet temperatures to an astonishing -40 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 degrees […]

Now in its 22nd year, the MIT Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Public Service Center’s IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge has prepared over 200 student-led teams to utilize innovation for social good. In addition to providing over $1.1 million in funding, the PKG Center has enlisted diverse partners to mentor teams in refining and implementing their ideas. […]

Addressing tension, instead of shying away from it, is often the kind thing to do.

The three most common mistakes managers make when delivering feedback — and how to respond.

OpenAI used a simple form of human feedback.

More research is showing that moths are secret, critical pollinators, even of crops that feed humanity. Save the bees, but save the moths too.

Garmin’s update to one of our favorite solar-powered cycling computers puts all the ride and fitness stats you’d ever want to see on your handlebars.

Two researchers whose work led to the development of Wegovy and Ozempic spoke to WIRED about the creation of these drugs and how they should be used.

Matt Burgess / Wired: Documents detail new prison-monitoring tech, tracking inmates’ location, heartbeats, and more, developed by Talitrix and used in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail  —  Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates’ location, heartbeats, and more.