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Justin Long, the 'I'm a Mac' actor, defects from Apple

The global chip shortage is still hurting Samsung, Honda and Volkswagen

Why gig economy workers aren't cheering Uber's about-face just yet

Amazon warehouse worker testifies to Senate: 'My workday feels like a 9-hour intense workout every day'

Tonkean’s updated no-code platform aims to simplify application deployment

Nvidia hypes up new games implementing DLSS with Unreal Engine plugin

Language models struggle to answer questions without paraphrasing training data

Responsible AI in health care starts at the top — but it’s everyone’s responsibility (VB Live)

MIT.nano courses bring hands-on experimentation to virtual participants

How coal’s decline impacts county and school funding

SNK launches Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 for Switch

‘Anonymized’ X-ray datasets can reveal patient identities

A remedy for the spread of false news?

Oracle updates cloud data warehouse to boost access for data analysts

Copado acquires New Context to embrace multicloud DevSecOps

Why eBay wants to be inside your ears – in a good way (VB Live)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT review — A beast for high-framerate 1440p gaming

OctoML raises $28M for machine learning deployment optimization

Creo unveils AI-based BioBulb for indoor plant walls

Cymbio, which connects brands with markets, raises $7M

Vulcan Cyber launches free vulnerability management service with $21M in new funding

Grid computing software developer Incredibuild raises $140M

Torch.AI raises $30M for AI that unifies disparate enterprise data

Cybersecurity insurance company Coalition raises $175M to secure the modern enterprise

Uber's UK drivers to get paid vacation, pensions following Supreme Court ruling

The physicist and the hospital

ChoKyun Rha, professor post-tenure of biomaterials sciences and engineering, dies at 87

Activision Blizzard lays off about 50 in its esports division

AI patent intelligence platform PatSnap secures $300M

GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 levels

Scene at MIT: Ruth Anderson, pioneer of mathematics and computing

Friends of MIT Biology celebrate an unusual year

Jade Raymond opens Sony-backed Haven game studio in Montreal

Crusader Kings III’s Northern Lords DLC is now live

Sonatype acquires MuseDev, expands Nexus code analysis platform

Liqid integrates HPC management tool with Slurm orchestration engine

Super Bomberman R Online blasts onto Steam, Switch, and other consoles

How Improbable is banking on Midwinter’s Scavengers to prove its game platform

ImageNet creators find blurring faces for privacy has a ‘minimal impact on accuracy’

MetricWorks launches Polaris incremental measurement to rescue mobile ads

How to prevent short-circuiting in next-gen lithium batteries

Intel launches 11th-gen Rocket Lake-S CPUs

Docker CEO talks pivot progress, product-led strategy, and coders as ‘kingmakers’

Study: One enzyme dictates cells’ response to a probable carcinogen

Overwolf raises $52.5M to expand third-party modding platform

My.Games invests in Espresso Publishing to boost hypercasual games

3 Questions: Task Force 2021 and the future of working at MIT

Location data analytics provider SafeGraph raises $45M

What it's like to live in the robocall capital of America

Microsoft says Teams and other services are returning to normal after earlier outage

Nokia is cutting up to 10,000 jobs

Xi Jinping renews call for crackdown on Chinese tech companies

How TerminusDB is commercializing its open source graph database

2K Sports acquires HB Studios, signs PGA Tour 2K deal with Tiger Woods

Salesforce intros new AI-powered account-based marketing tools

AI and big data analytics startup Noogata nets $12M

Applied Materials brings AI and big data into semiconductor inspection machines

Microsoft could reap more than $150M in U.S. cyber funding despite security shortcomings

Datagen emerges from stealth to create synthetic datasets for computer vision models

Ultrasound has potential to damage coronaviruses, study finds

On-demand logistics and fulfillment startup Flowspace raises $31M

Playstudios launches free-to-play MyVegas Bingo with real-world rewards

A new goal for soccer: Improving attitudes toward refugees

This app can work out your carbon footprint from your grocery receipt

Xiaomi wins temporary reprieve from US ban on American investment

This water meter can shut off leaks before they cause damage

Study predicts the oceans will start emitting ozone-depleting CFCs

Industry, labor, and education leaders discuss the work of the future

8BitDo’s Pro 2 gamepad adds back paddles, profile switch, and more

Indie darling Undertale lands on Xbox Game Pass on March 16

Major League Soccer kicks off FIFA esports offseason event on March 20

Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?

Cruise acquires driverless vehicle startup Voyage to tackle dense urban environments

Outriders will be on Xbox Game Pass at launch

Lookout acquires CipherCloud to secure enterprises from endpoint to cloud

AMD launches third-generation Epyc processors for datacenters

Here are 5 jobs you should probably apply for this week

The COVID-19 gender gap: What happens if women don't return to work?

Google partners with Automation Anywhere to develop RPA products

Informatica extends serverless computing reach to Nvidia GPUs

Enterprise workflow automation startup DeepSee.ai raises $22.6M

Wireless companies shelled out billions of dollars to fix this 5G problem

Tesla removed some drivers from its self-driving test for not paying attention

Faster drug discovery through machine learning

Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant cites ‘glut of innovation’ in data science and ML

Getting to trustworthy AI

How Call of Duty stoked fans with its personalized Warzone stats

We bought an NFT. Here's what we learned

The data privacy Cold War is here. Which side are you on?

The D20 Beat: Loop Hero has cast a calm, strategic spell over me

How to scale AI with a high degree of customization

COVID changed the e-commerce landscape. Here’s how CPG players must adapt

How suicidal thoughts led Jason Docton to save the lives of at-risk gamers

Bezos declines invitation from Sanders to testify before Senate Budget Committee

Google and Microsoft are in a public feud

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is pregnant, likely delaying her criminal trial

Qlik makes pulling data from SAP applications simpler

The RetroBeat: Capcom Arcade Stadium is a digital happy place

Quantum computing takes important step with first public company

Women in Innovation and STEM Database at MIT announces fellowship program

AI Weekly: Facebook, Google, and the tension between profits and fairness

Why Accenture lists ‘digital twins’ as top-five technology trend in 2021 

Facebook details AI that can understand videos

Planning for summer and fall at MIT

How a year of living almost exclusively online made the internet weird again

Pakistan bans TikTok again

Simon Hu resigns as Ant Group CEO following regulatory crackdown

Cloudburst: Hard lessons learned from the OVH datacenter blaze

The DeanBeat: How Roblox overshadowed Microsoft’s Bethesda event this week

Luum’s AI-based Lash Robot can delicately extend eyelashes for customers in beauty salons

LinearB, which brings contextual metrics to software development project management, raises $16M

Is the UK becoming the open source capital of Europe?

Nintendo Switch tops huge February for hardware sales

February 2021 NPD: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury tops the charts

What is the total cost of owning a database?

Women in tech have been set back '10 to 20 years' by working from home during the pandemic

Yseop now tells you what percentage of a financial report can be generated automatically

NoSQL database company Couchbase confidentially files for IPO

Artificial intelligence that more closely mimics the mind

Here's what we know so far about the massive Microsoft Exchange hack

Uber and Lyft to finally share names of drivers deactivated over sexual assault and other serious incidents

Russia's Twitter crackdown ends up taking out government websites

Companies on alert after apparent hack of cloud-based security camera service

One of tech's biggest events plans to be in-person this year. Big companies are already bailing

Massive hack disrupts Molson Coors brewing operations

LinkedIn suspends new sign-ups in China

How one employee's exit shook Google and the AI industry

Google Maps gets a fresh coat of paint

Top 10 cybersecurity lessons learned one year into the pandemic

Bipartisan Agreement in Congress on AI Points to Way Forward with China 

How AI Is Helping the Supply Chain Disrupted by Covid-19 

GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Pokémon starters

Top AI Job Interview Questions Aim to Connect Theory to Practice 

ServiceNow adds new AI and low-code development features

Toyota Building a City of the Future to Serve as a Living Lab 

Linda Griffith and Douglas Lauffenburger honored for contributions to biological engineering education

Two networking techniques will create a level playing field for online gaming

2021 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named

Visualizing a climate-resilient MIT

20 Bethesda games hit Xbox Game Pass for console, PC, and mobile

Xbox boss says he acquired Bethesda to deliver Game Pass exclusives

Scener and HBO Max will host remote live watch party for Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Square Enix Presents is a new event focused on Balan Wonderworld and more

After cracking the “sum of cubes” puzzle for 42, mathematicians discover a new solution for 3

State of the Edge report projects edge computing will reach $800B by 2028

Google relaunching career certificates, job board and scholarship program

Silver Rain Games will make a game for EA Originals

IBM’s AI may lead to new antimicrobials, drugs, and materials

Hugging Face triples investment in open source machine learning models

Merchant data platform Woflow emerges from stealth with $3.5M

‘Your Computer Is On Fire’ draws on tech history to critique AI and the cloud

HPE adds modular GreenLake services for mid-market businesses

Intel works with Deci to speed up machine learning on its chips

Illuvium raises $5 million for NFT-based fantasy battle game

Multitasking chatbots are the new Amazon Alexa Prize challenge

What the Dub is a MST3K-style party game

Super League Gaming will acquire Mobcrush game livestreaming platform

Here are 5 awesome tips that will make your resume stand out from the crowd

TrustArc launches PrivacyCentral to bring data privacy intelligence to enterprises

DevOps salaries are rising. Here's where they are growing fastest

3 Questions: Richard Samuels on Japan’s 3.11 triple disaster and its impact 10 years later

Exploring generations of influence between South Asia and MIT

The MIT Press launches Direct to Open

3 Questions: Vaccines and the power of positive reinforcement

Using artificial intelligence to generate 3D holograms in real-time

The end of COVID-19: What the workforce thinks about returning to the office

Square to acquire majority stake in music service Tidal for $297 million

T-Mobile is a consumer favorite. Now it's trying to break into the business world

How wearable tech helped elite athletes through the pandemic

YouTube removes channels run by Myanmar's military as violence escalates

Yes, you are getting lots of robocalls again

People are turning to Nextdoor for tips on getting a vaccine. Why that may be a problem

Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets

Reddit names its first-ever CFO as it mulls IPO

Virgin Galactic stock tanks as chairman cashes out $200 million personal stake

'Cookies' track your every move online. Now there's a fight over what should replace them

Vaccine selfies are everywhere. That's actually a good thing

You can buy the first-ever tweet. The current bid: $2.5 million

Are you eligible for the FCC's emergency internet discount program? Here's how to find out

Apple is discontinuing the iMac Pro

India is trying to build its own internet

China is still part of Microsoft's game plan despite the big hack

Elon Musk lost $27 billion last week

John McAfee facing charges for alleged cryptocurrency 'pump and dump' scheme on Twitter

Clearview AI sued in California by immigrant rights groups, activists

Hello Neighbor indie publisher TinyBuild goes public with $474M valuation

3 Questions: Claude Grunitzky MBA '12 on launching TRUE Africa University

Microsoft urges enterprises to act quickly to secure Exchange as attacks mount

5 jobs that you should probably apply for right now

Celebrating the life of undergraduate Sergio Dominguez

Researchers find that large language models struggle with math

Reflecting on a year of loss, grit, and pulling together

Splice Machine 3.1 enhances support for real-time AI deployments

Oracle focused on improving database speeds during LogFire transition

Newzoo: Game livestreaming should grow 10% to 728.8M viewers this year

Microsoft: More Bethesda games are heading to Xbox Game Pass

Xbox boss: Some new Bethesda games ‘will be exclusive to Xbox’

Privacera raises $50M to help companies manage compliance and security risk across clouds

The top companies looking for remote tech professionals

Dropbox acquires document sharing platform DocSend for $165M

Cube Software challenges legacy financial planning and analytics tools

Flexera: 92% of enterprises have a multicloud strategy

Zeni raises $13.5M to automate bookkeeping with AI

PlaySide Studios teams with MGM to make Legally Blonde mobile game

WorkFusion raises $220M to automate repetitive enterprise backend processes

Ibex raises $38M for AI that diagnoses diseases

VMware and Nvidia launch GPU virtualization platform for enterprises

Nick Desai steps down as CEO from mobile doctor firm Heal

GitGuardian data reveals 20% rise in ‘secrets’ hidden in public GitHub repos

Omeda raises $2.2M to relaunch Epic’s dead Paragon as Predecessor

KPMG: AI adoption is accelerating in the pandemic

Yo-yos offer a first foray into manufacturing at scale

Xbox and Bethesda will talk this week about what the acquisition means

Innovation for aviation

Tik-Tokking all about science

Membrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis

3 Questions: Task Force 2021 and the future of MIT’s finances

Algorithm helps artificial intelligence systems dodge “adversarial” inputs

Startup empowers women to improve access to safe drinking water

Elisabeth Reynolds tapped for White House role, joining National Economic Council

Lincoln Laboratory earns a 2020 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing

An IAP class in four-part harmony

7 myths about the video game industry and game developer jobs

Kevin Costello: Exploring the intersections of math and music

Pondering the unknowable

Survey Finds Many Companies Do Little or No Management of Cloud Spending  

Convergence of AI, 5G and Augmented Reality Poses New Security Risks 

How to Meet the Enterprise-Grade Challenge of Scaling AI 

Three Finalists Selected in $4.5 Million Watson AI XPrize Competition  

Retrofitting MIT’s deep learning “boot camp” for the virtual world

How to reduce the environmental impact of your next virtual meeting

Eyeless roundworms sense color

Study reveals how egg cells get so big

The (robotic) doctor will see you now

When more Covid-19 data doesn’t equal more understanding

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2021

Study shows online school reviews reflect school demographics more than effectiveness

Microsystems Annual Research Conference goes virtual, preserves human touch

Study offers an explanation for why the APOE4 gene enhances Alzheimer’s risk

Virtual bootcamps recruit from a wider world

MIT and Danish university students unite to envision a more sustainable future

Helping soft robots turn rigid on demand

Chemists boost boron’s utility

MIT Solve announces 2021 global challenges

Lidia Vasconcelos, Division of Comparative Medicine staffer, dies at age 53

Right to repair moves forward for your broken devices. But campaigners want to go much further

Researchers introduce a new generation of tiny, agile drones

MIT team improving gene therapies wins Sloan health care prize

Finding teammates on and off the field

Dice: Find out which tech hub paid an average salary of $126,801 in 2020

Engineering the boundary between 2D and 3D materials

3 Questions: Task Force 2021 and the future of MIT education

3 Questions: Devavrat Shah on curbing online misinformation

Kelly Metcalf Pate to lead the Division of Comparative Medicine

IBM Reportedly Retreating from Healthcare with Watson 

SolarWinds Hackers Targeted Cloud Services as a Key Objective 

RAND Corp. Finds DoD “Significantly Challenged” in AI Posture 

An aggressive market-driven model for US fusion power development

Basic cell health systems wear down in Huntington’s disease, analysis shows

Researchers improve efficiency of next-generation solar cell material

Q&A: Ceasar McDowell on better public conversation

Data transfer system connects silicon chips with a hair’s-width cable

Facebook faces a global backlash over its bid to ‘bully’ Australia

Facebook will restore news in Australia after talks with the government

UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are ‘workers,’ not independent contractors

Google reshuffles AI team leadership after researcher’s controversial departure

Facebook knew a key ad metric was ‘inflated and misleading’ for years, lawsuit alleges

Big Tech lobbying groups sue Maryland to stop country’s first digital advertising tax

Where should women in the tech industry look for a job? One of these cities

Tech promises to make your life better. Does it?

Big Tech lobbying groups sue Maryland to stop country's first digital advertising tax

Facebook knew a key ad metric was 'inflated and misleading' for years, lawsuit alleges

Google reshuffles AI team leadership after researcher's controversial departure

Jack Ma's Ant Group was the next big thing. Now it may become just a boring bank

UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are 'workers,' not independent contractors

Facebook faces a global backlash over its bid to 'bully' Australia

Peloton is releasing a cheaper treadmill. It's still $2,495

Microsoft wades into Facebook news fight by siding with European publishers

How Joe Biden can boost the economic recovery by expanding internet access

The iPhone just had a huge quarter

Google is trying to end the controversy over its Ethical AI team. It's not going well

Facebook will restore news in Australia after talks with the government

Running out of iPhone battery? You may soon be able to slap on a new one

Nearly 30,000 Macs reportedly infected with mysterious malware

This 29-year-old cancer survivor is set to be the youngest American ever in space

SoundCommerce raises $15 million for big data insights that help retailers compete with Amazon

Imperva launches Sonar for unified enterprise security analytics

Sony announces new PSVR for PlayStation 5

Bethesda faces broad class-action lawsuit over Fallout 4 DLC as Microsoft takeover looms

Qualcomm launches XR1 AR Smart Viewer platform

Electric raises $40 million for IT platform that gives businesses real-time insights and tech support

FundGuard raises $12 million to help manage assets with AI

ScienceLogic raises $105 million to grow its AIOps platform

Rows raises $16 million and launches next-gen spreadsheets with built-in data integrations

Katana raises $11 million for smart ERP software built for manufacturers

Improving sanitation for the world’s most vulnerable people

Nreal unveils enterprise edition of mixed-reality glasses

Roblox plans to list shares on March 10, reports 82% revenue growth to $923 million for 2020

Nintendo teases Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 port for Switch

Nintendo is holding back Zelda’s 35th anniversary because it’s marketing

Researchers propose bias fix for GPT-3 and other language models

EU and U.K. take first steps toward continuing free data flows post-Brexit

Google’s Voice AI accelerator launches 12 startups

Keeping an eye on the fusion future

Building a more diverse, global, lifelong learning community during the pandemic

Blizzard leaders J. Allen Brack and Allen Adham on leaks, Reforged lessons, mobile, and more

Amy Jin named 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar

How this biology lab class went virtual during the pandemic

EU report warns that AI makes autonomous vehicles ‘highly vulnerable’ to attack

Creatio raises $68 million for low-code enterprise process automation

Study: Covid-19 communications featuring racially diverse physicians can improve health outcomes for communities of color

Comcast NBCUniversal picks 10 sports and esports startups for SportsTech Accelerator

Developers are facing burnout after spending too long hunting bugs in code

‘Antivirus is dead’: The rising enterprise security threats for 2021 and how to protect against them

CrowdStrike: Pandemic didn’t slow targeted cyberattacks by criminals and nation-states

New “metalens” shifts focus without tilting or moving

Researchers develop speedier network analysis for a range of computer hardware

Candor crowdsources a database of tech job salaries

Giving the people what they want?

3 Questions: Ian Waitz and Blanche Staton on MIT’s continuing commitment to graduate students

Stefanie Mueller changes everything: A hands-on class responds to Covid

Eight from MIT named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows

Metabolic mutations help bacteria resist drug treatment

Black employees are less satisfied at work than all other employees

Institute Professor Emeritus Isadore Singer, renowned mathematician who united math and physics, dies at 96

Less-wasteful laser-cutting

Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a dog’s nose

Students, activists, police share views about campus safety

Tablet and Chromebook sales take off as remote-learning projects roll out

With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing

Two new student residences open their doors

Political scientist In Song Kim receives the 2021 Levitan Prize

Low-code development: Why demand for 'citizen developer' tools is growing fast

A machine-learning approach to finding treatment options for Covid-19

New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs

Spotify to employees: If you want to work from another country, go for it

Unleashing the potential of the mind

Three MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021

Shafi Goldwasser wins L'Oréal-UNESCO Award

5G Technology – An Advancement that Will Revolutionize the Way of Communication

Developing a picture of France

Quantum Computing Hardware, Software Players Seeding the Market 

Ijeoma Oluo: “What we are fighting for is Black joy”

AI Holistic Adoption for Manufacturing and Operations: Ethics  

US Maintains Lead in AI, but China is Closing Fast, New Study Finds 

Scientists Pursue a Range of Projects Employing AI for Space Exploration  

AI Autonomous Cars Might Showcase The Wisdom Of The Einstein Clock Paradox 

RAND study finds significant social and economic impacts by Lemelson-MIT Prize-winning inventors

How shared partisanship leads to social media connections

Nanowire could provide a stable, easy-to-make superconducting transistor

Valeria Robayo named a Reimagine Challenge winner