What happened to the microfinance company Kiva?
One morning in August 2021, as she had nearly every morning for about a decade, Janice Smith opened her computer and went to Kiva.org,...
Why is it so hard to create new types of pain relievers?
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles...
The US just invested more than $1 billion into carbon removal
The US Department of Energy announced today that it’s providing $1.2 billion to develop regional hubs that can draw down and store away at...
Next slide, please: A brief history of the corporate presentation
It’s 1948, and it isn’t a great year for alcohol. Prohibition has come and gone, and booze is a buyer’s market again. That much...
Human-plus-AI solutions mitigate security threats
Fifty years ago, the average business transaction was pretty straightforward. Shoppers handed purchases directly to cashiers, business partners shook hands in person, and people...
The Download: medical ethics, and AI watermarks
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Who gets...
