resident Joe Biden speaks during the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, September 28, 2022. OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images Inflation surged more than expected in September, raising new questions around the economy’s future. The Fed’s anti-inflation efforts haven’t worked, fueling speculation on rising interest…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. This week I wrote about a fascinating experiment that involved implanting human brain cells into rats’ brains. The brain cells from both species were able to form connections and work together. The…
A data breach from 2018 is putting Shein under the spotlight as the ultra-fast fashion e-commerce platform continues to conquer Gen-Z markets across the world. Zoetop, the firm that owns Shein and its sister brand Romwe, has been fined $1.9 million by New York for failing to properly handle a security incident, according to a…
Instagram, facing scrutiny from safety advocates, started testing a program in the U.S. earlier this year to verify users’ age claiming to be 18 or older. It uses techniques including authentication via running video selfies through an artificial intelligence system. The Meta-owned service is now ready to roll out this program to two key overseas…
It’s time for another round of Celebrities Read Mean Tweets by Jimmy Kimmel Live, in which popular actors, musicians, and comedians read out critical tweets about themselves to remind us that they have access to the internet too. This round of victims includes celebrities such as Andrew Garfield (who has “the hands of a creepy…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in on the jury’s verdict on the Parkland shooter. DeSantis said he did not think “anything else is appropriate except a capital sentence.” The shooter was sentenced to life in prison for killing 13 students and three staff members. Florida Gov. Ron…
Nothing might release a pair of over-the-ear headphones in the future, or at least it’s teasing people with the idea. Carl Pei’s brand Nothing has the Nothing Ear (1) TWS earbuds, the Nothing Phone (1), and soon, it will launch the Nothing Ear (Stick) earbuds. And although that last product has yet to release officially (it’s…
One thing that people learned from the pandemic is that there is no substitute for being together in a room with someone. While video conferencing apps such as Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams try to help you virtually connect with those you love and work with, the experience still feels rather limited. So, in…
Netflix is launching a cheaper plan with ads on 3 November in the US, UK, and several other major countries. Called “Basic with ads“, the ad-supported subscription plan that lets you watch Netflix at a lower price. You can stream HD video quality (up to 720p) on one supported phone, tablet, computer, or TV at…
One of the core truisms of tech is that you should take every big announcement or demonstration with a grain of salt. This tenet has now been proven once again, with the unsurprising revelation that Meta’s demonstration of virtual reality legs was pulled off using motion capture technology. Earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…