Starstruck

Few people, if any, contemplate stars—celestial or cinematic—the way Aomawa Shields does.  An astronomer and astrobiologist, Shields explores the potential habitability of planets beyond our solar system. But she is…

Best Peloton Alternatives for 2025

“:”Which bike is Peloton’s biggest competitor?”,”answer”:” This is a tough question to answer because it depends on what kind of exercise bikes you’re into. But based on the popular exercise…

Disney Plus is getting vertical video

Disney Plus will be getting a vertical video feed later this year, Disney announced as part of its Global Tech & Data Showcase for advertisers at CES. Based on an…

Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is currently raging in Las Vegas, and as has become traditional over the past decade, automakers and their suppliers now use the conference to announce…

The Apple AirPods Pro 3 Are $50 Off

Tired of your dusty old AirPods? Apple’s latest and most upgraded wireless earbud, the AirPods Pro 3 are a massive leap over the older generations, and Best Buy currently has…

Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

In what may mark the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and the startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose teenagers died by suicide or…

The Tone Outdoors T1 solved the biggest problem with leaf blowers

Every fall, dozens of maple and oak trees in my neighborhood shed their leaves. Thus begins the constant drone of gas-powered leaf blowers every day through early December. The noise…

Dennis Whyte’s fusion quest | MIT Technology Review

Dennis Whyte, then director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, describes efforts to address climate change through carbon-free power at a conference in 2019.GRETCHEN ERTL The idea is straightforward:…

Motorola just announced a foldable phone to rival Samsung and Google at CES

Samsung and Google have new competition in the foldable space. At CES 2026, Motorola unveiled its first side-foldable smartphone: the Razr Fold. The handheld sports an impressive 6.6-inch external screen…

Investing in the promise of quantum

Like all MIT’s strategic priorities, QMIT will help ensure that new technologies are used for the benefit of society. Faculty director Danna Freedman, the Frederick George Keyes Professor of Chemistry,…