MIT in the media: 2023 in review
It was an eventful trip around the sun for MIT this year, from President Sally Kornbluth’s inauguration and Mark Rober’s Commencement address to Professor Moungi Bawendi winning the Nobel Prize...
Apple issues surprise iOS 17.2.1 update for iPhone bug fixes
Apple issued a surprise update for all iPhone users Tuesday promising to fix a plethora of bugs. What exactly those fixes are, however, remains a mystery. “This update provides important...
Thief stole $300K worth of iPhones — how to protect yourself
Let his advice sync in. A homeless-man-turned-tech-mastermind serving a 94-month sentence for a yearlong smartphone stealing spree has spilled his secrets of the criminal trade to the Wall Street Journal....
Woman claims Tesla technology allowed abusive husband to stalk her
San Francisco police Sergeant David Radford contacted Elon Musk’s Tesla in May 2020 with a request on a case: Could the automaker provide data on an alleged stalker’s remote access to a...
AI death calculator predicts when you’ll die — it’s ‘extremely’ accurate
This is a matter of life and death — no doubt a-bot-it. Although most folks aren’t in a massive rush to learn when they’ll bite the big one, a newly developed...
BLOOM’s flirty AI Santa wants to sext with you: ‘Very naughty’
Santa isn’t the only one coming soon. Festive deviants can now flirt with Father Christmas — or one of his naughty elves — on the erotic audio app BLOOM, which boasts...
Ex-employees blast Instagram chief Adam Mosseri’s ‘mixed record’ on youth safety: report
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri reportedly blocked or weakened efforts by employees to implement youth safety features – even as parent company Meta faced mounting legal scrutiny over concerns that its...
Using AI, MIT researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates
Using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning, MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium that causes more than 10,000 deaths...
A flexible solution to help artists improve animation
Artists who bring to life heroes and villains in animated movies and video games could have more control over their animations, thanks to a new technique introduced by MIT researchers....
AI prompt engineers in demand — what to know about this new job
This tech job can generate a lot of income, experts say. Artificial intelligence prompt engineer — the person who formulates questions and instructions to get the most refined answers and...
Tesla hides Disney+ from screens amid Elon Musk’s feud with Bob Iger
The Disney+ app has been removed from the video displays of some Tesla vehicles — with some drivers griping that they have been caught the middle of a nasty feud...
FTX resolves dispute with Bahamian liquidators month after SBF’s conviction
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX Trading on Tuesday announced a settlement with liquidators for FTX’s Bahamas unit, resolving a long-simmering dispute over whether the company’s US bankruptcy proceedings should take precedence over the Bahamian...
Epic Games CEO blasts Google’s $700M settlement with US states as ‘injustice to all Android users’
Google agreed to pay $700 million and allow more competition within its Android app store as part of a settlement with all 50 states and millions of US consumers –...
Meta’s decision to yank two videos on Israel-Hamas war overturned
Meta’s Oversight Board overturned the social media company’s decision to yank two videos from the Israel-Hamas war off its platforms. One of the videos in question was “posted to Facebook...
These six questions will dictate the future of generative AI
It was a stranger who first brought home for me how big this year’s vibe shift was going to be. As we waited for a stuck elevator together in March,...
