Sinclair brings local TV reporting to Substack as a video podcast
The broadcaster’s new Substack, The National Press, repackages its stations’ local journalism for a national on-demand audience.
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MIT Tech Review Names 10 Climate Tech Firms to Watch in 2026
The annual list highlights a global, storage-heavy slate of companies tackling climate change amid weakening political will.
WeLion's safer batteries could cut transport emissions — if costs fall
A Chinese battery maker is scaling semi-solid-state cells that promise safer, longer-range electric vehicles and ships, but cost and manufacturing hurdles remain.
Brimstone bets on one rock to make cleaner cement and critical minerals
The US startup says processing silicate rock could cut cement emissions and supply domestic critical minerals, though commercial-scale proof is still ahead.
Electric bus startup BasiGo is cleaning up Nairobi's air
BasiGo's pay-as-you-drive electric bus model is cutting emissions and changing public transit in Kenya and Rwanda.
China's Tech Challenge Goes Beyond AI, New Book Argues
A new book contends that China's competition with the U.S. spans batteries, solar panels, drones, and satellites, not just artificial intelligence.
WaveSave's portable rubber dam offers quick flood protection and water storage
The Dutch startup's SlamDam barrier is being deployed in flood-prone communities, but cost and ownership questions remain.
X-energy’s helium reactors aim to clean up heavy industry
Small modular reactors from X-energy could supply the high-temperature heat that heavy industry needs, but cost and waste questions remain.
GLP-1 drugs may slow biological aging, drugmakers report
New data from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk suggest their blockbuster weight-loss drugs reduce biological age, but scientists caution the effect may not apply to healthy people.
Nonprofit Newsrooms Face Cracks in Their Foundation, Study Finds
A new study suggests that nonprofit news organizations, long seen as a lifeline for local journalism, are not immune to structural problems.
AI's Biggest Effects May Come at the Intersection With Other Fields
At MIT Technology Review's EmTech Future 2026, speakers argued that AI's real promise lies in how it combines with biology, infrastructure, and energy systems.
AI Chip Demand Squeezes Out World's Cheapest Smartphones
Rising memory-chip prices driven by AI data centers are pushing phone makers to drop budget models, threatening access for low-income users.
Meta Rushed to Fix Muse 'VM Escape' Security Flaws Before Launch
A pre-launch scramble patched vulnerabilities that could have let ordinary Muse users reach Meta's internal systems, according to 404 Media.
Meta Rushed to Fix Muse VM Escape Flaws Before Launch
Internal posts show Meta engineers scrambled to patch serious virtualization vulnerabilities in its AI agent before release.
AI's Popularity Paradox: Hated but Used
A new MIT Technology Review piece asks why AI attracts deep public distrust even as usage keeps climbing.
AI-generated New Yorker cartoons now carry real cartoonists' signatures
ChatGPT is appending real cartoonists' names to fake New Yorker-style cartoons, complicating questions of authorship and consent.
Spokane Paper's 'People's Paper' Plan Sparks Newsroom Revolt
A front-page promise to turn a 143-year-old family newspaper into a nonprofit ended in a staff rebellion.
Animals May Have Emerged 800 Million Years Ago, Surviving Snowball Earth
A new molecular clock estimate pushes animal origins back more than 200 million years, suggesting our earliest ancestors endured a planet nearly frozen over.