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01/02/2026

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01/02/2026

This is how the federal government is tracking changes in the supply of street drugs.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new harm reduction initiative is helping prevent needless deaths.

01/02/2026

These companies are all in a position to compete both within China and beyond.

01/02/2026

3 things Will Douglas Heaven is into right now

MIT Technology Review’s senior editor for AI shares what he’s been thinking about lately.

01/02/2026

Unlike the West, where universities are still agonizing over how students use AI in their work, top universities in China are going all in.

01/02/2026

Hydrogen can be used in chemicals and as a green fuel. Vast underground stores could help make it an economical option.

01/02/2026

Tech leaders like Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk say they want to save humanity by creating superintelligent AI. But these fantastical visions conceal a darker agenda.

Altman, Bezos, and Musk say they want to save humanity by creating superintelligent AI. Journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker reveals how these fantastical visions conceal a darker agenda.

01/02/2026

Can AI create a life form? These “generative” genomes are a start.

Can AI create a life form? These “generative” genomes are a start

01/01/2026

Every year, the MIT Technology Review newsroom produces this list of some of the most promising climate tech firms on the planet. It’s an exercise that we hope brings positive attention to companies working to decarbonize major sectors of our economy, whether by spinning up new, cleaner sources of energy or reinventing how we produce foods and distribute goods.

Though the political and funding landscape has shifted dramatically in the US since the last time we put out this list, nothing has altered the urgency of the climate dangers the world now faces—we need to rapidly curb greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.

Explore 2025's list:

MIT Technology Review's annual list of companies that are taking meaningful steps to reduce emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

01/01/2026

Survivors reveal how Chinese criminal syndicates use Western tech to recruit and trap unwitting people into operating “pig butchering” scams—and then use the same platforms to steal billions of dollars from targets all over the world.

Survivors reveal how criminal syndicates use Big Tech to recruit and trap people into operating “pig butchering” scams—and then use the same platforms to steal billions of dollars from targets all over the world.

01/01/2026

We are in the midst of a shift in work and workplace relationships as significant as the Second Industrial Revolution of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Monitoring technology is increasing the power imbalance between companies and workers. New policies and protections may be necessary to correct the balance of power.

Monitoring technology is increasing the power imbalance between companies and workers. Protections lag far behind.

01/01/2026

The Chinese firm has pulled back the curtain to expose how the top labs may be building their next-generation models. Now things get interesting.