Defense tech is booming. But we’re still missing the basics
America’s defense technology sector is rapidly expanding. Top talent, ambitious founders, and serious capital are flooding into a mission that matters, delivering products and solutions…
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The winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition…
A surprising number of companies want hiring managers to prove AI can’t do the job before a role is approved
With year-to-date hiring plans sinking to a 16-year low according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, many people are beginning to feel the impacts—and it’s reasonable enough to…
Wall Street rally hits pause while European shares are mixed
European shares were mixed in early trading while Asian shares mostly fell on Friday after a respite from Wall Street’s recent feverish rally. The price of gold also pulled back from…
The Download: our bodies’ memories, and Traton’s electric trucks
“Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re not talking about the muscles…
How Alexis Ohanian’s all-women track and field league is tapping into a growing demand for women’s sports
Megan Rapinoe, Caitlin Clark, Serena Williams, Mia Hamm, Lindsey Vonn—the list of high-profile, recognizable women athletes is growing. And track and field athletes may be the next to…
Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’
A Meta executive in charge of building the company’s metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to “go 5X faster” according to an internal message obtained by 404…
Art and Life in Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague”
Leave it to Richard Linklater to see how, in art, the fundamental things apply. In his two new movies—“Blue Moon,” about the lyricist Lorenz Hart, and “Nouvelle Vague,” about the director…
Is it okay to hug coworkers?
Maybe you’re meeting a coworker you’ve only known on Zoom in person for the first time. Maybe you’re greeting a group of coworkers at a conference, or saying goodbye after a team happy…
Misty Copeland’s Ballet Send-Off
Sometimes a return is also a farewell. Misty Copeland, the first Black female principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, may be the most famous American ballerina of her generation, but…
Rose Byrne Hits the Mother Lode
Her comedic pivot would have to wait, though. After a stint living in London, she moved to New York to co-star with Glenn Close in “Damages,” the FX legal drama, which débuted in 2007 and…
How do our bodies remember?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. “Like…
Microsoft Office’s icons just got curvy, colorful upgrades
Microsoft just redesigned all of its Office icons to embrace the AI era, and, according to the company, that means ditching solid shapes for all things “fluid and vibrant.” The 12 new…
This test could reveal the health of your immune system
The team members used machine learning to find correlations between these measurements and health, allowing them to create an immune health score for each of the volunteers. They call it…
Treat your energy as if it’s expensive
When announcing her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, on the New Heights podcast, Taylor Swift said, “You should think of your energy as if it’s expensive. . . . Not everyone can afford…
80% of employees say their workplace is toxic
Americans’ mental health is suffering and it’s not just due to stressful news feeds or not getting enough steps in. Toxic work environments are playing a large role in an epidemic of…
How to say no to extra work without looking like a slacker
When I first entered the workforce, my mantra was simple: Do whatever it takes. So when I was organizing and running programming for an event early in my career and the need for visitor…
Forget algorithms, adoption is the real agentic AI revolution
Agentic AI is redrawing the boundaries of value creation in corporate America.Gartner projects that by 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will incorporate agentic AI, and at…
European startups are raising the bar for American founders
I grew up in the Netherlands, so I know the upsides of living in Europe. I also know how hard it is to build a company here. The rules change across borders, funding is limited, and things…
Trust and governance in the shift to agentic transformation
I recently had an unsettling rideshare experience. Let me paint a visual picture. You have a Tesla doing its self-driving thing, a guy just sitting in the driver’s seat “supervising,” and…
Some of America’s best jobs have a PR problem
Too many jobs today have a PR problem, limiting opportunities for our young people and our economy. The jobs that now exist and the training needed for them have changed dramatically over…
The secret to brand longevity
Before I was ever involved in the flower business, I jumped from job to job, trying to figure out where I belonged. I grew up in South Queens, New York, where the role models on my block…
A foreboding weather pattern has emerged: Here’s what it means for winter
La Niña, a climate pattern that can affect weather worldwide, has officially arrived. La Niña is fueled by colder-than-normal Pacific ocean temperatures, which then affect the pattern of…
TikTok athletes are freaking out about the Strava v. Garmin lawsuit
For many high-impact runners, it feels like Mom and Dad are fighting. Strava, the popular fitness-tracking app, is suing the fitness wearable giant Garmin over alleged patent infringement…