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Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks

This is particularly problematic, says Krueger, for a site like Twitter, which can have unforeseen spikes in user traffic and interest at random. Krueger compares Twitter to online retail sites, where companies... Read more »

Where will AI go next?

The next breakthrough will likely come from multimodal AI models, which are armed with multiple senses, such as the ability to use computer vision and audio to interpret things, Eck told me. The... Read more »

YouTube wants to take on TikTok and put its Shorts videos on your TV

YouTube’s announcement follows TikTok’s own move into developing a TV app. First launched in February 2021 in France, Germany, and the UK and expanded into the United States and elsewhere in November... Read more »

YouTube wants to take on TikTok with Shorts videos for your TV

YouTube’s announcement follows TikTok’s own move into developing a TV app. First launched in February 2021 in France, Germany, and the UK and expanded into the United States and elsewhere in November... Read more »

The future of manufacturing is iterative, collaborative and data-driven

Data-driven transformation Another key digital transformation practice is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to automate, or at least streamline and simplify, product development. At Raytheon, teams leverage model-based engineering... Read more »

The Download: the best of Emtech 2022, and US midterm misinformation

Last week, MIT Technology Review brought together some of the world’s sharpest minds dedicated to developing the technologies that are changing the way we live. EmTech, our annual flagship event covering cutting-edge... Read more »

EmTech 2022: bridging the gap between humanity and the machines

09.45 As a society, we need a project, says McCourt. He wants to know where the innovation is, and where we can find the space for discussions regardless of politics, backgrounds, race... Read more »

The Download: Twitter’s user exodus, and fixing bridges

This story is from The Checkup, our new weekly newsletter covering everything you need to know that’s going on in the world of healthcare and biotech. Sign up to receive it in... Read more »

Here’s how personalized brain stimulation could treat depression

The resulting mood decoder enabled the researchers to identify how each of the volunteers was feeling on the basis of readouts from the electrodes in their brains. In theory, it should be... Read more »

How to develop “hard technology”

Bobby Murphy speaking at EmTech MIT 2022 “AR is a key component of our ability to drive engagement and enable people to do some fun and really exciting things,” he says. “It’s... Read more »