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3 best practices for cloud security monitoring

As powerful as the cloud may be, it’s not magic. If you have a problem before you transition to the cloud, it won’t… just go away once you make the switch. Cloud... Read more »

How to conduct proper AWS vulnerability scanning in 3 steps

AWS provides a set of security controls to protect its own infrastructure, but it’s important to be aware that… the security of the individual servers is the responsibility of the client —... Read more »

Enhancing agent experience with AI contact centers

Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Contact centers hold significant value for businesses, but they often have to deal with a disengaged workforce and... Read more »

Crypto is weathering a bitter storm. Some still hold on for dear life.

Algorithmic stablecoins, however, are different. They are a DeFi experiment that aren’t pegged to fiat money and don’t hold collateral assets to stabilize their value. Instead, they are usually supported by a... Read more »

OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science

Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, pushes that analogy himself. “I think 2026 will be for AI and science what 2025 was for AI in software engineering,” he said at a... Read more »

The first human test of a rejuvenation method will begin “shortly” 

Life Biosciences has been among those struggling companies. Initially formed in 2017, it at first had a strategy of launching subsidiaries, each intended to pursue one aspect of the aging problem. But... Read more »

Stratospheric internet could finally start taking off this year

AALTO Because of its unique geography, Japan is a perfect test bed for HAPS. Many of the country’s roughly 430 inhabited islands are remote, mountainous, and sparsely populated, making them too costly... Read more »

The Download: OpenAI’s plans for science, and chatbot age verification

—Will Douglas Heaven In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s technology has upended a remarkable range of everyday activities at home, at work, and in schools. Now OpenAI is making... Read more »

Inside OpenAI’s big play for science 

That wasn’t the case a year or so ago. Since it announced its first reasoning model, o1, in December 2024, OpenAI has been pushing the envelope of what the technology can do.... Read more »

Why chatbots are starting to check your age

This question has taken on new urgency recently thanks to growing concern about the dangers that can arise when children talk to AI chatbots. For years Big Tech asked for birthdays (that... Read more »

The power of sound in a virtual world

If a meeting participant on the other side can manage to parse the words that you’re saying, they’re not likely to speak up and say, “Hey, I’m having a little bit of... Read more »

The Download: why LLMs are like aliens, and the future of head transplants

—Antonio Regalado This story is from the latest print issue of MIT Technology Review magazine, which is all about exciting innovations. If you haven’t already, subscribe now to receive future issues once... Read more »

The Download: chatbots for health, and US fights over AI regulation

1 The US is dismantling itselfA foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck its standing in the world. (Wired $)  + We need to talk about whether Donald Trump might... Read more »

Measles is surging in the US. Wastewater tracking could help.

After all, wastewater contains saliva, urine, feces, shed skin, and more. You could consider it a rich biological sample. Wastewater analysis helped scientists understand how covid was spreading during the pandemic. It’s... Read more »