Nobel Prizes are rarely awarded without controversy. The prestige usually hatches a viperous nest of critics who deride the credentials of the winner, complain about the unmentioned collaborators who’ll be sidelined by history, or point to the more deserving recipients who’ve been unfairly snubbed. So when the Norwegian committee decided to award the 2020 Nobel […]
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What’s the deal with Texas suing Google?
So what happened? Texas and nine other Republican-led states have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company has monopolized digital advertising—including through anti-competitive agreements with Facebook. Google, the suit alleges, not only connects ad buyers and sellers, it operates the exchange and manipulates the rules and algorithms to favor its own results. […]
Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy
A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising. Powered by WPeMatico
Russia’s Hacking Frenzy Is a Reckoning
Despite years of warning, the US still has no good answer for the sort of “supply chain” attack that let Russia run wild. Powered by WPeMatico
How to Pick the Right Roku for Your TV
The company has a dizzying array of streaming sticks, boxes, TVs, and speakers to choose from, but don’t worry—these are the ones to buy. Powered by WPeMatico
China just brought moon rocks back to Earth for the first time in its history
China’s Chang’e 5 mission successfully delivered samples of lunar rock and dust to Earth on December 17. It marks the first time in 44 years that moon rocks have been brought back to our planet, since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 mission in 1976. It’s also the first time China has ever pulled off a […]
Guess which states saw the most election disinformation in 2020
On November 3, Tina Barton ran into a problem. It was Election Day in the US and Barton, a Republican, was city clerk for Rochester Hills, Michigan, a conservative-leaning community near Detroit. As her team was uploading voting results, a technical issue resulted in the double counting of some votes. The error wasn’t initially realized, […]
Building a self-driving car that people can trust
Over the past year, we’ve seen a rise in robotaxis and autonomous vehicle use. Companies such as Waymo, Cruise, and Baidu have all made strong headway as industry pioneers. In China specifically, 2020 headlines regularly featured major autonomous vehicle announcements, such as the public launch of Baidu Apollo robotaxi services in the cities of Beijing, […]
Digital acceleration in the time of coronavirus: Europe
This MIT Technology Review Insights report is part of a series examining the degree to which business preparedness, particularly in technology strategy, contributed to corporate resilience during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in three world regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America. Based on survey research and in-depth executive interviews, the series also seeks to understand how […]
Digital acceleration in the time of coronavirus: Asia-Pacific
This MIT Technology Review Insights report is part of a series examining the degree to which business preparedness, particularly in technology strategy, contributed to corporate resilience during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in three world regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America. Based on survey research and in-depth executive interviews, the series also seeks to understand how […]