From espionage to elections, from blackouts to data breaches, from million-dollar ransoms to staged supply-chain disruption; cyber warfare is transforming statecraft and national security policy. In this session, you’ll hear from Ben Buchanan, author of The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics, on the very real geopolitical pursuit of nation-state cyber advantage. Purchase your […]
Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ Event Roundup: New MacBook and Mac mini with M1 Apple Silicon, No AirTags
It has been a busy year for Apple as it concludes the ‘One More Thing’ event. In the past two months, Apple has hosted two events and announced a slew of new devices. Apple has finally pulled the wraps from its very own M1 Apple Silicon chip and unveiled a series of devices powered by […]
Covid testing, MIT style
MELANIE GONICK Seniors arriving on campus for the fall term headed to MIT’s custom-designed covid testing trailer, which lets caregivers swab noses using gloves protruding through height-adjustable panels. On August 31, MIT Medical administered over 2,700 tests—more than many states did that day—and topped that with a record 4,979 tests on September 14. Of the […]
Robotic surgery gives doctors new savvy
Jeffrey Gum remembers his early-career surgeries with wonder. “We dissected a lot of muscle off the bone,” says Gum, an adult and pediatric spine surgeon at the Norton Leatherman Spine Center in Louisville, Kentucky. That resulted in “more blood loss than we’d prefer and big reconstructive surgeries.” With a traditional, open surgery, a patient could […]
What Biden means for Big Tech—and Google in particular
Throughout his campaign to win the White House, president-elect Joe Biden has been relatively quiet about the technology industry. In a revealing January 2020 interview with The New York Times editorial board, Biden said that he wanted to revoke Section 230; suggested that he disagreed with how friendly the Obama administration became with Silicon Valley; […]
Republicans spent millions on last-minute voting ads on Facebook
On midnight of October 26, Facebook stopped accepting all new advertisements about “social issues, elections or politics in the US.” The intention was to prevent Facebook from being overwhelmed by a blitz of last minute ads that would require fact-checking, and to limit the ability of political groups to sow confusion or violence. Advertisers were […]
Apple Starts Shipping iPad Pro with 20W USB-C Charger
Apple has begun bundling a 20W USB-C power adapter with iPad Pro models. The new 20W USB-Charger was introduced alongside iPhone 12. Previously, the iPad Pro was sold with an 18W USB-C charger. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
How to Watch Tuesday’s Apple Event (It’s About Laptops)
The company will hold its third media event of the fall to announce the debut of Apple-made silicon in its computers. Powered by WPeMatico
Biden calls for major investments into carbon removal tech
President-elect Joe Biden wasted little time setting a new tone on climate change. On Sunday, one day after major outlets called the presidential election for the former vice president, the Biden-Harris transition team released documents laying out the incoming administration’s early priorities, including a blueprint for “tackling the climate crisis.” Most of the details were […]
Taking action for the common good
In 1979, a federally commissioned study led by meteorology pioneer and MIT professor Jule Charney helped alert the world to the processes driving global warming—at the time, a looming but not yet imminent threat. Today, climate change is no longer a challenge for some distant future; it is a present and accelerating crisis requiring swift, […]