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This issue explores the many ways technology is transforming our relationships. What will really matter in the long run? That’s the question we tackle each year as we compile this annual list ... Emerging technology news & insights | AI, Climate Change, BioTech, and more
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Powering AI is an architecture problem
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1008+ words) Moving power protection up the voltage stack, outside the building, and into the power path doesn't just solve outages; it changes density, permitting timelines and backup power economics. The AI power debate is mostly about generation: more turbines, more solar,…...
Can the US battery market untangle from China?
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (787+ words) Energy storage is currently booming, largely thanks to cheap Chinese cells. The US is hitting records for the rapid growth of its energy storage market. That’ll go a long way to shoring up the grid, increasing reliability and also cutting…...
Batteries just broke another record in the US
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (380+ words) Huge grid-scale batteries are thriving, but smaller residential systems have lagged. Battery installations hit a new record in the US in the second quarter of 2026. In total, 20.2 gigawatt-hours of new capacity came online, according to a new report. That’s enough…...
This founder is teaching chips how to recycle (their energy)
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (386+ words) Hannah Earley wants to bring an old idea about creating energy-efficient computers into the mainstream. “It’s clear they have something interesting,” says Igor Markov, a researcher in electronic design automation and a former professor at the University of Michigan, Ann…...
This founder is making cheaper, cleaner steel
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (462+ words) Laureen Meroueh developed a method that cuts the costs—and the emissions—of steelmaking. The steel industry isn’t exactly known for innovation. Very little has changed about purifying iron ore since the process was invented and commercialized in the 1850s. The…...
The Download: rethinking child safety and fossil-fueled farming
1+ week, 2+ day ago (739+ words) Plus: New York City has banned AI in elementary and middle schools. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. These tools have had…...
The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants
2+ week, 1+ day ago (817+ words) Plus: A judge has blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. I knew I’d officially become a…...
How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should
2+ week, 1+ day ago (440+ words) Utilities are lowering energy bills in exchange for more control over your electricity use. Here’s how to get involved. MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Your thermostat may not look like a power plant. Neither…...
The next big thing in hydrogen could be underground
3+ week, 2+ day ago (595+ words) Is this the 21st-century gold rush? There’s a hunt for new sources of hydrogen, and the gas (or at least the right conditions to make it) could be hiding beneath our feet. Hydrogen can be used as a fuel in…...
How much hydrogen awaits us underground?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (329+ words) The global gold rush for underground stores of hydrogen fuel continues. But researchers are still sorting out how much of the stuff there is. Decades later, Sherwood Lollar, who is a geochemist at the University of Toronto, revisited the team’s…...