Roundtables: Inside the “Censorship-Industrial Complex” Idea Shaping US Policy
Listen to the session or watch below The “censorship-industrial complex” is an idea that a network of government, tech, and research groups is collaborating to suppress conservative online speech.…
This was fodder for the right-wing information sphere for years—then i…
Watch a conversation exploring how it started, where it’s going, and w…
Speakers: Amy Nordrum, Executive Editor, Operations, and Eileen Guo, S…
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Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash
The police-tech giant Flock is announcing today that it will change officers’ access to its nationwide network of license plate readers, in an apparent effort to quell a growing backlash and win back contracts lost amid concerns about mass surveillance and police abuse.…
Several changes aim directly at a problem that has made recent headlin…
Flock’s 120,000 cameras form a nationwide network that police departme…
A recent Washington Post investigation found 46 cases in which officer…
What’s behind this summer’s heat, and why 2027 could be worse
This summer has been a scorcher for much of the Northern Hemisphere.June and July marked the hottest two-month stretch in Europe since record-keeping began.…
The contiguous US endured its hottest month on record in July.
South Korea saw its highest-ever recorded temperature.
The heat isn’t over yet, but some scientists are already looking ahead…
How RingCentral builds AI-native work from engineering to ops
See how RingCentral uses ChatGPT Work and Codex to accelerate AI product development and centralize operational intelligence across engineering and operations.
How we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineers
Next month, on September 8, MIT Technology Review will reveal its 2026 list of Innovators Under 35, recognizing 35 young people from around the world who are doing groundbreaking scientific work and building clever technical fixes for sticky problems.…
By finding the top young innovators globally and learning what they’re…
As a newsroom, we also use this exercise to help us spot rising talent…
The editors of MIT Technology Review published the first Innovators Un…
