Young Chinese turn to AI pets for emotional relief
At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a…
The second wave of AI coding is here
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Alexa, should voice assistants have a gender?
Studies have long shown that men are more likely to interrupt, particularly when speaking with…
The Download: how to save social media, and “leftover” embryos
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity science
When you think of AI’s contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google…
Nintendo hopes to reprise blockbuster Switch with 2025 successor
Nintendo is betting on the 2025 release of a bigger, better version of its blockbuster…
Apple loses top spot in China smartphone sales to local rivals
Apple lost its status as the best selling smartphone brand in the crucial Chinese market…
TikTok shows dominance among young Americans amid looming US ban, new research reveals
Social media is widely viewed as dynamic, innovative and driven by the ethos to "move…
The Download: what’s next for Neuralink, and Meta’s language translation AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Deciding the fate of “leftover” embryos
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in…