Pie Day 2026
Ellie’s Pi Day post: How Ellie orchestrated the baking of 30 pies:
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Jacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners
MIT Associate Professor Jacob Andreas of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [EECS] and MIT Associate Professor Brett McGuire of the Department of Chemistry have been selected as the winners of the 2026 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award. Established in…
Bringing AI-driven protein-design tools to biologists everywhere
Artificial intelligence is already proving it can accelerate drug development and improve our understanding of disease. But to turn AI into novel treatments we need to get the latest, most powerful models into the hands of scientists. The problem is…
Russia-linked Grinex crypto exchange suspends operations after cyber attack
Grinex, a crypto exchange linked to Russia, has halted operations. This follows a cyber attack where assets worth 1 billion roubles were stolen. The exchange claims foreign intelligence services were involved. Grinex was previously sanctioned by the US, UK, and…
Making AI operational in constrained public sector environments
The AI boom has hit across industries, and public sector organizations are facing pressure to accelerate adoption. At the same time, government institutions face distinct constraints around security, governance, and operations that set them apart from their business counterparts. For…
Our investors ignored, disrespected us: Udemy cofounder opens up about sale to Coursera
Airing his frustration over the startup’s sale to rival Coursera, Gagan Biyani said in a social media post that 15 years of investor-led decisions led to the sale of the company at its 2021 IPO valuation of under $3 billion.…
The Download: NASA’s nuclear spacecraft and unveiling our AI 10
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. NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work? Just before Artemis…
Anthropic appoints Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to Board
AI major Anthropic has appointed Vas Narasimhan to its Board of Directors, in a move that further elevates the company’s emphasis on responsible deployment of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and life sciences.
Q&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AI
The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) was founded in 1950 in response to “a new era emerging from social upheaval and the disasters of war,” as outlined in the 1949 Lewis Committee Report. The report’s findings emphasized…
Human-machine teaming dives underwater
The electricity to an island goes out. To find the break in the underwater power cable, a ship pulls up the entire line or deploys remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to traverse the line. But what if an autonomous underwater vehicle…