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The repair gurus at iFixit have created the soldering iron that you didn’t know you’ve always wanted. Read more

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. In February 2024, a broken utility pole brought down power lines near the small town of Stinnett, Texas. In the following weeks, the fire reportedly sparked by that equipment grew to burn… Read more

The release of WordLlama on Hugging Face marks a pivotal moment in natural language processing (NLP). This advanced language model is designed to offer developers, researchers, and businesses a highly efficient and accessible tool for various NLP applications. Its release is especially timely, given the increasing demand for AI-driven solutions across industries, from automated customer… Read more

Agentic AIs, a form of technology designed to run specific functions within an organization without human intervention, are gaining traction as enterprises look to automate business workflows, augment the output of human workers, and derive value from generative AI. Analyst firm Forrester named AI agents as one of its top 10 emerging technologies this year,… Read more

AdaptiveION co-founders Steve Davis and Ken Spangler are two former technology executives who know what it takes to build and lead a highly adaptive organization capable of thriving through change or disruption. As a managing director at Accenture, Davis led some of the largest agile transformations at global scale. Spangler’s leadership and vision as a… Read more

For years, Jason Rohrer put out bizarre, beloved video games. Now, with Project Skydrop, he launches (yes, today) the real-world treasure hunt of his dreams. Read more

AI safety frameworks have emerged as crucial risk management policies for AI companies developing frontier AI systems. These frameworks aim to address catastrophic risks associated with AI, including potential threats from chemical or biological weapons, cyberattacks, and loss of control. The primary challenge lies in determining an “acceptable” level of risk, as there is currently… Read more

A coordinated effort called “National Only Citizens Vote” has been rolled out this week by a coalition of people pushing conspiracy theories about immigrants voting in the November election. Read more

Bird flu has been spreading in dairy cows in the US—and the scale of the spread is likely to be far worse than it looks. In addition, 14 human cases have been reported in the US since March. Both are worrying developments, say virologists, who fear that the country’s meager response to the virus is… Read more

A startup says shipping meltwater from Greenland’s glaciers internationally will boost the local economy and could help ease water pressures in arid regions—but what does that actually mean for the world? Read more