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MIT’s damning report on Jeffrey Epstein attempts to exonerate its president

Prepared by the law firm Goodwin Procter, it appears to absolve many of MIT’s top leaders, while revealing new information about Professor Seth Lloyd’s deep involvement with the convicted sex offender.

MIT’s damning report on Jeffrey Epstein attempts to exonerate its president

Want to get rid of vacant storefronts? Let artists take over

Two MIT graduates start SpaceUs, a company that turns vacant storefronts and warehouses into creative destinations. Cue the giant inflated beehive.

Want to get rid of vacant storefronts? Let artists take over

Portland plans to propose the strictest facial recognition ban in the country

Portland, Oregon, aims to ban the use of the controversial technology not only by city government, but also by private companies.

Portland plans to propose the strictest facial recognition ban in the country

Your iPhone could help track disease—if you let researchers spy on you

Researchers want to use your cell phone’s location data to stop diseases from spreading. But at a time of data breaches, privacy violations, and lack of trust, they may not be ready to keep it safe.

Your iPhone could help track disease—if you let researchers spy on you

Bose is the latest tech company to expand into healthcare

The company is trying to solve persistent issues around sleep deprivation and hearing loss.

Bose is the latest tech company to expand into healthcare

Companies know upskilling is critical. That doesn’t mean they’re doing it right

“Upskilling” is a buzzy word for companies these days, but MIT’s Gianni Giacomelli says there’s a right and a wrong way to do it.

Companies know upskilling is critical. That doesn’t mean they’re doing it right

This is the new ‘blackest black’ in the world, and it was a complete accident

Its creators worked with artist Diemut Strebe to debut an art piece in which the substance was used to cloak a $2 million diamond.

This is the new ‘blackest black’ in the world, and it was a complete accident

To understand artificial intelligence in 2019, watch this 1960 TV show

Just four years into the AI era, an actor and an MIT professor explained the technology to a mass audience, in terms that are enduringly relevant.

To understand artificial intelligence in 2019, watch this 1960 TV show

MIT’s new color-changing ink lets you customize your stuff

With PhotoChromeleon, you can paint things once but change the color whenever you like, with the help of UV light.

MIT’s new color-changing ink lets you customize your stuff

The books of today have nothing on the scrolls of 2,300 years ago

New discoveries about the Dead Sea Scrolls reveal how they lasted for so long. For starters? A unique combination of salts and chemicals, developed more than two millennia ago.

The books of today have nothing on the scrolls of 2,300 years ago

Two MIT Media Lab scholars quit as Jeffrey Epstein connections emerge

“I cannot with integrity do that from a place with the kind of relationship that the Media Lab has had with Epstein,” writes Dr. J. Nathan Matias in a statement. “It’s that simple.”

Two MIT Media Lab scholars quit as Jeffrey Epstein connections emerge

MIT Media Lab director apologizes for accepting funds from Jeffrey Epstein

Joi Ito, head of the MIT Media Lab, apologized for taking investment money and donations from the now-deceased convicted sex offender.

MIT Media Lab director apologizes for accepting funds from Jeffrey Epstein

The wild, neural network-powered future of knitting

Meet InverseKnit, a new tool developed by MIT that lets anybody design a pattern on a computer to 3D print a knitted garment.

The wild, neural network-powered future of knitting

The buildings of the future are alive!

In the not-so-distant future, our homes could grow, live, breathe—and even reproduce.

The buildings of the future are alive!

Why MIT’s social tech incubator is launching an investment fund

MIT Solve is now going to start backing small, for-profit ventures taking on global issues, from access to clean water to the need for a circular economy.

Why MIT’s social tech incubator is launching an investment fund

The hidden way cabs could promote healthier cities

An MIT research team has discovered that taxi rides could give urban planners a cheap, effective way to monitor the health of a city.

The hidden way cabs could promote healthier cities

In the AI era, your voice could give away your face

MIT researchers trained a machine learning model to reconstruct a very rough likeness of someone’s face based only on a short audio clip.

In the AI era, your voice could give away your face

Ikea is quietly debuting robotic furniture

Ori, an MIT spin-off that designs motorized, shape-shifting furniture, is licensing its technology to the furniture giant.

Ikea is quietly debuting robotic furniture

Living machines: MIT’s former president on the next technology revolution

In her new book, “The Age of Living Machines,” Susan Hockfield argues that we have entered a new era of scientific innovation in America.

Living machines: MIT’s former president on the next technology revolution

MIT’s bold plan to save the Maldives–and the world

Using submersible devices to harness the forces of nature, these researchers believe they can build artificial reefs around the world’s islands and coastlines.

MIT’s bold plan to save the Maldives–and the world

Impact

Which U.S. cities’ transportation networks are doing the best for the climate?

This new Ikea store has zero parking spaces

In this new neighborhood, every building will be made entirely out of wood

Creativity

Watch this YouTuber’s creative correction of the nightmarish character design in ‘Cats’

What Beyoncé’s Ivy Park x Adidas launch means for the new age of celebrity brands

How Amazon’s new movie ‘Troop Zero’ got its magical realism

Co.Design

Ceramics get a futuristic makeover

Unlike Ikea, this easy-to-assemble couch won’t test your relationship

Move over, princesses. These girls’ clothing brands glorify science

Work Life

These are the 5 most common office injuries

4 signs you might be more ageist than you think

4 ways to get over the new-job jitters