WBD says Paramount’s new, higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix’s
Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today. Amid a competing offer from...
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Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid
On Tuesday, the US Energy Information Administration released full-year data on how the country generated electricity in 2025. It’s a bit of a good news/bad news...
Read moreAnthropic accelerates its Cowork enterprise play
When it’s not distracted by negotiations with the Pentagon, Anthropic’s focus has long been on the enterprise. On Tuesday, it launched a set of new connectors...
Read moreDatabases weren’t built for agent sprawl – SurrealDB wants to fix it
AI agents don’t slot neatly into the way enterprise data stacks were designed. A typical agent needs transactional state (e.g., what just happened), long-term memory, similarity...
Read moreJust pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures
MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can spring up from a flat sheet of interconnected tiles with a single pull...
Read moreA retinal reboot for amblyopia
In the vision disorder amblyopia (or “lazy eye”), impaired vision in one eye early in life causes neural connections in the brain’s visual system to shift...
Read moreA new way to rejuvenate the immune system
As people age, their immune function weakens. Owing to shrinkage of the thymus, where T cells normally mature and diversify, populations of these immune cells become...
Read moreA I-designed proteins may help spot cancer
Researchers at MIT and Microsoft have used artificial intelligence to create molecular sensors that could detect early signs of cancer via a urine test. The researchers...
Read moreReformulated antibodies could be injected for easier treatment
Antibody treatments for cancer and other diseases are typically delivered intravenously, requiring patients to go to a hospital and potentially spend hours receiving infusions. Now Professor...
Read moreVine-inspired robot fingers can reach out and grab someone
In the horticultural world, some vines are especially grabby. As they grow, the woody tendrils can wrap around obstacles with enough force to pull down fences...
Read moreRecent books from the MIT community
Launching from the Lab: Building a Deep-Tech StartupBy Lita Nelsen ’64, SM ’66, SM ’79, former director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office, and Maureen StancikBoyce,...
Read moreA boost for manufacturing
Several years ago, Suzanne Berger was visiting a manufacturing facility in Ohio, talking to workers on the shop floor, when a machinist offered a thought that...
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