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LVMH’s Bernard Arnault Funds New Math Institute at École Polytechnique
MATH WIZZ: Bernard Arnault’s family holding company Agache is investing 50 million euros to fund the creation of a new institute for…
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“Toy Story 5” Won’t Leave Kids to Their Own Devices
Ingeniously, Stanton and Harris weaponize a foundational conceit of the “Toy Story” universe—that inanimate objects can have freedom of…
Fashion
Disney accused of misusing facial recognition technology
A visitor has filed a $5-million lawsuit against Disneyland for allegedly failing to properly disclose the use of facial-recognition…
Business
Verneek’s Deep Technology Tackles Retail Issues
Retailers have a problem — they’re technologically “siloed.” So says Dr. Nasrin Mostafazadeh, chief executive officer of Verneek, a “deep”…
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The Age-Old Urge to Destroy Technology
Our go-to tale of resistance to technology is the story of the Luddites: In England in the early nineteenth century, skilled weavers and…
Business
Is It Wrong to Write a Book with A.I.?
And yet the value of a novel isn’t only in its prose. On Amazon, “Shy Girl” has a rating of four out of five stars, based on input from…
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Why You Hate Your Weather App
In March, we expect mercurial weather—intrat leo, exeunt agnus—but this March has taken things to an extreme. In Washington, D.C., where I…
Culture
How Digital Tools Are Transforming Home Design
In the past, designing your home, or even redesigning an existing living space, was a complex process that often involved hiring…
Culture
Future-Proofing Your Tech Stack: A Strategic Guide to the Magento-to-Shopify Transition
Let’s be honest: Magento is getting heavy. There’s a certain kind of technical debt that creeps up on you slowly. One day your Magento…
Lifestyle
Charlie Smith Talks Nothing’s India Flagship, Partnership Pipeline
LONDON — Smartphone-maker Nothing on Saturday unveiled its 5,032-square-foot flagship in India‘s tech hub Bengaluru. Inspired by ’70s…
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These historic computing labs teach kids what technology was like before phones, social media, and the cloud
In 2021, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee history professor Thomas Haigh began teaching a course on the history of computers. Haigh, the…
Business
Liftoff Mobile IPO: Stock listing date nears for Blackstone-backed advertising technology startup
Liftoff Mobile, a California-based mobile app marketing provider, announced on Thursday that it plans to launch . . . into the public…
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EXCLUSIVE: House of Modo Launches New Smart Glasses Brand EyeFly
MILAN — A new player in the growing smart glasses category is bound to fuel competition in that market, which HSBC Holdings Plc analysts…
Fashion
CEO Luca de Meo Outlines Tech Ambitions for Kering
PARIS — As luxury brands double down on their history to woo back consumers, Kering chief executive officer Luca de Meo wants to nudge…
Business
L’Oréal Launching its First Global Tech Hub, in India
PARIS – L’Oréal is investing more than 350 million euros in its first global tech hub, which is located in Hyderabad, India. The project…
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European shares extend record run on technology, financial gains
EUROPEAN shares scaled a new record high on Thursday, boosted by technology and financial stocks as investors assessed several positive…
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Samuel Ross Rides on Fashion-tech Boom, Joins Whoop as Investor and Global Creative Director
LONDON — Fashion designer Samuel Ross has joined the Boston-based wearable devices maker Whoop as an investor, as well as its global…
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Radar Pumps Up Management
Radar Ranks: Radar, the tech firm using overhead RFID and AI to track and locate store inventory, has pumped up its management with…
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Aura Blockchain Consortium Appoints Lalique Executive CEO
MILAN – The Aura Blockchain Consortium has named Marcel Härtlein its new chief executive officer and general secretary. Härtlein was…
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Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025
One year ago, Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, made a bold prediction: “We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents ‘join…
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MIT Technology Review’s most popular stories of 2025
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. Understanding AI’s energy use was a huge global conversation…
Fashion
‘Agon’ Director Giulio Bertelli on How He Got Mubi To Board His Offbeat Allegorical Drama on Sports, Technology, and War
First-time Italian director Giulio Bertelli, who is fashion designer Miuccia Prada’s son, made what is probably this year’s most offbeat…
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Can You Reclaim Your Mind?
Modernists like Woolf developed an attitude, which T. S. Eliot called “impersonality,” meant to reclaim their mental lives from the habits…
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The Download: the worst technology of 2025, and Sam Altman’s AI hype
Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. We like to think there’s a lesson…