A lifetime of teaching the maths behind AI to generations

For more than six decades, Gilbert Strang stood at a chalkboard at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He taught ...

Former MIT president says the US is losing the innovation race to China

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with L. Rafael Reif, former president of MIT, about his recent essay in Foreign Affairs, "America Is Losing the Innovation Race: Why the Future of Science Might Be Chinese." ...
Indiatimes

Meet Patrick Winston: MIT professor whose one-hour lecture stayed packed for 40 years and it wasn’t about STEM

For decades at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one lecture stood out not for equations or algorithms, but for a skill that quietly shapes success across every field. Delivered by Patrick ...
9to5Mac

Perplexity’s Personal Computer is a cloud-based AI agent running on Mac mini

Apple’s Mac mini is back in the AI headlines. Last month, Perplexity released its own version of the OpenClaw “personal AI assistant” idea with a feature called Perplexity Computer. Now the company is ...
ZDNet

Is Perplexity's new Computer a safer version of OpenClaw? How it works

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
WGBH

MIT requires every student to know how to swim. But why?

The legend on MIT’s campus goes that students once had to leap into the Charles River and swim across its dirty water without stopping to graduate. That was never true. But the institution does ...
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An MIT computer predicted societal collapse around 2040

In the 1970s, MIT researchers built a computer model to simulate the future of human civilization. It predicted that resource depletion, pollution, and population growth would converge around 2020, ...
WBUR

Lock it down or let it be: MIT students mull campus security after professor's killing, Brown shooting

As MIT resumed classes this week, security was top of mind for some students still reeling after last semester ended with one of its famed professors fatally shot off-campus days after a mass shooting ...
eWeek

MIT Just Solved AI’s Memory Problem (And It’s Brilliantly Simple)

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...
Fox News

Brown, MIT shootings may have stemmed from suspect’s failures, fixation on scientist’s success: report

New details are emerging about the suspected gunman in the killings of an MIT scientist and two Brown University students, with a top Portuguese nuclear fusion official telling the Daily Mail the ...
Time

Suspect in Brown University and MIT Shootings Found Dead. Here’s What We Know

A team of FBI agents arrive on the scene at the Extra Space Storage facility on December 18, 2025. The Brown University shooting suspect was found dead inside a storage unit there. Reporter A man ...