Nanette Byrnes
MIT Tech Review
Cambridge, MA, United States
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The Business Issue
What it takes to be one of our “50 Smartest Companies.” → Read More
Tim Cook: Technology Should Serve Humanity, Not the Other Way Around
In an exclusive interview, the CEO of Apple talks about artificial intelligence in iPhones and why he doesn’t want to talk about the future. → Read More
Treating Addiction with an App
Using smartphone data and artificial intelligence to track and interpret behavior, a Chicago startup is attempting something extraordinary: predicting and preventing relapse into drug use. → Read More
Competing with the Chinese Factory of 2017
Deep manufacturing expertise and extensive supply chains give China a lead that will be tough to overcome. → Read More
Moscow Billboard Targets Ads Based on the Car You’re Driving
The rise of digital billboards spawns the idea of targeted highway ads, with tests in the U.S. planned for this summer. → Read More
An AI-Fueled Credit Formula Might Help You Get a Loan
Startup ZestFinance says it has built a machine-learning system that’s smart enough to find new borrowers and keep bias out of its credit analysis. → Read More
As Goldman Embraces Automation, Even the Masters of the Universe Are Threatened
Software that works on Wall Street is changing how business is done and who profits from it. → Read More
Five things Tim Cook could plan on doing for yet another successful year at Apple
This might be some of what’s on the Apple chief executive’s mind in 2017. → Read More
Bill Gates and friends have $1 billion to invest in clean energy technologies, but where will they put it?
A Bill Gates-led initiative to fund breakthroughs in clean energy will find it challenging to identify enough great opportunities. → Read More
Twitter May Have Predicted the Election
The votes for Brexit and Donald Trump contradicted pollsters, but some researchers say Twitter was sending accurate signals all along. → Read More
If you’re just starting your online holiday shopping on Cyber Monday, you are way behind
Online sales are grabbing a bigger piece of holiday shopping, and retailers aren’t waiting until Cyber Monday to offer big deals. → Read More
Amazon’s Push in India Starts to Deliver
The e-tailing giant learned some hard lessons from its failure to hit it big in China, and it’s putting them to use in the subcontinent. → Read More
Helsinki Hopes This App Will Make People Ditch Their Cars
The city is testing a platform that lets users plan a trip combining public and private transportation options. → Read More
How the Bot-y Politic Influenced This Election
Nearly 20 percent of all election-related tweets come from an army of influential robots. → Read More
If voters are intimidated or stuck in ultra-long lines, this group will be monitoring social media to capture it
A team of hundreds will scour the Web for signs of voter intimidation and poorly functioning polling places. → Read More
This $1 Trillion Industry Is Finally Going Digital
In our world of global trade, shipping cargo is one of the most complex tasks, and one of the least connected. → Read More
Top Stories
Your guide to what matters in technology news today. → Read More
The Latest Driverless Car Startup Aims to Make Women Half Its Workforce
The CEO of NextEV’s U.S. operations, Padmasree Warrior, sees opportunity in a crowded field. → Read More
An inside look at how automation and robots are transforming work in a manufacturing town
Greenville, South Carolina, has bet its future on high-tech manufacturing. Who wins and who loses in this increasingly automated economy? → Read More
GE’s Bridge Over the “Valley of Death” for Innovation
The manufacturing giant just put a $73 million R&D facility next to a 48-year-old turbine factory. The goal is better, faster innovation. → Read More