MIT Is Experimenting With Wild Hydrogen-Powered Motorcycles Recent years have ushered in a heightened interest in hydrogen, and MIT’s Electric Vehicle Team is pursuing a hydrogen-powered electric motorcycle. RideApart · Feb 12, 2024
Your humble webcam could allow hackers to spy on you night and day — and no, a piece of tape simply won't be enough Got auto-brightness? Your device’s ambient light sensor could be putting you at risk. TechRadar · Feb 5, 2024
MIT researcher proves you could output Doom on a bacteria-powered 1-bit display, and it'd only take 600 years to beat A buttery smooth .00003 frames per second. PC Gamer · Feb 3, 2024
Turkey arrests seven suspected of selling information to Israel’s Mossad Turkey has warned Israel of ‘serious consequences’ if it tries to hunt down Hamas members inside its borders. Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2024
Astronomers witness 18 ravenous black holes ripping up and devouring stars Astronomers have discovered 18 new cases of black holes ripping up and devouring stars, more than doubling the number of known tidal disruption events found in the local universe. Space · Jan 31, 2024
Something 'fishy' is happening with the Milky Way's dark matter halo Stars around the outskirts of our galaxy may hint at a secret about the Milky Way's dark matter. Space · Jan 29, 2024
Human workers still have one crucial advantage over AI - but you might not be happy to hear what it is MIT study finds AI is too expensive for us to benefit from, and it could take decades before it threatens human workers. TechRadar · Jan 23, 2024
New Devialet Phantom I speaker heralds Chinese Year of the Dragon The Devialet Phantom I by Yang Bao and Wa Liu is a limited edition of the brand’s flagship speaker, a celebration of the Chinese Year of the Dragon Wallpaper · Jan 23, 2024
The future of EV batteries? Lamborghini licenses new organic, fast-charging battery tech – and it could trickle down to cheaper EVs New research from MIT has culminated in novel EV battery technology that uses organic material as a cathode, rather than cobalt and nickel. TechRadar · Jan 22, 2024
Following review, Business Insider stands by reports on wife of ex-Harvard president's critic Business Insider says it is satisfied with the fairness and accuracy of stories that made plagiarism accusations against the wife of a hedge fund billionaire who was active in the ousting of Harvard President Claudine Gay The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024
Ackman Harvard attack backfires on wife "It certainly appears that the focus was never really about antisemitism and protecting students," scholar says Salon · Jan 13, 2024
With spy raids, Turkey warns Israel not to seek Hamas revenge on Turkish soil Turkish security forces this month detained dozens of people across the country accused of spying for Israel. The highly publicised raids are seen as a warning to Israel not to target Palestinians on Turkish soil, after Ankara insisted it would itself reign in anyone suspected of involvement in the 7… Radio France Internationale · Jan 13, 2024
Jewish students sue Harvard over charges of antisemitism Plaintiffs accuse the university of tolerating harassment, assault and intimidation of Jewish students The Guardian - US · Jan 12, 2024
Lawsuit filed against Harvard, accusing it of violating the civil rights of Jewish students Several Jewish students have filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of tolerating antisemitism that has resulted in them being intimidated, harassed and assaulted The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024
Reason · Jan 11, 2024 Professor Quits Because Some Students Have Bad Beliefs I read with interest Mauricio Karchmer's Why I Quit My Dream Job at MIT, published Tuesday in The Free Press; but its perspective struck me as rather alien to the very nature of a modern secular American university. The author begins by pointing to what he sees as MIT's inadequate…
The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024 Cardona praises Dartmouth culture in allowing freedom of expression, keeping students safe President Joe Biden’s education chief praised Dartmouth College’s culture including central role of students in discussions as way to navigate difficult issues like the the Israel-Hamas war
Fortune · Jan 10, 2024 Yale management professor: ‘Harvard’s board is guilty of 5 key failures. Here’s how to avoid repeating them’ 'Being the home of case studies, perhaps Harvard is not used to being their subject,' writes Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.
Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2024 OPINION - Harvard and Claudine Gay’s total car crash has woken an old force in America Harvard is on fire. The zenith of the American meritocracy and the dream of climbers everywhere started to burn after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel when a marching minority of students and groups of vocal faculty took up the Palestinian cause, confounding many of its students, their parents…
The Guardian - US · Jan 9, 2024 Media now in Bill Ackman’s sights after wife embroiled in plagiarism row Billionaire vows to tackle ‘problems with how our media operates’ after Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism in PhD thesis
Reason · Jan 8, 2024 Hell Hath No Fury Plus: Nuking the Hamptons, upcharging the autists, tearing down the statues, and more...
Fortune · Jan 7, 2024 Bill Ackman suggests AI-powered plagiarism checks will cause ‘incredible embarrassment’ in academia "Every faculty member knows that once their work is targeted by AI, they will be outed," wrote the billionaire investor.
Kiplinger · Jan 7, 2024 Want to Retire Happily? Plan for Leisure and Purpose Strive for relaxation, connection and purpose to retire happily.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024 Claudine Gay’s ousting reveals that the messenger is still an easier target than the message The head of Harvard’s fate was sealed when she became the focus of a culture war battle over antisemitism, plagiarism and free speech
Top News · Jan 6, 2024 Harvard President accused of failing to address campus anti-Semitism Join the conversation on college campus antisemitism and the resignation of Claudine Gay, with Hillel International CEO Adam Lehman, exploring how universi...
The Guardian - US · Jan 6, 2024 Wife of financier who called for Harvard head’s exit faces plagiarism allegations After Claudine Gay was ousted amid accusations of plagiarism, Neri Oxman was accused of copying from Wikipedia in dissertation