The Technology Maturity Curve Steve Banker There are some young supply chain technologies that are getting a lot of buzz. But how mature are these technologies? Do they have a proven ROI?...
As everyone mulls their New Year’s resolutions for 2021, many developers will be thinking about the next step in their career, whether that involves mastering a new language or finally taking that move into management.Unlike many professions, software engineers...
If you read my recent scribe about feature flags, you will see that several of the companies mentioned seek to distinguish themselves by catering to developers. Vendors focus on them because developers have an outsized influence on what gets...
“The data is then held stored and shared proportionally with other retailers creating a bigger watchlist where all benefit,” a spokesperson for Facewatch says. Its website claims it is the “ONLY shared national facial recognition watchlist” and the watchlist...
Content that spreads doubt about vaccines is easy to find online. | Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Posts that discourage and make fun of Covid-19 vaccination are racking up engagement.
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The holidays are fast approaching, and while the coveted but extremely hard-to-get PS5 may be top of your to-buy list, there are a ton of other gift options for that special person who loves PlayStation. For some of the...
People will be on the move again. Technology will need to follow. getty This is the season for top-10 lists of predictions for the year ahead. Here is my one annual...
In the early 1970s, Steve Gorad ’63 had a successful career as a clinical psychologist. He was in charge of the alcohol unit at Boston State Hospital and had a private practice, but he was restless. “It wasn’t enough,”...
Looking back to the start of the pandemic, I am struck by our community’s formidable strength. In March 2020, we did not know what it would take to sustain MIT’s great mission through this crisis. Since then, we have...
From the choir rehearsal in Washington to family gatherings in Chicago, numerous covid-19 “superspreading” events have seen one person infect many others. MIT researchers who studied about 60 such events found that they have a much larger impact than...


















