Niall Firth
@niallfirth.bsky.social
Executive editor, newsroom. MIT Technology Review
A brilliantly-reported and vitally important investigation from us today. Jaw-dropping, heart-breaking findings.
So proud of the team, but especially @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @eileenguo.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
So proud of the team, but especially @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @eileenguo.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.
www.technologyreview.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A brilliantly-reported and vitally important investigation from us today. Jaw-dropping, heart-breaking findings.
So proud of the team, but especially @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @eileenguo.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
So proud of the team, but especially @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @eileenguo.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
I’m excited to be hosting this special Roundtables on Tuesday for subscribers- sign up!
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/11/1...
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September 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I’m excited to be hosting this special Roundtables on Tuesday for subscribers- sign up!
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/11/1...
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Excited to share this month's Big Story with you all from @technologyreview.com
It is the frankly incredible tale of a pastor and his wife who believed God wanted them to launch their own cryptocurrency.
This divine plan goes as well as you might suspect.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/10/1...
It is the frankly incredible tale of a pastor and his wife who believed God wanted them to launch their own cryptocurrency.
This divine plan goes as well as you might suspect.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/10/1...
God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything.
A pastor and his wife created a cryptocurrency and hawked it in Christian communities. When it came crashing down, investors lost millions―and they were accused of fraud.
www.technologyreview.com
September 10, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Excited to share this month's Big Story with you all from @technologyreview.com
It is the frankly incredible tale of a pastor and his wife who believed God wanted them to launch their own cryptocurrency.
This divine plan goes as well as you might suspect.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/10/1...
It is the frankly incredible tale of a pastor and his wife who believed God wanted them to launch their own cryptocurrency.
This divine plan goes as well as you might suspect.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/10/1...
As usual, the only thing you need to read on the OpenAI and math (s) controversy around its Millennium Prize breakthrough is on @technologyreview.com, from @gracehuckins.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/08/1...
What OpenAI’s latest controversy tells us about the future of math
AI companies are making impressive mathematical strides. Human mathematicians are losing out.
www.technologyreview.com
September 9, 2026 at 8:50 AM
As usual, the only thing you need to read on the OpenAI and math (s) controversy around its Millennium Prize breakthrough is on @technologyreview.com, from @gracehuckins.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/08/1...
Our new print magazine is out today: the kids issue.
Packed with great features, interviews, profiles, puzzles, all sorts! www.technologyreview.com/magazines/th...
Packed with great features, interviews, profiles, puzzles, all sorts! www.technologyreview.com/magazines/th...
The Kids issue
What does growing up in an age of chatbots and agents mean for kids' future? From the role AI plays in their day-to-day lives to how they cope with the existential dread that comes with climate change...
www.technologyreview.com
August 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Our new print magazine is out today: the kids issue.
Packed with great features, interviews, profiles, puzzles, all sorts! www.technologyreview.com/magazines/th...
Packed with great features, interviews, profiles, puzzles, all sorts! www.technologyreview.com/magazines/th...
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When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1...
How kids feel about AI, in their own words
Does an AI-filled future seem like promise or peril to today’s teens and tweens? We went right to the source.
www.technologyreview.com
August 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1...
When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1...
How kids feel about AI, in their own words
Does an AI-filled future seem like promise or peril to today’s teens and tweens? We went right to the source.
www.technologyreview.com
August 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1...
Big important story from @eileenguo.bsky.social and team.
Explains… a lot.
So proud of all involved.
Explains… a lot.
So proud of all involved.
W/ith @giselilla.bsky.social + @cargocultscientist.bsky.social, I delved into the origins of the “censorship-industrial complex” idea, how it went from the fringes of the online right to a driver of Trump2 policy, + what it means for the Internet.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...
How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy
Narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them?
www.technologyreview.com
August 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Big important story from @eileenguo.bsky.social and team.
Explains… a lot.
So proud of all involved.
Explains… a lot.
So proud of all involved.
Reposted by Niall Firth
Also thrilled to announce that Natalie Portman is developing my short story "Constellations" for film, thru her MountainA production company. I'm psyched at the prospect of her starring in it. "Constellations" appeared in the MIT Technology Review earlier this year (see today's pinned post for link)
July 23, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Also thrilled to announce that Natalie Portman is developing my short story "Constellations" for film, thru her MountainA production company. I'm psyched at the prospect of her starring in it. "Constellations" appeared in the MIT Technology Review earlier this year (see today's pinned post for link)
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AI is everywhere, all at once. How does that make you feel?
The era of AI malaise
AI is everywhere, all at once. How does that make you feel?
trib.al
July 22, 2026 at 11:34 AM
AI is everywhere, all at once. How does that make you feel?
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Defending a 1-0 lead inside our box for half an hour. Will it ever work? No. Will we do it every time? You bet
July 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Defending a 1-0 lead inside our box for half an hour. Will it ever work? No. Will we do it every time? You bet
What an LLM *actually* does can be different from what it *says* it's does, writes @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
"If Claude were a person (which it is not), you might say that these hidden words can reveal what’s on its mind before it actually speaks."
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/09/1...
"If Claude were a person (which it is not), you might say that these hidden words can reveal what’s on its mind before it actually speaks."
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/09/1...
Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts
A new technique has let the company probe deeper than ever into the weird workings of an LLM.
www.technologyreview.com
July 10, 2026 at 11:52 AM
What an LLM *actually* does can be different from what it *says* it's does, writes @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
"If Claude were a person (which it is not), you might say that these hidden words can reveal what’s on its mind before it actually speaks."
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/09/1...
"If Claude were a person (which it is not), you might say that these hidden words can reveal what’s on its mind before it actually speaks."
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/09/1...
Harry Kane post-match interview is me after being in any slightly noisy bar for an evening.
July 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Harry Kane post-match interview is me after being in any slightly noisy bar for an evening.
Really fun story about the tangible impact the mega bonuses that South Korea's tech companies are doling out are having on the nation's dating pool.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/06/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/06/1...
South Korea’s hottest new bachelors are chip workers
As payouts from the AI boom soar, a job at SK Hynix can put you at the front of the matchmakers’ queue.
www.technologyreview.com
July 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Really fun story about the tangible impact the mega bonuses that South Korea's tech companies are doling out are having on the nation's dating pool.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/06/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/06/1...
Try this for me. Ask a chatbot to pick a random number between 1-10. Bet it's 7!
Fascinating story about the lack of creativity or originality in LLM outputs from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/01/1...
Fascinating story about the lack of creativity or originality in LLM outputs from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/01/1...
LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.
Chatbots are far more predictable in their responses than you might expect. That's fine for research or coding, but it's a problem if you're looking for something new.
www.technologyreview.com
July 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Try this for me. Ask a chatbot to pick a random number between 1-10. Bet it's 7!
Fascinating story about the lack of creativity or originality in LLM outputs from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/01/1...
Fascinating story about the lack of creativity or originality in LLM outputs from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/01/1...
I had a pretty intense experience deep beneath the North Sea, which I wrote about here for @technologyreview.com's new Engineering issue.
Involves explosions, Norwegians and darkness.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/22/1...
Involves explosions, Norwegians and darkness.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/22/1...
Inside the world’s deepest and longest subsea road tunnel
Norway’s Rogfast is an exceptional engineering feat, opening a route for drivers deep below the North Sea. We went down to see it.
www.technologyreview.com
June 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
I had a pretty intense experience deep beneath the North Sea, which I wrote about here for @technologyreview.com's new Engineering issue.
Involves explosions, Norwegians and darkness.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/22/1...
Involves explosions, Norwegians and darkness.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/22/1...
Bob Dylan on ageing is unbelievable.
"You’re not rushing to become anything and you’re not haunted by things that you did. You’re haunted by how little of it really mattered in the way you thought it would."
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
"You’re not rushing to become anything and you’re not haunted by things that you did. You’re haunted by how little of it really mattered in the way you thought it would."
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
Opinion | Bob Dylan and Liza Minnelli Already Turned 80. They Have Thoughts for Trump.
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Bob Dylan on ageing is unbelievable.
"You’re not rushing to become anything and you’re not haunted by things that you did. You’re haunted by how little of it really mattered in the way you thought it would."
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
"You’re not rushing to become anything and you’re not haunted by things that you did. You’re haunted by how little of it really mattered in the way you thought it would."
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
Scientists have a word for how we sense ourselves from the inside: interoception.
New today @technologyreview.com
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/12/1...
New today @technologyreview.com
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/12/1...
Inside Interoception: The hidden sense of how you feel inside
Researchers are decoding how signals move between body and brain, with implications for how we understand and treat conditions from obesity to anxiety.
www.technologyreview.com
June 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Scientists have a word for how we sense ourselves from the inside: interoception.
New today @technologyreview.com
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/12/1...
New today @technologyreview.com
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/12/1...
You should all read this, the definitive piece on the Enhanced Games, from @amitkatwala.bsky.social. He writes: "On Sunday, May 24, at a $50 million arena built in a casino parking lot in Las Vegas, I witnessed a libertarian thought experiment come to life."
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/10/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/10/1...
The “steroid olympics” were a circus—and a window into our culture
Dozens of athletes on performance-enhancing drugs competed in the Enhanced Games. Organizers hope it'll sell a lot of peptides and other supplements.
www.technologyreview.com
June 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM
You should all read this, the definitive piece on the Enhanced Games, from @amitkatwala.bsky.social. He writes: "On Sunday, May 24, at a $50 million arena built in a casino parking lot in Las Vegas, I witnessed a libertarian thought experiment come to life."
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/10/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/10/1...
I'm doing this tomorrow at @sxsw.com London tomorrow, stop by!
Don’t miss this one! @MaryHubbard, Executive Director of @wordpress.org, heads to @sxsw.com London next week, and she’ll answer a crucial question: Who should control the world's most powerful technology?
Details on her panel alongside Joe Spisak, below. 🌎
Details on her panel alongside Joe Spisak, below. 🌎
June 1, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I'm doing this tomorrow at @sxsw.com London tomorrow, stop by!
Our reporter @michelletomkim.bsky.social (who also happens to be an attorney) was at the Musk vs OpenAI trial all week: here's her breakdown on why it ended with Musk losing. www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1...
Here’s why Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI
After three weeks of dueling testimony, the jury decided Musk had sued the AI giant too late.
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May 19, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Our reporter @michelletomkim.bsky.social (who also happens to be an attorney) was at the Musk vs OpenAI trial all week: here's her breakdown on why it ended with Musk losing. www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1...
Generative AI is exposing people’s real phone numbers—and there's not much anyone can do about it.
Scoop from @eileenguo.bsky.social.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1...
Scoop from @eileenguo.bsky.social.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1...
AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers
People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.
www.technologyreview.com
May 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Generative AI is exposing people’s real phone numbers—and there's not much anyone can do about it.
Scoop from @eileenguo.bsky.social.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1...
Scoop from @eileenguo.bsky.social.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1...
My brain is broken I think. This (very real) Harrison Ford commencement speech looks like AI to me, even though it's not. I see it everywhere!
www.nbclosangeles.com/video/news/n...
www.nbclosangeles.com/video/news/n...
Harrison Ford tells graduates to ‘go change the world' in inspiring speech
Actor Harrison Ford delivered an inspiring commencement speech at Arizona State University reflecting on his unlikely journey from struggling actor and carpenter to Hollywood icon, while encouraging g...
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May 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
My brain is broken I think. This (very real) Harrison Ford commencement speech looks like AI to me, even though it's not. I see it everywhere!
www.nbclosangeles.com/video/news/n...
www.nbclosangeles.com/video/news/n...
Conversations about sexualized deepfakes most often center on the faces that are being used in nonconsensual ways.
But who do the *bodies* belong to? And how does it feel?
Fascinating new Big Story from us @technologyreview.com today.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/14/1...
But who do the *bodies* belong to? And how does it feel?
Fascinating new Big Story from us @technologyreview.com today.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/14/1...
The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn
Adult content creators are having their performances used without consent. This is just one way that AI now threatens their rights and livelihoods.
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May 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Conversations about sexualized deepfakes most often center on the faces that are being used in nonconsensual ways.
But who do the *bodies* belong to? And how does it feel?
Fascinating new Big Story from us @technologyreview.com today.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/14/1...
But who do the *bodies* belong to? And how does it feel?
Fascinating new Big Story from us @technologyreview.com today.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/14/1...