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How tiny startup teams handle big privacy issues

Four social-impact startups reveal how they manage privacy laws and concerns—even if they’re not required to.
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Foster innovation, ethical tech with diverse teams

Civic Media head Ethan Zuckerman and others discuss how increasing team diversity can improve outcomes.
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Tech companies tried to help us spend less time on our phones. It didn’t work.

Ethan Zuckerman and other experts contextualize the real risks of the mobile internet.
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Ring’s hidden data let us map Amazon's sprawling home surveillance network

By Dell Cameron and Dhruv MehrotraAs reporters raced this summer to bring new details of Ring’s law enforcement contracts to…
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Twitter and Facebook want to shift power to users. Or do they?

DCI head Neha Narula offers perspective on the draw of decentralization.
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Parental leave isn’t just policy at my company—it’s a huge part of our culture, and here’s how

Alum Ben Waber talks about how the spinoff Humanyze has worked to create a culture that supports employees in taking parental leave.
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MITdesignX selects 2020 cohort

Ten multi-disciplinary teams join MIT’s design entrepreneurship accelerator.
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MIT Computational Law: "A Perspective on Legal Algorithms"

The first MIT Computational Law report features an essay by Sandy Pentland, head of the Human Dynamics group.
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How to foster innovation in your workplace

Here are proven thought starters for creating a business culture that nurtures disruptive change
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Innovator in chief

Moinina David Sengeh, PhD ’16, is trying to bring innovation into “the heart of government.”
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Joy Buolamwini and Amanda Nguyen chosen for TIME 100 Next 2019

Congratulations to Joy Buolamwini and Amanda Nguyen for being recognized in the "Advocates" category.
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Pranav Mistry appointed as President and CEO of STAR Labs an independent entity of Samsung Electronics

Computer scientist Pranav Mistry has been appointed as the President and CEO of STAR Labs .
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It's OK that Amazon will (likely) get the .amazon domain

Ito shares his thoughts on the difficulty of making the right decisions in the face of what, to the public, appears to be obviously wrong.
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Telepresent Drawings in Space

This project asks, how can we transmit experiences across space and time? The launching point of the project is to create a drawing that co…
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Six suborbital research payloads from MIT fly to space and back

Space Exploration Initiative research aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard experiment capsule crossed the Karman line for three minutes
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Open or closed? The answer is both.

Joi Ito tells Reid Hoffman what he learned about management, diversity, and openness from being a DJ in Chicago in the ‘80s.
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The death of curiosity

How your company is killing innovation.
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The evolution of AI research and the study of its social implications

Researchers find that, in published AI research, industry is overtaking academia, and the diversity of fields represented has declined.
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Orbit Weaver

Gravity anchors all existence on Earth.It pulls a chaotic world to one single point in every moment of life. Even though gravity is everywh…
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President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone visits MIT

Public talk outlines ambitious plans to make his nation a hub for technology and innovation.
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The 'Atlas of Inequality' maps micro-level segregation

MIT Media Lab’s new interactive “Atlas of Inequality” shows that “segregation is not just about where you live, but what you do."
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Making a path to ethical, socially-beneficial artificial intelligence

Leaders from government, philanthropy, academia, and industry say collaboration is key to make sure AI serves the public good.
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Supposedly ‘fair’ algorithms can perpetuate discrimination

"We must provide a mechanism for civil society to be informed and engaged in the way in which algorithms are used."
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Beware corporate ‘machinewashing’ of AI

Four Lab researchers caution against credulous acceptance of rosy humanistic pronouncements.
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How different types of knowledge impact the growth of new firms

Study explores the micromechanisms underlying regional economic diversification.