The State of AI: Is China about to win the race?
The State of AI is a collaboration between the Financial Times & MIT Technology Review examining the ways in which
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How to measure the returns on R&D spending
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming
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Why the AI moratorium’s defeat may signal a new political era
The “Big, Beautiful Bill” that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4 was chock full of controversial policies—Medicaid
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Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics
A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a sweeping effort to uncover all
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We need targeted policies, not blunt tariffs, to drive “American energy dominance”
President Trump and his appointees have repeatedly stressed the need to establish “American energy dominance.” But the White House’s profusion
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US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated, say officials
The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is about to be eliminated, two State Department
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How the federal government is tracking changes in the supply of street drugs
In 2021, the Maryland Department of Health and the state police were confronting a crisis: Fatal drug overdoses in the
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DOGE’s tech takeover threatens the safety and stability of our critical data
Tech buzzwords are clanging through the halls of Washington, DC. The Trump administration has promised to “leverage blockchain technology” to
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How the Pentagon is adapting to China’s technological rise
It’s been just over two months since Kathleen Hicks stepped down as US deputy secretary of defense. As the highest-ranking
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