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Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is often cited as the most innovative square mile in the world. But when the Kendall Square Association gathered local stakeholders for its 18th Annual Meeting Thursday, the conversation focused on innovation primarily in the context of community.The event, which took place at the nonprofit startup incubator The Engine, attracted people from across Cambridge, including business leaders, elected officials, local residents, and students, for a night of local food and conversation about the advance of technologies like artificial intelligence and what they mean for society.“How can we make AI not an enemy of work, but…

The roads have eyes, and MapQuest can now show you where they are. The navigational app added a feature this week that lets you discover where Flock cameras and other automatic license plate readers are in your neighborhood and beyond. In a post on Bluesky, MapQuest said its app shows locations of license plate readers from Flock and many other companies — Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada and more. To activate the feature, open the MapQuest app, tap the Layers icon and turn on the Surveillance option. You will then see…

Before being fired five days into her stint as White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia spent much of the day attempting to explain her past.Throughout her brief tenure, Zacharia’s resume was the source of much intrigue. Foremost was the fact that despite claiming to be an attorney for much of her career, she never actually passed the California bar, as she was eventually forced to admit. Another element of her professional history, WIRED reported, was a role as an affiliate marketer for Beachbody, a fitness MLM.WIRED has now uncovered new details of her relationship to an AI-powered rare earths mining…

Singapore is a key hub for AI companies The global AI boom is gathering pace, and Singapore is emerging as a key hub for companies looking to expand their presence in the region. Over the past year, more AI firms have set up shop here, bringing with them a growing number of job opportunities—and increasingly competitive salaries. Just two days ago, on Oct 14, Anthropic opened its Singapore office, its fifth in Asia-Pacific and first in Southeast Asia. It previously had nine roles listed across finance, sales, applied AI, marketing and economic research. In Aug, OpenAI was reportedly in talks…

The drumbeat over how safe artificial intelligence is — or more to the point, isn’t — just keeps louder. In the wake of weeks of incidents involving rogue agents, with likely more to come, more government officials are calling for regulation, even if President Trump says it’s not needed. Several states are suing OpenAI over harms to kids. And even many people in tech are calling for more controls, including several hundred AI researchers worried about cybersecurity issues and Microsoft President Brad Smith, who says AI is less regulated than a carton of milk. One big issue: Who gets to…

Compare published lead generation company prices, acquisition costs, and channel benchmarks in 2026, with source dates, sample sizes, and metric definitions. When it comes to lead generation, the model may seem like a black box to a decision-maker. From whom should you buy and what are the metrics you need to judge a company by? Agencies are notorious for hiding information from buyers to make the partnership work best for them, economically. Often conversion metrics are hidden or manipulated. Or there are hidden clauses in the SLAs that may be evoked conveniently. Even promises are backtracked. For leaders that don’t…

When corporate leaders discuss climate strategy, the message that still dominates is that, despite competing priorities and external pressures, sustainability matters. According to the 2026 State of Supply Chain Sustainability report from the MIT Sustainable Supply Chain Lab, which surveyed 1,810 supply chain professionals across 91 countries, 83 percent rate sustainability as important or very important to long-term business success, the highest level in the report’s seven-year history.But commitment, the report reveals, is not the same as capacity. While 59 percent of respondents report becoming more committed to sustainability following recent U.S. policy shifts that deprioritize environmental concerns, the same organizations…

A Prime 360 replay shows a Lakers-Pacers play from a court-level angle. (Amazon Image) Amazon is bringing a new AI-powered camera system to the court as the tech giant gets ready to tip off its second season of basketball coverage on Prime Video. Called Prime 360, the technology uses an array of high-resolution cameras positioned around the arena to capture plays from multiple angles. Amazon’s proprietary AI models then process the footage to create highlight replays that the company says traditional cameras can’t replicate. The feature will appear during live games and as an analysis tool on the pregame, halftime…

Any flying vehicle that weighs more than 250 or so pounds would need to go through an FAA approval process and require clearance to operate in the national airspace, says Michael McCormick, a former FAA official who now heads the Air Traffic Management program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Getting that certification, he predicts, could take “at least a year.” Your standard drivers license, meanwhile, wouldn’t cut it. Any Tesla owner piloting such a vehicle would likely have to obtain a recreational aviation license.Actually taking off and landing the Roadster 2 would likely present its own set of issues. Most states…

Watch the new Roadster make crazy jumps. Screenshot by Aaron Souppouris (Tesla) Tesla’s Roadster launch event was pretty exciting to say the least, with loads of car stunts that we enjoyed watching. The Roadster first appeared during the event at the bottom of C-shaped ramp. It drove up — twice — and stopped at the top of the ramp perpendicular to the ground, hanging upside-down. After the second time, the car jumped off the ramp, rolled over, and safely hovered to the ground, thanks to its cold-gas thrusters that use technology borrowed from SpaceX. Real life, baby…