Fertility treatments can be undesirable for transgender men, as they involve pausing gender-affirming hormone therapy and undergoing potentially distressing procedures such as female hormone treatments and vaginal exams.  New evidence suggests combining two existing techniques for the first time could help sidestep those issues. The process involves removing pieces of a transgender man’s ovary, extracting…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Hackers linked to China have been targeting human rights groups for years The news: A hacking group linked to China has spent the last three years targeting human rights organizations, think tanks, news…

A hacking group linked to China has spent the last three years targeting human rights organizations, think tanks, news media, and agencies of multiple foreign governments, according to a revealing new report from the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.  The report, shared exclusively with MIT Technology Review, offers new clues about how private contractors and front…

Ransomware, hackers, and nation-state threat actors have long dominated security teams’ focus. These external threats often feel more urgent and more dangerous, carrying greater potential consequences for the business. There’s no question about intent—it’s malicious. From a psychological perspective, it’s straightforward for security teams to identify the enemy and prepare for a fight. But what…

When Ollie’s mother, Katie, was nine weeks pregnant, her obstetrician-gynecologist’s office in Boulder, Colorado, offered her a special $100 price on a new prenatal blood test that she was told could detect major chromosomal hiccups such as Down syndrome and trisomy 18. She and her husband agreed—who can say no to a deal?—with one caveat.…

A heritage financial services institution isn’t necessarily the first place a technologist looks to grow their career. But that hasn’t been a problem for JPMorgan Chase, which has made itself an appealing career destination for technologists. “Technology is not an afterthought,” says Gill Haus, chief information officer of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan Chase.…

Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Enis Huseyin, chief information officer at Australian Military Bank, talks about the bank’s cloud-based transformation journey and its initiative around open banking. Click here to continue.

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Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Conversational AI technologies are entering an era of hyper-personalized, multimodal assistants that are empathetic, inclusive, and immersive. Enterprises should take a gradual approach to conversational AI, increasingly moving toward complex features with continuous incremental advancements. Click here to continue.

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Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Sunil Senan, senior vice president, and data and analytics service offering head at Infosys, and Chris Degnan, CRO at Snowflake, sit down with Lisa Martin and Dave Vellante at the Snowflake Summit 2022 to discuss how Infosys and Snowflake are helping…

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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These scientists are working to extend the lifespan of pet dogs—and their owners Matt Kaeberlein is what you might call a dog person. He has grown up with dogs and describes his German…

Sabra Klein is deeply aware that sex matters. During her PhD research at Johns Hopkins University, Klein learned how sex hormones can influence the brain and behavior. “I naively thought: Everybody knows hormones can affect lots of physiological processes—our metabolism, our heart, our bone density. It must be affecting the immune system,” she says. But…

Matt Kaeberlein is what you might call a dog person. He has grown up with dogs and describes his German shepherd, Dobby, as “really special.” But Dobby is 14 years old—around 98 in dog years. “I’m very much seeing the aging process in him,” says Kaeberlein, who studies aging at the University of Washington in…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Deep learning can almost perfectly predict how ice forms The news: Researchers have used deep learning to model more precisely than ever before how ice crystals form in the atmosphere. Their paper, published…

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which marks the US’s largest-ever investment in climate and clean energy at nearly $400 billion, is a clear environmental victory. But just how far that funding will go in cutting carbon emissions is yet to be seen, and the results are far less certain that some have claimed.  Estimates…

Researchers have used deep learning to model more precisely than ever before how ice crystals form in the atmosphere. Their paper, published this week in PNAS, hints at the potential to significantly increase the accuracy of weather and climate forecasting. The researchers used deep learning to predict how atoms and molecules behave. First, models were…