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This secretive Cambridge lab is tackling the world’s daunting challenges. Just don’t ask about the four-legged robot.

Applied Invention is working on mind-boggling initiatives such as a mechanical clock designed to last 10,000 years, or torpedo-like underwater drones to gather data from the ocean.

DraftKings to add a new fee on winning bets in four states

For now, the surcharge is not coming to Massachusetts, but it will hit New York and Vermont bettors.

The power of beer cans: Boston startup says it can unleash the energy stored in aluminum

The company, Found Energy, says its technology produces heat, steam, and hydrogen while returning the metal back to the raw materials from which it was made. Those materials, in turn, can be used to make more aluminum.

How the Google antitrust ruling may influence tech competition

After years of little enforcement, antitrust activism has taken off over the past few years.

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Streaming TV rate hikes: Here we go again

Astronauts, including one from Needham, may not be able to return from space station until next year

Why Google’s antitrust defeat might not matter

Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million cars in China for a remote software fix

Microsoft says Delta was largely responsible for flight cancellations

TECH POWER PLAYERS 50

Introducing the top New England CEOs, venture capitalists, and founders of 2024
Our third annual ranking highlights leaders who make the region's technology scene vibrant and vital. The list tells a story about where the industry stands and what the big opportunities are in a challenging climate.

No. 1: How Klaviyo founders Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen followed the Boston startup formula

More women are taking on top roles in the local startup scene

These graphics capture the mixed bag that was the Boston tech sector in 2023

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TECH LAYOFFS

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector
Dozens of companies have reduced their workforces, ranging from the regional offices of the tech giants to startups that have only been in a business a few years.

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Inside the last company building boats in Boston

Along the Mystic River, Boston Boatworks continues a tradition that reaches back centuries to the construction of the USS Constitution and the clipper ships built in Donald McKay’s shipyard.

The housing market is a nightmare. An Andover startup wants to use robots to help fix it.

Reframe Systems wants to leverage robots working alongside humans in an assembly line to build small houses in a factory and then truck the houses to a site.

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Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance

The seismic decision could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies.

Elon Musk sues OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before ‘the benefit of humanity’

Founders Sam Altman and others named in the suit “intentionally courted and deceived Musk, preying on Musk’s humanitarian concern about the existential dangers posed by artificial intelligence,” according to the complaint.

CrowdStrike hits back in heated spat with Delta over global tech outage

In a letter sent to Delta on Sunday, CrowdStrike’s lawyers pushed back against claims that it was solely responsible for the thousands of flights the airline canceled following the outage.

Who’s really at the wheel for Uber and Lyft? In many ways, AI.

Trial testimony revealed that the ride-hailing apps' algorithms can predict how much riders in certain situations might be willing to pay, and how much compensation drivers might accept.

Justice Department sues TikTok, accusing the company of violating a children’s online privacy law

The latest lawsuit alleges that TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance violated federal law by not obtaining parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13.

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

Dozens of companies have reduced their workforces, ranging from the regional offices of the tech giants to startups that have only been in a business a few years.

Digital healthcare company Amwell cut more than 100 jobs

The company employed 1,104 people at the end of 2023, according to its annual report.

Suno strikes back in AI music fight

The Boston-based company said in its response to a lawsuit that it has the right to use copyrighted music recordings to train its software, which can generate new tunes in almost any musical genre.