Judge: MIT can redact info in Swartz documents
9 days ago
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton wrote in the decision Monday that disclosure could expose MIT employees, law enforcement officials and others to harassment and retaliation.
New technology propels 'old energy' boom
19 days ago
"Suddenly, out of nowhere, the world seems to be awash in hydrocarbons," says Michael Greenstone, an environmental economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Oil drilling technology leaps, clean energy lags
21 days ago
"Suddenly, out of nowhere, the world seems to be awash in hydrocarbons," says Michael Greenstone, an environmental economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
MIT: Hoax caller cited revenge for activist death
84 days ago
Swartz killed himself in New York last month while awaiting trial on charges he used MIT's computer network to illegally download academic articles.
MIT on lockdown after reports of armed gunman
89 days ago
MIT said in a statement Saturday that several law enforcement agencies have responded.
Powers of prophesy: Davos looks to the future
117 days ago
"MENTAL ILLNESS UNDERSTOODEdward Boyden, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who directs a neural engineering research group, says new technologies for analyzing...
Practically human: Can smart machines do your job?
118 days ago
"What's different to me is the raw amount of data out there because of the Web, because of these devices, because we're attaching sensors to things," says McAfee, principal research scientist at...
Swartz' death fuels debate over computer crime
129 days ago
He allegedly hid a computer in a computer utility closet at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and downloaded the articles before being caught by campus and local police in 2011.
Reddit co-founder dies in NY weeks before trial
129 days ago
In 2011, he was charged with stealing millions of scientific journals from a computer archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in an attempt to make them freely available.
College 'charm schools' offer lessons for aspiring professionals
140 days ago
"Students don't really know what's meant by professional dress, whether it's a young lady wearing a skirt that's way too short or a young man whose pants aren't really tailored," MIT's Hamlett said.