CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * AI shapes autonomous underwater "gliders" * Marine scientists have long marveled at how animals like fish and seals swim so efficiently despite having different shapes. Their bodies are optimized for efficient, hydrodynamic aquatic navigation so they can exert minimal energy when traveling long distances. Autonomous vehicles can drift through the ocean in a similar way, collecting  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * A Viral Marriage Proposal Raises Privacy Questions in the Social Media Age BU professors from COM and LAW on the debate sparked by a bystander-captured video of a private moment along the Charles River By Alene Bouranova A recent viral video captured along the Charles River is raising questions about just how much privacy we are all entitled to in our hyper-digital world. The 16-second video goes like this  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Changing the conversation in health care * Generative artificial intelligence is transforming the ways humans write, read, speak, think, empathize, and act within and across languages and cultures. In health care, gaps in communication between patients and practitioners can worsen patient outcomes and prevent improvements in practice and care. The Language/AI Incubator, made possibl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: * * * Circle and OKX partner to deepen USDC liquidity worldwide Agreement paves the way for OKX to integrate 1:1 USD to USDC and USDC to USD conversions on its global trading platform, enhancing trading options for OKX's 60+ million global customers * VALLETTA, Malta & NEW YORK, NY, July 9, 2025 -- Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) and OKX have partnered to dee  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Collaborating with the force of nature * Common sense tells us to run from molten lava flowing from active volcanoes. But MIT professors J. Jih, Cristina Parreno Alonso, and Skylar Tibbits -- faculty in the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Planning -- have their bags packed to head to southwest Iceland in anticipation of an imminent volcanic eruption. The  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Implantable device could save diabetes patients from dangerously low blood sugar * For people with Type 1 diabetes, developing hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is an ever-present threat. When glucose levels become extremely low, it creates a life-threatening situation for which the standard treatment of care is injecting a hormone called glucagon. As an emergency backup, for case  more

ALBANY, New York, July 10 -- The New York State Department of Financial Services issued the following news release on July 9, 2025: * * * Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris and Five Other State Regulators Secure $4.2 Million Settlement from Wise US, Inc., for Inadequate Anti-Money Laundering Program The New York Department of Financial Services Partnered with Massachusetts, Texas, California, Minnesota, and Nebraska Regulators to Hold Wise Accountable for Compliance Failures * NEW YORK -- Th  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, July 9 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * PC Shipments Remained Strong in Q2 Signaling Vendors Getting Ahead of Tariff Deadlines, according to IDC In line with IDC's forecast, Q2 results show continued dynamism, but tariff jitters are starting to be felt in the US * NEEDHAM, Mass., July 8, 2025 - PC shipments during the second quarter of 2025 grew 6.5% from the prior year, wit  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Processing our technological angst through humor * The first time Steve Jobs held a public demo of the Apple Macintosh, in early 1984, scripted jokes were part of the rollout. First, Jobs pulled the machine out of a bag. Then, using speech technology from Samsung, the Macintosh made a quip about rival IBM's mainframes: "Never trust a computer you can't lift." There's a reason Jobs  more