Data centers remain standout industry for Schneider Electric
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<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Schneider Electric’s </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://cdn.builder.io/o/assets%2F87a13b564d504489a60e78515594f31e%2F2c0cee49c41140c2a8c4a03b941f3d17?alt=media&a…
DPR opens new Silicon Valley HQ, establishes tech-forward prefab lab
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<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>DPR Construction has said goodbye to its old headquarters in Redwood City, California, and moved abou…
AI boom propels Nvidia to record $215B in annual revenue
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<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Soaring demand for AI drove another growth spurt for Nvidia during the </span></span></s…
Bridging the operational AI gap
The transformational potential of AI is already well established. Enterprise use cases are building momentum and organizations are transitioning from pilot projects to AI in production. Companies are no longer just talking about AI; they are redirecting budge…
The Download: Earth’s rumblings, and AI for strikes on Iran
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. Listen to Earth’s rumbling, secret soundtrack The boom of a calving glacier. The crackling rumble of a wildfi…
Data centers propelled Turner to record $29.2B in revenue in 2025
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<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Turner Construction reported record financials for 2025 on the back of hyperscaler data center builds…
The Download: The startup that says it can stop lightning, and inside OpenAI’s Pentagon deal
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. This startup claims it can stop lightning and prevent catastrophic wildfires Startup Skyward Wildfire…
Front-loading the future
<p>How construction data is reshaping architectural design</p>
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This startup claims it can stop lightning and prevent catastrophic wildfires
On June 1, 2023, as a sweltering heat wave baked Quebec, thousands of lightning strikes flashed across the province, setting off more than 120 wildfires. The blazes ripped through parched forests and withered grasslands, burned for weeks, and compounded what …
Snaptrude AI: conceptual design and beyond
<p>Snaptrude has been pouring its AI investment into the conceptual and schematic design phases</p>
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AI, design, and re-shaping the AEC industry
<p>AI could consolidate AEC firms, reshape design practice and elevate full-stack designers, transforming BIM into an intelligent, integrated decision hub</p>
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BIMnopoly
<p>Does the rise of physical AI mean the end of format monopolies in AEC?</p>
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AEC Magazine March / April 2026
<p>We dive deep into the future of AI in AEC - exploring the rise of agentic BIM and lots more</p>
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The orchestrated future of AEC
<p>AI in AEC isn’t about chatbots; it’s about orchestrating agents around a live ‘Building State’ to compound expertise</p>
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Building data foundations for the future
<p>AEC firms looking to put AI to work need first to focus on organising their data</p>
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AI in AEC: collapse cognition, not geometry
<p>If AI is going to matter in AEC, it should not begin with prettier geometry.</p>
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From information to intelligence
<p>The future of building design isn’t AI versus humans — it’s AI working with AEC specialists to scale and preserve expertise</p>
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Rethinking the BIM platform
<p>From modelling tool to intelligence layer that continuously validates models</p>
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Architecture: the missing AI middle
<p>AI is reshaping architecture at the extremes of massing and viz, but the profession’s value remains in the missing middle</p>
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Design-to-build in the age of AI
<p>Allplan is charting a measured path where openness, data sovereignty, and automation underpin its design-to-build strategy</p>
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Rewriting the rules
<p>How Autodesk’s EULA shift reshaped the AI training debate</p>
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Startup aims to get construction firms paid faster
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The quest for speedier payment bedevils many businesses but those in the construction trades might suffer even longer lags. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared
On February 28, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal that will allow the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. CEO Sam Altman said the negotiations, which the company began pursuing only after the Pentagon’s public reprimand of Anthrop…
The Download: protesting AI, and what’s floating in space
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. I checked out one of the biggest anti-AI protests ever Pull the plug! Pull the plug! Stop the slop!…
I checked out one of the biggest anti-AI protests yet
Pull the plug! Pull the plug! Stop the slop! Stop the slop! For a few hours this Saturday, February 28, I watched as a couple of hundred anti-AI protesters marched through London’s King’s Cross tech hub, home to the UK headquarters of OpenAI, Meta, and Google…
MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting
The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting category. The shortlisted story—“We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard”—is part …
WSP cautions against ‘AI hysteria’ on Q4 earnings call
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>WSP’s business model is not in danger of becoming obsolete as the construction industry transitions from “AI euphoria to AI hysteria,” CEO Alexandre L’Heureux told investors during the firm’…
The Download: how AI is shaking up Go, and a cybersecurity mystery
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. AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think Ten years ago AlphaGo, Google DeepMind’s AI program, stu…
AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think
Burrowed in the alleys of Hongik-dong, a hushed residential neighborhood in eastern Seoul, is a faded stone-tiled building stamped “Korea Baduk Association,” the governing body for professional Go. The game is an ancient one, with sacred stature in South Kore…
Finding value with AI and Industry 5.0 transformation
For years, Industry 4.0 transformation has centered on the convergence of intelligent technologies like AI, cloud, the internet of things, robotics, and digital twins. Industry 5.0 marks a pivotal shift from integrating emerging technologies to orchestrating …
The Download: how America lost its lead in the hunt for alien life, and ambitious battery claims
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. America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance ro…
This company claims a battery breakthrough. Now they need to prove it.
When a company claims to have created what’s essentially the holy grail of batteries, there are bound to be some questions. Interest has been swirling since Donut Lab, a Finnish company, announced last month that it had a new solid-state battery technology, o…
Roundtables: Why 2026 Is the Year for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Listen to the session or watch below Sodium-based batteries could be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion, and the technology is finally making its way into cars—and energy storage arrays on the grid. Sodium-ion batteries are one of MIT Technology Revi…
Autodesk invests $200M in AI startup
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<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>San Francisco-based contech giant Autodesk has </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="htt…
NXT BLD 2026: a decade of looking around corners
<p>With design automation, AI, and data-driven approaches set to reshape AEC, NXT BLD has never felt more important </p>
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The Download: introducing the Crime issue
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. Introducing: the Crime issue Technology has long made crime and its prosecution a game of cat and mouse. But …
Innovation on the move
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority moves hundreds of thousands of people across Greater Boston each day—thanks to a vast system of buses, trains, and ferries that depends on coordination among thousands of employees. In this storied transit syste…
A boost for manufacturing
Several years ago, Suzanne Berger was visiting a manufacturing facility in Ohio, talking to workers on the shop floor, when a machinist offered a thought that could serve as her current credo.  “Technology takes a step forward—workers take a step forward…
Recent books from the MIT community
Launching from the Lab: Building a Deep-Tech StartupBy Lita Nelsen ’64, SM ’66, SM ’79, former director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office, and Maureen StancikBoyce, SM ’91, SM ’93, PhD ’95, with Sophie Hagerty MIT PRESS, 2026, $35 Empty Vessel: The …
Reformulated antibodies could be injected for easier treatment
Antibody treatments for cancer and other diseases are typically delivered intravenously, requiring patients to go to a hospital and potentially spend hours receiving infusions. Now Professor Patrick Doyle and his colleagues have taken a major step toward refo…
A?I-designed proteins may help spot cancer
Researchers at MIT and Microsoft have used artificial intelligence to create molecular sensors that could detect early signs of cancer via a urine test. The researchers developed an AI model to design short proteins that are targeted by enzymes called proteas…
A retinal reboot for amblyopia
In the vision disorder amblyopia (or “lazy eye”), impaired vision in one eye early in life causes neural connections in the brain’s visual system to shift toward supporting the other eye, leaving the amblyopic eye less capable even if the original impairment …
Just pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures
MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can spring up from a flat sheet of interconnected tiles with a single pull of a string. The technique could be used to make foldable bike helmets and medical devices, emergency shelt…
OpenSpace Field launches for construction teams
<p>Platform combines on-site imagery, AI and Procore / ACC integration to create and manage tasks</p>
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Accelerating concept to visualization with Veras 4.0
<p>Veras 4.0, powered by Nano Banana Pro, uses gen AI to bring a design vision to life</p>
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Suffolk bolsters semiconductor division with new hire
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>As builds in the booming semiconductor and advanced technology sectors gain more prominence, Suffolk is bolstering its presence in the market with a new hire.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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The future of preconstruction isn’t more software. It’s a connected platform.
<p><span><span><span><span>Walk into most preconstruction departments today, and you’ll see no shortage of the use of technology. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>There is software for takeoffs. Another system for estimating.…
Exclusive eBook: The great Al hype correction of 2025
2025 was a year of reckoning, including how the heads of the top AI companies made promises they couldn’t keep. In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you’ll learn more about why we may need to readjust our expectations. This story is part of the Hype…
Eric Trump invests in $1.5B drone manufacturer, construction merger
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<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Eric Trump is one of a handful of investors backing drone manufacturer Xtend and real estate development and construction company JFB Construction Holdings’ </span></span></span></span>…
The Download: Microsoft’s online reality check, and the worrying rise in measles cases
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. Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online AI-enabled deception now permeates our onl…