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Mat Honan reposted thisMat Honan reposted thisFreelance #WritingOpportunity: MIT Technology Review is seeking pitches for an upcoming print issue. The theme is Kids. We're looking for pitches for longer pieces: narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays. Please note we cast a wide net with these themes. Whatever the idea, we’re looking for strong stories with a clear technology angle. *This call is aimed primarily at journalists*, but if you're an expert with an incisive idea, please feel free to reach out. The pitch deadline is Friday April 3. If you haven't seen it yet, please review our pitch guide (https://lnkd.in/ghW8vbiT). It includes general pitching advice, word rates, my e-mail address, and other helpful details. Image: Hugo Salmson, Interior with children playing cards
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Mat Honan reposted thisMat Honan reposted thisThe 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 our Power Hungry package on AI’s energy burden.MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reportingMIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting
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Mat Honan reposted thisMat Honan reposted thisMIT Technology Review is thrilled to announce that this story, which offers a first-of-its-kind look at AI's energy use and climate impact, is a National Magazine Awards finalist in the Reporting category. For six months, our team of reporters and editors worked to uncover the extent of AI’s energy footprint. The result is an unprecedented look at the state of AI’s energy and resource usage, where it is now, where it is headed in the years to come, and why we have to get it right. Read the story: https://trib.al/esVaQkaWe did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
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Mat Honan reposted thisMat Honan reposted thisSo proud that MIT Technology Review has been shortlisted in the Reporting category in this year's prestigious American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) awards! Kudos to James O'Donnell and Casey Crownhart and everyone involved! (Shortlisted story in the comments.) https://lnkd.in/eqKqBRYr
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Mat Honan reposted thisMat Honan reposted thisDavos Log File Day 1: Mountains, Minds, and Meaningful Connections 🏔️ Stepping into Davos for the first time this year during the World Economic Forum, I was curious what to expect in a so fragmented world where dialogue is more than needed. As traveling by train, I found the Bloomberg WEF daily briefings (available in the WEF Forum Live App if you are registered participant) to be an incredible start. If you’re looking for a sharp, concise way to stay informed, I highly recommend their podcast as well available on any major platform. https://lnkd.in/eNSUNA76 My Highlights from a busy Day 1: • Women in AI Breakfast: A huge thank you to the AI House Davos for the networking session broadening perspectives and tapping into new ideas. Beyond the brilliant networking, a special shout-out to tastelab zurich for the delicious snacks that fueled our conversations! • Most insightful session was for me on protecting what’s human, Creativity and Identity in the Age of Memes and Deepfakes Thank you, Nicholas Thompson, and the panelists Mat Honan, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and Emi Kusano for the critical and humorous insights. I must admit, I was particularly fascinated and distracted by Emi’s, little emotional support AI ✨ • We ended the day at the AMERON Davos Swiss Hotel for the World Women Leaders reception. Reconnecting with former colleagues and meeting so many inspiring women working for shaping a positive future. Looking ahead to Day 2: Today is extra special for me. For the first time, I am joined by my daughter. I am so excited for her to experience the unique spirit of the mountains and the energy of this special place. Ping we if you want to meet 🙌🏼☺️ 🚀 #WEF26 #Davos #WomenInAI #Leadership #AI #Sustainability #FutureOfWork KPMG Switzerland KPMG
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Mat Honan reposted thisMat Honan reposted thisI'm honored to report this important story for the first issue of Nature Health, the newest journal in the Nature Portfolio: https://lnkd.in/d4UGVWyY In 2025, there was a lot of talk about the devastating US aid cuts for health in Africa and how to reimagine global health. But when you ask, who will pay for global health going forward, nobody seems to know. I examined the financing crisis facing global health and how African leaders are rethinking dependence on international donors toward a more sustainable, self-reliant funding mechanisms. Political will in Africa is essential, not just money. “If the presidents are not involved and committed, you cannot get it done,” Magda Robalo, the former minister of health of Guinea-Bissau told me. Many thanks to the dozen of global health leaders + researchers who talked to me. Office of the President, Republic of Ghana Magda Robalo Angela Esi Apeagyei (Micah) Vincent Okungu, PhD Olusoji Adeyi Catherine Kyobutungi Hon. Keith Martin MD, PC #GlobalHealth #AccraReset
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Mat Honan reposted thisMat Honan reposted thisAI has a power problem and data centers have an approval problem. Why are data centers suddenly so controversial? After two weeks immersed in AI, starting with participating in the New York Energy Forum panel “AI Shaping the Global Future: Geopolitics, Macroeconomics and Energy” to leading a 3-day program on AI leadership in Abu Dhabi, the issues of power, infrastructure, scale and politics were common themes. Two must read pieces reinforced: • A smart MIT Technology Review essay by Mat Honan on the growing backlash against data centers ⬇️ • New Bloomberg reporting by Josh Saul, Leonardo Nicoletti, Demetrios Pogkas, Dina Bass and Naureen S. Malik showing sharp electricity price increases near major data-center hubs Both point to something bigger. Data centers have moved from background infrastructure to the backbone of U.S. growth. And once infrastructure becomes visible and critical, it becomes political. In this week’s Energy Common Sense, I explore: ▪️ Why AI has pushed data centers from megawatts to gigawatts ▪️ Why electricity is becoming the binding constraint ▪️ Why rising power bills and local opposition are accelerating ▪️ And why getting this wrong risks U.S. economic competitiveness in the AI race This isn’t about defending data centers or dismissing community concerns. It’s about understanding what’s actually happening and why it matters now and a lot. Full piece in this week’s Energy Common Sense: https://lnkd.in/e_q9K38j Chloe Demrovsky Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD Amy Jaffe Maahi Gupta Saskia Salak Rachel Ziemba NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs NYU School of Professional Studies https://lnkd.in/eq_cU7z6
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Mat Honan shared thisHello from Davos, Switzerland where I’m in town to attend the World Economic Forum annual meeting. I’ll be going to lots of meetings, and moderating a few panels, some of which you can catch online. First up, on Tuesday: Scaling AI, Now Comes The Hard Part, featuring the CEOs of Royal Philips, ARAMCO, Visa and Accenture Ireland. That’s followed on Wednesday by The Intelligent Co-worker, a panel on working with AI where I will be in conversation with the CEOs of BCG, HP, Amini, Hippocratic AI and Workera. You can catch all the highlights as well as reports from the scene in my newsletter, The Debrief as well as on technologyreview.com And if you’ll be in Davos, please say hello. https://lnkd.in/gQ3a78ap
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Mat Honan shared thisEvery year since 2001, MIT Technology Review has published a list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. These are technologies we feel are poised to change the world. We spend months working on the list, batting around ideas, haggling over which entires should make the cut, and having lots of good-natured arguments. It's a really fun, thoughtful process and forces us to focus on the biggest changes happening in tech. It's out in the world today, and I'm so happy for you to get to see it. Let me know what you think? https://lnkd.in/gJgxefWs #ai #biotech #climate #energy #space
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Thanks for sharing this. Life can be so hard sometimes. I want you to know how much respect and admiration I came to have for you during the time we worked together, even though it was very brief. And I definitely do think you are making this world a better place.
I’ve had very many dark days and nights of my own, and tried to work hard on my own anxiety and depression, not that I know what your struggle is or am trying to compare mine to yours. But I am always available to talk if you are ever having a tough moment, or a moment of doubt, and just want to chat.
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Mat Honan reacted on thisMat Honan reacted on thisThank you to Katie Robertson and the NYT for highlighting WIRED's subscription growth and the fearless work that our journalists do every single day. I'm a very, very proud boss and colleague, and consider myself incredibly fortunate to hold this position, champion their work, and have Conde Nast's support every step of the way. In an era where most media companies are behaving like cowards, I'm lucky to work for one of the few that does the opposite. (And one more time for the tech bros in the back: No, I don't care if you like it.) https://lnkd.in/e3EpDzKj
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Mat Honan reacted on thisMat Honan reacted on thisThis week, I started a new role leading communications at Block! It came down to the purpose and the opportunity ahead, and of course the sharp, thoughtful, and cool people I met along the way. Block's brands—Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL (and more!)—share a common and important purpose: economic empowerment. Each creates more access for more people, but as an ecosystem work together to strengthen local economies and help businesses and communities thrive. Feels great to be a part of that work. I'm only five days in and still getting my bearings, but I feel energized by the team, excited about the work ahead, and grateful for the chance to help shape the next chapter of the Block story.
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Mat Honan reacted on thisMat Honan reacted on thisI'm not at Business Insider anymore—got laid off in June—but one of the last things I got to do was join a big investigative team that had been grinding for months on a huge story: the mostly-secret nationwide build-out of data centers, huge warehouses of computational power, primarily to support artificial intelligence. Big companies and big money coming together to use land, water, and electricity, pollute, and generally remake the American built landscape, to fuel what could be a transformative technology. It was a real pleasure to join those folks writing this tale, and now the prestigious George Polk Awards agree that it was worth the effort. The team won the Polk for environmental reporting, well-deserved, making me even more fortunate to have been a part of it—some still at BI, some not, all great. Hannah Beckler, Dakin Campbell, Rosemarie H., Narimes P., Rosalie Chan, Jake Swearingen, Esther Kaplan—great to have worked with y'all (and plenty of others, forgive me) on this. https://lnkd.in/g_UPsKgR
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Mat Honan liked thisI'm going to be speaking at this free Linkedin Live event later today with my two brilliant colleagues Grace Huckins and Caiwei Chen. Make sure you register - we've got loads to cover!Mat Honan liked thisWhat Comes After the LLMs? The industry is organized around LLMs: tools, products, and business models. Yet many researchers believe the next breakthroughs may not look like language models at all. Join us on March 3 to explore emerging directions that could define AI’s next era.
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Mat Honan liked thisMat Honan liked thisI am back in North America for another tour starting today through the next three weeks, with long-awaited stops in LA and Canada and many other cities 🥳 🙌🏼 I will also be making tour and speaking stops this year in the UK & Europe, Africa, APAC, and LATAM. Many will be open to the public; some will require a conference or festival pass. I will be updating my tour site on a rolling basis with the latest details: empireofai.com/#tour. The next seven months will be my last travel push. I can’t wait to meet you all, and then I will be grateful to reinvest in family and friends, and return to my normal routine 💗 NORTH AMERICA TOUR* & SPEAKING DATES *cities with an asterisk are open to the public with registration or a ticket purchase to just my event; all others require purchasing a conference or festival pass to access my event March 2 Corvallis, OR* March 4 Orange County, CA* March 4 Los Angeles, CA* March 5 Seattle, WA* March 7 Baltimore, MD March 9 Mansfield, CT* March 10 Philadelphia, PA* March 11 Toronto, CA* March 12 Vancouver, CA* March 14 Santa Fe, NM* March 14 Albuquerque, NM* March 15 Austin, TX March 18 Cambridge, MA* See all details and register here: empireofai.com/#tour
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Mat Honan liked thisMat Honan liked thisWe are celebrating here at MIT Technology Review our ASME award nomination in the (prestigious, competive) reporting category for our Power Hungry package that published last year. The package catalyzed industry-wide conversations about the energy cost of AI and actions aimed at addressing it. Congratulations to everyone involved (and there were many...), but especially to the dynamic duo of Casey Crownhart and James O'Donnell. The story package is linked below. https://lnkd.in/ezw9qFVb
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