Rocked by fraud, Mass. SNAP program getting chip-enabled cards this year
The Healey administration announced the pilot program will begin later this year, making Massachusetts the third state to adopt the fraud-prevention technology.
Cape Cod lighthouse using new technology to protect right whales
The Highland Lighthouse in Truro, Massachusetts, has new technology to help protect North Atlantic right whales.
Nobel Prize winners face new loss in bid for US CRISPR patents
A U.S. Patent Office tribunal has ruled against Nobel Prize-winning scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier for a second time in their dispute with the Broad Institute, a joint venture of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, over patent rights to foundational CRISPR gene-editing technology.
Philips, Google's Fitbit settle fitness-tracker patent dispute
Philips and Google's Fitbit have settled Philips' lawsuit accusing Fitbit of misusing its fitness-tracker technology, the companies told a Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday.
Could starfish skeletons help preserve Massachusetts roads?
A new technology that adds crushed starfish skeletons to winter road salt can minimize damage to streets and the environment.
Hegseth bans military from woke Princeton Columbia MIT universities
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Friday said he was ordering the "complete and immediate cancellation" of all Department of War attendants at universities like Princeton, Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown and Yale, starting with the 2026-27 academic year.
WATCH: Pete Hegseth Cancels Education for Military at Woke Ivy League Colleges
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered the "complete and immediate cancellation" of all Department of War attendants at universities “like Princeton, Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown and Yale, and many others.” | National Security
Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of 'wokeness'
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called “factories of anti-American resentment.” Hegseth announced the policy in a video posted to social media on Friday, three weeks after he said the military was cutting ties with Harvard University. Without citing evidence, Hegseth said the universities have become “breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination” that undermine military values. Hegseth said the ban applies to Columbia, Brown, Yale, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and “many others.”
Deep-sea tech deployed to find Lily Jean
GLOUCESTER — A coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard. But winter weather and sea conditions have thus far slowed their efforts. The 72-foot vessel Lily Jean was returning to port early Jan. 30 to repair […]
Authorities are using deep-sea tech to try to find the sunken fishing boat off Massachusetts
A coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard. Winter weather and sea conditions have thus far slowed their efforts. The 72-foot vessel Lily Jean was returning to port early Jan. 30 to repair fishing gear when it sank in frigid Atlantic waters off the historic fishing port of Gloucester. Officials say Wednesday that multiple agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Massachusetts Environmental Police, are cooperating to try to find the wreck of the ship and potentially recover the bodies of the deceased.