technology

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City Life

Futurist Ray Kurzweil Says Humanity Is Seven Years Away from Beating Disease

This interview is part of a series on longevity. Ray Kurzweil has been seeing the future with unsettling accuracy for decades. The inventor, computer scientist, […]

By Brittany Jasnoff
A cartoon-style robot with a light blue body and a square head, featuring large round eyes with eyelashes, pink cheeks, and a small smiling mouth. The robot has an antenna on top of its head and yellow ear-like structures on the sides. Its chest displays the text "Little Miss AI" in bold black letters. The background is pink with a circular design in white and yellow behind the robot.
Life & Style

What Are Some Useful Lifestyle AI Apps?

Little Miss AI is a recurring AI advice column. Have a question? Email us! Dear Little Miss AI, I try hard to keep up with […]

By Lisa Pierpont
Wellness

Getting Older? There’s an App for That

While Silicon Valley chases immortality pills and uploads consciousness to the cloud, Boston has quietly become ground zero for actually living longer, better lives. As […]

By Wyndham Lewis
City Life

How Boston Lost Big on Black Tech

A few years ago, as the executive director of Greater Grove Hall Main Streets, I got the idea to partner with Mass Innovation Nights to […]

By Ed Gaskin
City Life

Do You Give a Seventh Grader a Smartphone?

As part of our Top Schools 2024 special report about kids and cell phones, we’ve asked two mothers of seventh graders to share their perspectives on […]

By Jennifer Carberry and Rachel Canar
Education

Are Smartphones and Screens Good or Bad for Alternative Learners?

As part of our Top Schools 2024 special report about kids and cell phones, we’re exploring the advantages of screens and social platforms for students […]

By Kara Baskin