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The prevalence of remote work since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed urban transportation patterns in the U.S., according to new study led by MIT researchers.

How are waves of disruptive technologies, such as more advanced versions of artificial intelligence systems, changing the way we work, live, and play? Are there pathways that academics, practitioners, innovators, and entrepreneurs ought to be pursuin

The Public Interest Technologist, a new online MIT journal, seeks to foster community and conversation to create guidelines that prioritize increasing social benefit for marginalized populations in technological innovations.

“The MBTA really needs to do something,” said Michael Martello, a researcher in MIT’s Transit Lab and lead author of the report, which was partially supported by the MBTA.

Updated July 27 Study: Boston’s subway system faces severe flood threat Rising sea levels over the next 50 years could lead to severe flooding of the T during major storms, a study finds. By Associated Press Share BOSTON — The Boston area’s subway system faces a severe threat from rising seas over the next 50 years that could cause flooding and cut critical links around the city, according to a new study. The report, written by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology an...