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MIT Technology Review magazine, released bimonthly, is the world's longest-running technology magazine.

July/August 2016
The Business Issue
Rapid advances in technology are transforming businesses and our economy in complex, often surprising ways.
Letter from the Editor
What the Great Economists Would Have Thought of a Universal Basic Income
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Features

50 Smartest Companies 2016
Our editors pick the 50 companies that best combine innovative technology with an effective business model.
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Business Impact

Dear Silicon Valley: Forget Flying Cars, Give Us Economic Growth

Companies taking advantage of amazing new digital technologies dominate our list of 50 Smartest Companies. But despite impressive advances in artificial intelligence and automation, the economy remains in a troubling slowdown.
Biotechnology
23andMe Sells Data for Drug Search
Business Impact
Toyota Makes a U-Turn on Autonomous Cars
Business Impact
A Chinese Rival Beats Uber at Its Own Game
Business Impact
24M’s Batteries Could Better Harness Wind and Solar Power
Business Impact
Before PCs Vanish, Microsoft Fights for Relevance in the Cloud
Business Impact
Bosch’s Survival Plan
Business Impact
Intel Outside as Other Companies Prosper from AI Chips

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Climate Change

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In Global Shift, Poorer Countries Are Increasingly the Early Tech Adopters

Seth Berkley

China’s Internet Boom

Edward Jung

Step Inside the Future

Nonny de la Peña

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Business Impact

Basic Income: A Sellout of the American Dream

Schemes for giving everyone a guaranteed income are gaining momentum in Silicon Valley and throughout Western Europe. It’s a great idea, until you look closely.

Tech Policy

The All-American iPhone

Donald Trump has said Apple should make phones in the United States. Last summer, we explained how that would affect the device’s price.

Business Impact

The Unbelievable Reality of the Impossible Hyperloop

Startup Hyperloop Technologies has started shooting magnetically levitated capsules along a track in Las Vegas to show off a radical idea for the future of freight and mass transit.

Connectivity

Oculus Rift Is Too Cool to Ignore

Now that virtual reality has arrived (again), it’s here to stay—even if it’s not clear exactly how we will end up using it.

Business Impact

The Best and Worst Internet Experience in the World

Mobile innovation in China is flourishing, bringing new conveniences to daily life. Is that happening despite or because of the country’s strict controls on online expression?

Silicon Valley

Why Startups Are Struggling

Even amid the venture capital boom of the past few years, entrepreneurs are finding it harder to build big, enduring companies. What does this mean for the future of innovation?

Sustainable Energy

Go Inside TriAlpha, A Startup Pursuing the Ideal Power Source

A startup in California has raised $500 million to chase the elusive dream of fusion power. Is this crazy, or is the company on to something?

Business Impact

Why Tech Companies Should Work with Government Rather than Against It

The former chief digital officer of New York, Rachel Haot, explains why government and entrepreneurs need to work together.

Business Impact

Q&A: John Chambers

The executive chairman of Cisco has become a Silicon Valley statesman, whether he’s promoting the expansion of digital networks or calling for limits on government surveillance.

Sustainable Energy

Train in a Tube

Decades before talk of a Hyperloop, a transportation researcher wondered whether “evacuated tube” ground transport would be worth the trouble.

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