CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on April 13, 2025: * * * Bringing manufacturing back to America, one fab lab at a time A collaborative network of makerspaces has spread from MIT across the country, helping communities make their own products. By Zach Winn, MIT News Reindustrializing America will require action from not only businesses but also a new wave of people that have the skills, experience, and drive to make th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 14 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches Initiative to Support Businesses Impacted by Trump's Tariffs Boston -- Today, the Healey-Driscoll administration launched the Massachusetts Tariff Response and Business Operations Support Initiative (TRBO) to align state resources to aid Massachusetts businesses in response to President Donald Trump's recent tariff policies and the ongoing unc  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, April 15 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release: * * * MassMutual collaborates with Benefit Harbor for streamlined access to Group Whole Life Insurance Springfield, MA - MassMutual has selected Benefit Harbor to join its suite of enrollment technology platforms supporting voluntary employee benefits. Benefit Harbor provides holistic enrollment and benefits administration in one platform for their customers. This collaboration b  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Training LLMs to self-detoxify their language A new method from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab helps large language models to steer their own responses toward safer, more ethical, value-aligned outputs. By Lauren Hinkel, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab As we mature from childhood, our vocabulary -- as well as the ways we use it -- grows, and our experiences become richer, allowing us to think,   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Visual pathway in the brain may do more than recognize objects New research using computational vision models suggests the brain's "ventral stream" might be more versatile than previously thought. By Anne Trafton, MIT News When visual information enters the brain, it travels through two pathways that process different aspects of the input. For decades, scientists have hypothesize  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, April 15 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Worldwide Smartphone Market Grew 1.5% in Q1 2025, Amid On-going US-China Trade Tension, according to IDC Despite the Positive Performance in 1Q2025, the Current US-China Trade War and Tariff Volatility Create a Strong Reason for Concern in 2025 NEEDHAM, Mass., April 14, 2025 - According to preliminary data from the International Data   more