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Questions about MIT Technology Review

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When was MIT Technology Review founded?

MIT Technology Review was founded in 1899 under the name The Technology Review, making it the oldest technology magazine in the world by its own claim. It was relaunched under its current name on the 23rd of April 1998.

Who owns MIT Technology Review?

MIT Technology Review is wholly owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is published by Technology Review, Inc., a nonprofit independent media company owned by MIT.

What is the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 list?

Innovators Under 35 is an annual list published by MIT Technology Review recognizing outstanding innovators below the age of 35. It began in 1999 as the TR100, was renamed the TR35 in 2005, and took its current name in 2013. Past recipients include Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Linus Torvalds, and Marc Andreessen.

How did MIT Technology Review nearly fold in the 1990s?

By 1996, according to the Boston Business Journal, Technology Review had lost 1.6 million dollars over the previous seven years due to declining advertising revenue and was facing the possibility of folding. The magazine was relaunched in 1998 under a new publisher and an entirely new editorial staff.

What happened with the MIT Technology Review mammoth hoax story?

The 1st of April 1984 issue published a fictional story about a Russian scientist creating a mammoth-elephant hybrid called a "mammontelephas" using ova from frozen mammoths. The Chicago Tribune News Service picked it up as real news, and it was printed as fact in hundreds of newspapers.

What notable figures have contributed to MIT Technology Review?

Contributors to MIT Technology Review have included Thomas A. Edison, Winston Churchill, and Tim Berners-Lee. Norbert Wiener, then an assistant professor of mathematics at MIT, published an article in the 4th of May 1929 issue challenging a paper by Albert Einstein.