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Jeffrey Epstein gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to MIT's Media Lab, and its founder said he would accept the donations again if given the chance
"Over the course of 20 years, MIT received approximately $800,000 via foundations controlled by Jef…
Ben Gilbert
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MIT Media Lab director admits accepting funding from Jeffrey Epstein for the Media Lab and for his investment fund
Joichi Ito, the director of MIT's Media Lab, a prominent lab known for its innovative work in a var…
Ben Gilbert
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MIT took 'approximately $800,000' in donations from Jeffrey Epstein's charities, MIT's president says in apology letter
"Over the course of 20 years, MIT received approximately $800,000 via foundations controlled by Jef…
Ben Gilbert
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At SXSW, Racy Wristbands Embarrass MIT
We appreciate all of the feedback we’ve received about the party we hosted at The Parish Undergroun…
Julie Bort
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MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito resigns after New Yorker expose shows he quietly worked with Epstein to secure anonymous donations
A spokesperson for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation told Business Insider that "Any claim th…
Kat Tenbarge
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MIT Researchers Created A Tiny Apartment That You Can Control With Your Hands
CityHome is essentially a mechanical box, about the size of a closet, with compartments that respon…
Madeline Stone
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An elite group within one of America's most prestigious universities is embroiled in the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and its director just quit - here's what's going on
Moreover, the leadership at MIT's elite Media Lab group was seemingly aware of the problems with ac…
Ben Gilbert
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LinkedIn founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman apologizes for his role in rehabbing Jeffrey Epstein's public image in 2015
In addition to backing MIT Media Lab, Epstein also reportedly helped personally finance Ito's ventu…
Megan Hernbroth
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MIT is giving you control of a real person on Halloween in a dystopian game that sounds like an episode of 'Black Mirror'
One tweet quotes philosopher Marshall McLuhan, who famously wrote in 1964 that "the medium is the m…
Dave Mosher
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MIT's Media Lab has an ambitious project that purports to revolutionize agriculture. Insiders say it's mostly smoke and mirrors.
No one knew exactly what was wrong, but in general, the team was aware that the devices weren't fun…
Erin Brodwin
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Here's Some Of The Futuristic Technology Being Developed By The Geniuses At MIT
We recently took a quick tour of the MIT Media Lab, where students are working on anything from rob…
Megan Rose Dickey
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MIT Media Lab staffers were so accustomed to Epstein's anonymity they referred to him as 'he who must not be named' or 'Voldemort,' in an apparent reference to the 'Harry Potter' villain
The donations include a $2 million contribution from Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill G…
Lauren Frias
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5 books the head of MIT Media Lab thinks you should read
One of those influencers is Joi Ito, the head of MIT Media Lab. Ito picked five titles that should …
Chris Weller
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MIT officials were aware of Jeffrey Epstein's donations to the Media Lab as early as 2013, an independent investigation found
The letter was a result of a preliminary update on the independent investigation run by Goodwin Pro…
Megan Hernbroth
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LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman defended a former MIT official who accepted donations from Jeffrey Epstein
Ito and Hoffman have a well-documented relationship outside of their work at MIT. The pair spoke on…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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Target plans to test vertical farm 'in-store growing environments' in 2017
The CoLab team has also used the same research to create a self-contained growing box that can educ…
Dana Varinsky
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These New Innovations Will Revolutionize How We Interact With Technology
Museums like the Smithsonian are even taking advantage of this kind of interactive technology by cr…
Kelly Dickerson
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Epstein bombarded Bill Gates with calls and contacts to score a meeting with the billionaire a year before his $2 million donation to MIT
A spokesperson for Gates confirmed to Business Insider that both the tech titan and Epstein were pr…
Kat Tenbarge
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Aaron Swartz's Girlfriend Accuses MIT Of Dragging Its Feet On Investigating His Suicide
But since then I have become less hopeful. I fear that the investigation will instead be in the spi…
Owen Thomas
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A MIT Scientist Wore Google Glass On A New York Comic Con Panel: 'We're In An Image Revolution'
After showing a "Futurescape" clip about nano machines that could one day be coursing through our b…