A cattle supplement that cuts down on cow burps and thus, greenhouse gas emissions. Drugs that make it far easier to prevent AIDS and maybe end the disease altogether. Generative AI upending traditional search engines. These are just some of the advances that made MIT Technology Review’s 2025 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Writers and editors from the magazine join us to talk about how these technologies will progress this year and why they could be so impactful.
The Biggest Breakthrough Technologies Coming This Year

CloudMinds launches new humanoid robots at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, on July 5, 2024. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Guests:
Mat Honan, editor in chief, MIT Technology Review
Allison Arieff, editorial director of print, MIT Technology Review
Casey Crownhart, climate reporter, MIT Technology Review
James O'Donnell, artificial intelligence reporter, MIT Technology Review
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