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# 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

**[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

MIT Technology Review's 2026 list highlights ten emerging technologies poised to shape the future. AI advances include generative coding tools, AI companions, mechanistic interpretability research, and hyperscale data centers. Biotechnology breakthroughs feature base-edited gene therapy, gene resurrection from extinct species, and embryo genetic scoring. Energy innovations include sodium-ion batteries and next-generation nuclear reactors. The list also covers commercial space stations as space tourism becomes viable.

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