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Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: NY judge rules the bulk of the state AGs’ ad tech antitrust suit against Google can proceed, but dismissed the claim Meta and Google colluded via Jedi Blue  —  An antitrust suit by state attorneys general accusing Alphabet Inc.’s Google of monopolizing the technology underlying online advertising …

Kif Leswing / CNBC: In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season  —  – Apple is planning to release new ad “placements” as soon as the holiday season of this year.  — The new ad units represent a significant expansion in Apple’s […]

The electricity consumption of the Ethereum cryptocurrency rivals that of some countries, but a controversial update to how it works will slash this by 99 per cent – here’s the low-down on what’s going on

Image-generating AIs seem to produce mythical characters that look consistently recognisable – but their appearance has a rational explanation

The wandering albatross is the poster bird for avian monogamy. The graceful glider is known to mate for life, partnering up with the same bird to breed, season after season, between long flights at sea. But on rare occasions, an albatross pair will “divorce” — a term ornithologists use for instances when one partner leaves […]

The health of the planet is one of the most important challenges facing humankind today. From climate change to unsafe levels of air and water pollution to coastal and agricultural land erosion, a number of serious challenges threaten human and ecosystem health. Ensuring the health and safety of our planet necessitates approaches that connect scientific, […]

Working memory, that handy ability to consciously hold and manipulate new information in mind, takes work. In particular, participating neurons in the prefrontal cortex have to work together in synchrony to focus our thoughts, whether we’re remembering a set of directions or tonight’s menu specials. A new study by researchers based at The Picower Institute […]

Research shows that 25% of failed transitions are the result of an unprepared heir.

A conversation about leading writers and other creative talent at a major publication.

American PCPs are more burned out than ever. It’s up to health systems to address the underlying issues and help doctors build more balanced careers.

Land Rover has finally brought out some proper luxury SUV hybrids, and it looks like it was just about worth the wait.

The xkcd author and former NASA engineer tackles our questions about science education, solvable climate issues, and his latest What If? book.

For decades, the EU has had some of the tightest restrictions on genetically altered agriculture. That could be about to change.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Litmus, which helps manufacturers collect data from IoT devices for applications like AI, raised a $30M Series B led by industrial automation company Belden  —  In recent years, a cottage industry has sprung up around the industrial internet of things (IoT) landscape — and the data generated by it.

Bloomberg: Seeking to combat the FTC’s 2020 antitrust lawsuit, Meta subpoenas 132+ companies, including Snap, ByteDance, and Clubhouse, drawing rebukes over sensitive data  —  To defend itself against the federal government, Meta Platforms Inc. says it needs its rivals to divulge some of their most closely held secrets.

Reuters: An investigation details Twitter’s business in China: local governments and state media buying ads, a growing non-US revenue stream, internal tensions, and more  —  Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, its local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the site …

The latest software for your Apple Watch is here, complete with fresh faces, sleep stages, and low-power mode.

Brian Fung / CNN: Senate Judiciary Committee leaders send Parag Agrawal a letter asking over a dozen questions about Twitter’s security practices, request responses by Sept. 26  —  .  —  ‘ data-duration=”02:10″ data-source=”CNN Business” data-affiliate-source-link=”http:// None” data-show-name=”” data-show-url=”” class=”video-playlist__item” >

Andrew E. Freedman / Tom’s Hardware: Robert Hallock, AMD’s director of technical marketing and a public-facing figure on Reddit, Discord, YouTube, and others, is leaving the company after 12 years  —  The director of technical marketing is stepping down.  —  Robert Hallock, AMD’s director of technical marketing …

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $11.4B; total cloud revenue was up 45% YoY to $3.6B, and health data provider Cerner, acquired in June, generated $1.4B  —  Oracle Corp.’s quarterly sales jumped 18%, buoyed by the software maker’s transition to cloud computing and the acquisition of health records provider […]

An artificial intelligence model that maps the structure of molecules to their smell could help create specific food tastes or find compounds to better repel disease-carrying organisms like mosquitoes

Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade, launched in May 2021, charges MIT to eliminate its direct carbon emissions by 2050. Setting an interim goal of net zero emissions by 2026 is an important step to getting there. Joe Higgins, vice president for campus services and stewardship, speaks here about the coordinated, multi-team […]

Under its “Fast Forward” climate action plan, which was announced in May 2021, MIT has set a goal of eliminating direct emissions from its campus by 2050. An important near-term milestone will be achieving net-zero emissions by 2026. Many other colleges and universities have set similar targets. What does it take to achieve such a […]

How to work with a conflict-avoidant person who’s bad-mouthing you.

It’s a simple act with a huge payoff.

Both have risks. Here’s how to strike the right balance.

A small number of people appear naturally immune to the coronavirus. Scientists think they might hold the key to helping protect us all.

Storing more water to deal with climate change seems like a no-brainer, but such reservoirs are complex undertakings with environmental issues of their own.

Safety Check and Lockdown Mode give people in vulnerable situations ways to quarantine themselves from acute risks.

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Twitter rejects Elon Musk’s claim that a $7.75M severance payment to Peiter Zatko violated the acquisition deal, ahead of a shareholder vote on September 13  —  – Twitter said Monday payments to a whistleblower did not breach any of its obligations under the $44 billion acquisition proposed by Elon Musk …

Rebecca Jennings / Vox: A look at concerns for women at Launch House, an a16z-backed startup promising “community” to young tech founders, such as sexual assault and a lack of security  —  The people here are young and friendly and full of hope.  And why shouldn’t they be?

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: North Carolina-based Diveplane, which helps create synthetic data to train AI systems and find anomalies, raised a $25M Series A led by Shield Capital  —  In 2017, three entrepreneurs — Chris Hazard, Mike Resnick and Mike Capps — came together to launch a platform for building AI …

MIT has placed second in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s best colleges and universities, announced today. As in past years, MIT’s engineering program continues to lead the list of undergraduate engineering programs at a doctoral institution. The Institute also placed first in six out of 12 engineering disciplines. In its […]

Never miss a delivery. These WIRED-tested picks will help you keep tabs on your front porch from anywhere.

Wall Street Journal: A look at the increasing efforts of device manufacturers, telecom companies, and satellite operators to connect smartphones to satellites in remote locations  —  Years of preparation helped tech giant, but other phone makers, wireless carriers and aerospace companies have similar ambitions

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Report: ransomware gangs are using intermittent encryption, where files are partly encrypted, to evade detection tools looking for intense file I/O operations  —  A growing number of ransomware groups are adopting a new tactic that helps them encrypt their victims’ systems faster while reducing …

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers discover a strain of Linux malware, Shikitega, that uses polymorphic encoding and abuses legitimate cloud services to infect servers and IoT devices  —  With polymorphic encoding and a multistage infection chain, Shikitega is hard to detect.  —  Researchers this week unveiled …

The grainy image of a “super Jupiter” is a sign of what’s to come as the telescope’s observations ramp up.

Bob the Mini Dishwasher is a (maybe too) tiny countertop machine made for small families living in small spaces.

Shopping for a notebook can be exasperating. Here’s how to sift through the acronyms, storage options, and extra features to find the best one for you.

Reuters: Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ to ~$28B since Oct. 2021, shuts some Latin American operations and cuts hundreds of gaming jobs in Shanghai  —  Singapore-based Sea Ltd’s (SE.N) e-commerce arm Shopee will exit Argentina and shut local operations in Chile …

Biz Carson / Protocol: An overview of trends from YC’s Demo Day for Summer 2022: enterprise made up the bulk at 39% of the 223 startups in the batch, followed by fintech and dev tools  —  Hello, and welcome to Pipeline.  I’m Biz Carson, and I once slept on the street overnight in London to […]

Manya Saini / Reuters: The US SEC will set up the “Office of Crypto Assets” to deal with corporate disclosure filings related to the crypto industry  —  The U.S. securities regulator will set up two new offices to deal with filings related to crypto assets and the life sciences sector, the agency said on Friday.

Plus: Albania cuts ties with Iran, claims of a TikTok data breach that didn’t happen, and much more.

Plus: Brazil and Apple face off, Google expands its eco-friendly Maps directions, and social sites start prepping for the US midterm elections.

Advocates want the government to allow more climate-related immigration and to consider those migrants “protected persons.”

Hirun Cryer / GamesRadar: Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games for Netflix, including a new Assassin’s Creed title  —  There’s also a new Valiant Hearts game in the works  —  Ubisoft just announced a partnership with Netflix for three games.  —  Earlier today on September 10 at the Ubisoft Forward showcase …

Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: Some CSOs say ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan did nothing wrong and his trial tests criminal penalties they may face over security lapses or challenges in gray areas  —  Joe Sullivan, a former federal prosecutor, is accused of helping to cover up a security breach, a charge he denies

Ben Munster / Decrypt: A look at the two-day Crypto Policy Symposium, the world’s first conference for crypto skeptics, from policymakers and journalists to disillusioned programmers  —  The Crypto Policy Symposium in London was a historic gathering of crypto skeptics—and nobody tried to sell me anything.

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