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A new paper argues that excitement has veered into misinformation—and scientists should be the ones to set things straight.

Prepaid phones are looking good as privacy worries peak.

Max A. Cherney / Protocol: Nvidia and AMD say the US imposed export restrictions on chips used for AI applications to Russia and China, affecting chips like Nvidia’s A100 and AMD’s MI200  —  The U.S. has begun to impose fresh restrictions on exports of advanced chips necessary for AI-related applications to Russia and China …

Alex Heath / The Verge: Internal memo: Meta is setting up a New Monetization Experiences division to identify and build “possible paid features” for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp  —  A new team will be tasked with building paid experiences across Meta’s apps  —  Meta is setting up a product organization …

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Netflix seeks to charge brands a CPM of about $65 on its ad-supported tier, more than most other services, with an annual $20M brand spending cap  —  Streaming giant aims for Nov. 1 launch of ad-supported tier, ad buyers say  —  Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.32%▲ …

DeepMind’s artificial intelligence has learned to play soccer from decades worth of computer simulations

An artificial intelligence learned to skilfully control digital humanoid soccer players by working through decades worth of soccer matches in just a few weeks

Robots without batteries, motors or electronics can lack power, but a tiny gearbox driven by an external magnetic field enabled one soft robot to jump almost 40 times its height

Aviation Week Network named Chloé Gentgen SM’22, a PhD candidate in the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro), as one of this year’s 20 Twenties Award recipients. The program has selected 20 promising recipients each year since 2013, based on stellar academic performance, extensive community involvement, and substantial research contributions, to recognize the next […]

In research that could jump-start work on a range of technologies including fuel cells, which are key to storing solar and wind energy, MIT researchers have found a relatively simple way to increase the lifetimes of these devices: changing the pH of the system. Fuel and electrolysis cells made of materials known as solid metal […]

On the red and dusty surface of Mars, nearly 100 million miles from Earth, an instrument the size of a lunchbox is proving it can reliably do the work of a small tree.   The MIT-led Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE, has been successfully making oxygen from the Red Planet’s carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere […]

Decades of research shows that workers are much more likely to go the extra mile when their managers invest in them.

Five tools to help you plan and make decisions when the future is unclear.

Four scenarios in which companies should be prepared to explain an algorithm’s predictions.

This week, Asus fully revealed its first PC with a screen that folds up. WIRED has exclusive images of the prototypes it built to get there.

The agency’s lawsuit against Kochava should squash the industry’s core defense—and help keep sensitive info off the open market.

We grilled, smoked, baked, cleaned, and repeated to find the best option for every home.

Will Oremus / Washington Post: Twitter’s Elon Musk takeover saga has only amplified its problems, which stem from a broken business model at odds with the platform’s freewheeling nature  —  Its ill-fated foray into adult content is emblematic of an unpoliceable platform — and a broken business model

Bloomberg: China’s punishing tech crackdown has undercut the industry’s position as the largest and most sought-after employer, leading to high graduate unemployment rates  —  When Xi Jinping tightened the screws on China’s technology industry last year, he escalated a jobs crisis for the youngest …

Josephine Wolff / Wired: Cyber insurers are failing to reduce companies’ cyber risk exposure and to cover breached firms’ costs after state-sponsored cyberattacks that fall short of war  —  Cyberinsurance doesn’t cover acts of war.  But even as cyberattacks mount, the definition of “warlike” actions remains blurry.

Step aside, Obi-Wan. These are the (an)droids we’re looking for—and they’re discounted until midnight.

Hulu’s latest installment, Prey, proves that the franchise is better when it tells tight stories using smaller budgets.

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple says developers can now purchase Xcode Cloud subscriptions; the plan with 25 compute hours will be free until the end of 2023 and $15/month after that  —  Apple today announced that developers can purchase subscriptions to Xcode Cloud, a continuous integration and delivery service that’s built into the Xcode app.

Jack Stebbins / CNBC: Royal Caribbean Cruises partners with SpaceX’s Starlink to offer onboard internet across all its ships, with installation scheduled to be completed early 2023  —  – Royal Caribbean Cruises will begin offering onboard internet via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network.

Jeffrey T. Lewis / MarketWatch: CrowdStrike reports Q2 revenue up 58% YoY to $535.2M, subscription revenue up 60% YoY to $506.2M, and subscription customers up 51% YoY to 19,686  —  CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.’s loss narrowed in its second quarter from a year earlier after subscription revenue jumped higher.

Computer simulations of a simplified dishwasher that uses hot, dry steam and no detergent found that it could kill all heat-resistant bacteria on a plate in under half a minute – but it might not actually clean your dishes

MIT Chaplain to the Institute Thea Keith-Lucas feels very much at home working on a college campus. Keith-Lucas grew up in Sewanee, Tennessee, on the campus of the University of the South, where her father taught. Keith-Lucas served as MIT’s Episcopal chaplain from 2013 to 2020, and was recently promoted to chaplain to the Institute […]

On Monday morning, a bright sun and blue sky accented a warm greeting by President L. Rafael Reif to the newest members of MIT — the Class of 2026 — who gathered with their families under a large and airy tent on Kresge Oval for Convocation, the Institute’s annual welcome to the incoming class. This […]

Human languages are notoriously complex, and linguists have long thought it would be impossible to teach a machine how to analyze speech sounds and word structures in the way human investigators do. But researchers at MIT, Cornell University, and McGill University have taken a step in this direction. They have demonstrated an artificial intelligence system […]

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A conversation about developing strategies around the future of the digital world.

Too often, we overvalue available — but ultimately irrelevant — information.

We put Rivian’s all-electric siblings through a 1,300-mile stress test. From comfort to range and versatility, they passed with flying colors.

In some of the world’s most inaccessible places, tiny satellites are watching—and listening—for signs of destruction.

Federal regulators and the White House have been scrambling to prevent poor service and a possible strike from jamming up a vital but often overlooked network.

Thomas Ricker / The Verge: Starlink users in the US, the UK, New Zealand, Mexico, and elsewhere complain of a multi-hour outage; the Starlink app reports “Degraded Service”  —  Things seem to be coming back online now but with degraded performance  —  Starlink users around the world complained on Tuesday …

Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle: Meta plans to shutter the Facebook Gaming app on iOS and Android on October 28, 2022, transferring some functionality to the main Facebook app  —  MUCH OF THE FUNCTIONALITY WILL BE MIGRATED TO THE MAIN FACEBOOK APP  —  Facebook will end support for its Facebook Gaming app in October, […]

Shannon Grixti / Press Start: Sony updates the PS5 in Australia ahead of a broader rollout, reducing the disc model’s weight by 300g and digital model’s by 200g compared to the 2021 updates  —  Earlier today it was revealed by Japanese retailers that a brand new PS5 model dubbed the CFI-1200 model was releasing on […]

An engine problem caused the agency to postpone the launch that will kick off the Artemis program, the first major lunar mission since the Apollo era.

We tested microphones, tripods, lights, teleprompters, and other tools for more than two years. These are our favorites.

Tweens and teens will have a lot of questions. These sites, podcasts, and shows cut through the misinformation and confusion.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: StarTree, which offers an Apache Pinot database-powered real-time analytics service, raised a $47M Series B led by GGV Capital and plans to open an India office  —  StarTree, a company building what it describes as an “analytics-as-a-service” platform, today announced that it raised $47 million …

Kim Willsher / The Guardian: Using aerial photos and AI software developed by Google and Capgemini, French tax authorities identify 20,356 unregistered pools, leading to ~€10M more in taxes  —  Scheme to be extended across the country after trial in nine departments led to extra €10m in tax receipts

Yashu Gola / Cointelegraph: DappRadar: OpenSea processed nearly $5M of NFT transactions on August 28, down ~99% from a $405.75M high on May 1; Bored Ape Yacht Club’s floor price fell 53%  —  An ongoing debt crisis at lending platform BendDAO is also increasing the risks of the NFT bubble going bust.  —  463 Total […]

Professor Deepto Chakrabarty, principal investigator at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, has been named head of the Department of Physics, effective Aug. 29. Chakrabarty succeeds Peter Fisher, the Thomas A. Frank (1977) Professor of Physics, who has led the department since Nov. 13, 2013. “Professor Chakrabarty will continue to provide strong […]

Inside a living cell, proteins and other molecules are often tightly packed together. These dense clusters can be difficult to image because the fluorescent labels used to make them visible can’t wedge themselves in between the molecules. MIT researchers have now developed a novel way to overcome this limitation and make those “invisible” molecules visible. […]

John David Minnich was under the spell of political philosophy until he took a trip across a bridge in China. The doctoral student in political science vividly recalls this life-changing 2009 journey, undertaken as part of a summer research fellowship program.  “Driving in from the airport, I was overwhelmed by my first glimpse of the […]

Researchers found that office workers switch back and forth between programs about 1,200 times each day — adding up to four hours every week.

How to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans.

Start by recognizing the different shapes power can take.