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New York Times: As China builds up its vast surveillance and security apparatus, it is running up against growing public unease about data security and privacy in the country  —  Beijing’s swift move to censor news about one of the largest known data breaches shows keen awareness of how major security lapses can harm its […]

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Experts say archiving content from TikTok is challenging and urge the platform to preserve and provide access to content for war crime investigations in Ukraine  —  The Chinese-owned video app is a trove of digital intelligence that lawyers are attempting to mine and archive

Will Oremus / Washington Post: Study: as the war persists, Meta has responded fairly effectively to Russian propaganda flagged by Ukrainian officials, while YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn lag  —  As the war rages on, a new report finds that YouTube and Twitter are ignoring requests to take down hate and disinformation targeting Ukrainians

It’s a formative, and sometimes traumatic, time in many people’s lives. So why do so many video games want to revisit it?

His son, Chris Matheson, examines his father’s legacy in the new book ‘Conversations with the Father.’

Plus: Tweeting your personal life, swimming like sharks, and a breakup for the ages.

Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: TikTok says its global CSO Roland Cloutier will step down in September to take an advisory role, and that the move is not related to security concerns in the US  —  Roland Cloutier to take advisory role; Kim Albarella, head of security risk, tapped as interim CSO

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: SEC filing: Twitter’s board invites shareholders to a special meeting to vote on Elon Musk’s acquisition and unanimously recommends they approve the deal  —  – In an SEC filing on Friday, Twitter told investors that approving the company’s sale to Elon Musk is the only remaining step in satisfying the merger […]

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: Filing: Elon Musk’s lawyers say Twitter is unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” four-day trial in September and ask for a court date in February 2023 or later  —  Elon Musk’s lawyers say Twitter Inc. officials are unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” trial over claims …

Tiny robots made of metallic powder stuck to plastic tape and controlled by magnetic fields could one day crawl inside internal organs and repair injuries

Donald “Bruce” Montgomery SM ’57, a highly influential engineer and longtime MIT researcher whose career was focused on the development of large-scale electromagnets, died on July 1. He was 89. Montgomery’s contributions have been pivotal for numerous major facilities in fusion energy, in the design of magnets for particle accelerators for physics and medical applications, […]

The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing has named Costis Daskalakis as the inaugural holder of the Avanessians Professorship. His chair began on July 1. Daskalakis is the first person appointed to this position generously endowed by Armen Avanessians ’81. Established in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, the new chair provides Daskalakis with […]

Perovskites hold promise for creating solar panels that could be easily deposited onto most surfaces, including flexible and textured ones. These materials would also be lightweight, cheap to produce, and as efficient as today’s leading photovoltaic materials, which are mainly silicon. They’re the subject of increasing research and investment, but companies looking to harness their […]

Digital financial companies are making big claims about financial inclusion — but are failing to disclose data that backs up their efforts.

Ten years after the authors made this claim, they take a fresh look at the job.

A look across Tesla, the Boring Company, SpaceX, and his other companies reveals a consistent vision, organization, and ability to mobilize resources.

Companies that promise groceries delivered in 15 minutes surged during the pandemic—but are now in retreat.

Higher nighttime temperatures don’t just make it harder to drift off, they can disrupt your sleep cycles and leave you with low-quality rest.

G. Elliott Morris, a writer and top election forecaster, wants you to trust the polls a little less.

Bloomberg: Celsius’ Chapter 11 filing shows that its biggest creditor, to which it owes $81M, is little known fund Pharos, which has staff with links to Sam Bankman-Fried  —  Among the more than 100,000 creditors of Celsius Network Ltd., the crypto lender that filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, one entity stands out: Pharos USD Fund […]

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Amazon plans to create 4K+ jobs in the UK in 2022, including in software development and engineering, bringing its permanent workforce in the UK to 75K+  —  – Amazon says it will create more than 4,000 permanent jobs in the U.K. in 2022.  — The latest hiring push will bring …

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Nothing phone (1) review: good midrange phone with snappy performance but the glyph notification system is mostly gimmicky and battery performance is not great  —  Nothing claims its new Phone 1 can “Bring us back.  To us” with “deeper interactions” and “brave simplicity.”

A few of our favorite things are still on sale, like robot vacuums, laptops, phones, and espresso machines.

Whether you’re an experienced photographer or just starting to learn about off-camera lights, this guide is filled with illuminating essentials.

Nothing will improve your craft more than an understanding of lighting and the ability to control and create it artificially.

Rest of World: The alumni of Colombian last-mile delivery unicorn Rappi have founded 100+ startups in under seven years, outpacing even the PayPal Mafia in startup creation  —  The Colombian unicorn’s alumni are outpacing the PayPal mafia in startup creation.  —  • BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA

Immanual John Milton / Bloomberg: CoinFlex will let users withdraw up to 10% of their balances, excluding its flexUSD stablecoin, on July 15, after pausing withdrawals last month  —  CoinFlex will allow users to take out a limited portion of their balances after pausing withdrawals last month due to a counterparty failing to make a […]

Paul Krugman / New York Times: Regulators should crack down on crypto, after it gained an illusion of respectability through association with high-status institutions and individuals  —  When the Federal Reserve speaks, it speaks in Fedspeak.  A pithy turn of phrase or a striking metaphor can all too easily turn into a headline …

Collaborations often start with high hopes — then break down. Here’s how to actually make them work.

The best leaders inspire trust by sharing their mistakes.

To shape a more equitable employee experience, leaders should ask themselves these four questions.

The new game is great at capturing the excitement of motor racing. It’s even better at mirroring the sport’s rampant commercialism.

Researchers have found a way to use the web’s basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.

An electric hydrofoil ferry could be the future of public transportation in Stockholm—and beyond.

Financial Times: Former staff and internal documents detail Celsius’ implosion; its own compliance unit warned of poor oversight and misrepresentation of financial information  —  When Daniel Leon, one of the founders of Celsius Network, posted a Twitter video addressed to Warren Buffett in January 2021, he was in high spirits.

Ryan Browne / CNBC: UK-based stock trading app Lightyear has raised a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed and is launching in 19 European countries including Germany and France  —  – Lightyear, a stock trading app based in the U.K., has raised $25 million in fresh funding to expand its presence across Europe.

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Kakao says it will remove an external payment link from its KakaoTalk messaging app on Play Store, after Google blocked it from issuing updates on July 6  —  South Korean messaging giant Kakao confirmed today it will remove an external payment option after Google blocked the South Korean company behind KakaoTalk […]

Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra is more than $350 off, and the OnePlus 9 Pro is the lowest price we’ve ever seen. It’s a deals bonanza.

Get your beauty rest with these sales on sheets, pillows, and snooze-enhancing tech.

Score a new gaming station and deck it out with a headset, peripherals … and maybe even a new TV.

Viola Zhou / Rest of World: China’s crackdown and economic downturn have led to massive layoffs in its tech sector, but some workers are relieved to quit the industry’s “996” work culture  —  A government crackdown and economic downturn have led to massive layoffs, but some are relieved to exit the grueling ‘996’ work life.

Chavi Mehta / Reuters: SEC filing: Twitter isn’t planning big layoffs but will continue to restructure; it sought Musk’s consent for two employee retention programs in June  —  Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is not looking at company-wide layoffs but could likely continue to restructure the business, the social media company said in a filing on Wednesday.

CNBC: Source: Celsius is in the process of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; Celsius’ lawyers notified US state regulators and plans to file paperwork “imminently”  —  – Crypto company Celsius is in the process of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  — The company’s lawyers …

A glove with artificial suckers inspired by those found on octopuses allows people to securely grip delicate objects underwater, and the technology could be added to robots in future

The team claims to have given a robot self-awareness of its location in physical space, but others are sceptical

From space traffic to virus evolution, community journalism to hip-hop, this year’s cohort in the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Visiting Professors and Scholars Program will power an unprecedented range of intellectual pursuits during their time on the MIT campus.  “MIT is so fortunate to have this group of remarkable individuals join us,” says Institute […]

Thanks to the support of libraries participating in Direct to Open (D2O), the MIT Press will publish its full list of 2022 scholarly monographs and edited collections open access on the MIT Press Direct platform. Thirty-seven of the 80 works are already openly available to readers around the world. D2O moves scholarly books from a […]

Most vaccines, from measles to Covid-19, require a series of multiple shots before the recipient is considered fully vaccinated. To make that easier to achieve, MIT researchers have developed microparticles that can be tuned to deliver their payload at different time points, which could be used to create “self-boosting” vaccines. In a new study, the […]

Changing your strategic priorities will inevitably come with downsides. Here’s how leaders can address those losses head on.

Four strategies to boost your algorithm’s accuracy — especially as it relates to the physical world.