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Bloomberg: Sources: Foxconn Industrial Internet took a minority stake in Chinese state-backed chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup for $788M during Unigroup’s $9B bailout by China  —  A Shanghai-listed arm of Foxconn Technology Group acquired a stake in China’s top chipmaker during its $9 billion bailout …

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Truecaller launches Open Doors, a Clubhouse-like app which lets users register with their phone numbers and audio chat with their contacts who have the app  —  If you thought of the age of companies launching real-time audio chat apps, you’re wrong.  Swedish caller identification service Truecaller …

International efforts to legally control the use of “killer robots” are faltering because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Justin Brazier didn’t always know that his path in life would take him right back home. Brazier grew up with two brothers in a tight-knit family in Randolph, Massachusetts, two cities south of Boston. His parents, who are Haitian immigrants, had also grown up in the Boston area and met each other there. From a […]

If you prefer Google Assistant and the Nest ecosystem, there’s a discount here for you.

Do you already have a TV, mattress, or laptop? From smart bulbs to board games, these are the best cheap deals to fill your shopping needs.

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: IBM’s Red Hat names Matt Hicks, head of products and technologies, as president and chief executive officer, replacing Paul Cormier, who will serve as chairman  —  IBM’s Red Hat named Matt Hicks, head of products and technologies, as its new leader, solidifying a bet that hybrid-cloud offerings will fuel the company’s […]

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Microsoft says a phishing campaign targeted 10K+ organizations since September 2021 by hijacking Office 365’s authentication process even on accounts with MFA  —  Campaign that steals email has targeted at least 10,000 organizations since October.  —  On Tuesday, Microsoft detailed …

Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg: A profile of Strider, which scours open-source data from China to identify technologies most at risk of being stolen and spot potential IP thieves  —  Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has for decades been a hotbed of US nuclear experimentation.  It’s also a target for countries seeking to steal American […]

The 21st century is the century of longevity. For the first time in history, it is reasonable for many of us to expect to live to over 100. But with the boon of longer lifespans also comes new challenges, including complex new situations and life roles. One complexity that has grown along with the aging […]

An annual tournament allows employees to wager on the best ideas.

A conversation with HBS professor Aiyesha Dey on looking at character when hiring executives.

US Foods must find a way to succeed, despite continued supply-chain hiccups and driver shortages.

WIRED spoke with casting director Julia Bianco Schoeffling about breaking into the industry and how it’s more than just voice acting.

Want to upgrade your audio? Here are the best-sounding items on Amazon this shopping holiday.

WIRED’s editor in chief reflects on how digital surveillance infrastructure could be used to prosecute abortion, plus more thoughts on this month’s headlines.

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: After scrutiny, TikTok will pause a privacy update in Europe, due for July 13, whereby it would stop asking users for consent to be tracked to receive ads  —  TikTok has agreed to pause a controversial privacy policy update in Europe, which had been due to happen tomorrow …

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: XPeng Robotics, an affiliate of Chinese electric carmaker XPeng, raised $100M led by IDG, as it aims to commercialize household robotics in the next two years  —  – Xpeng Robotics on Tuesday said it raised $100 million as the affiliate company of Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng aims …

Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: Sources: China decided to rein in Tencent after two scandals, including a secret WeChat project to use data to predict new Politburo standing committee members  —  Imagine for a second life before smartphones.  Simple tasks—ordering takeout, staying in touch—become frustratingly difficult, never mind dealing with emergencies.

The boiling of water or other fluids is an energy-intensive step at the heart of a wide range of industrial processes, including most electricity generating plants, many chemical production systems, and even cooling systems for electronics. Improving the efficiency of systems that heat and evaporate water could significantly reduce their energy use. Now, researchers at […]

For many graduate students, the first time they enter MIT’s campus as a student is a momentous occasion. Standing among the pillars and domes for the first time as an MIT student elicited a moment of quiet reflection for recent graduate Hilary Johnson SM ’18, PhD ’22. “It was this moment of awe and kind […]

From TVs and fitness trackers to laptops, we found great discounts on some of our favorite products ahead of the retailer’s big sales event.

Amazon Prime Day isn’t the only sale this week. From video games to household essentials, here are our favorite picks from Target’s big sale.

Days after the deal to buy Twitter fell apart, fed up employees say they are being kept in the dark.

Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal: Thomas Krause, Broadcom’s software president, will leave on July 15 and become CEO of combined Citrix and Tibco; CEO Hock Tan will assume his responsibilities  —  Microchip company is in midst of acquiring software company VMware for $61 billion  —  The president of Broadcom Inc.’s AVGO -3.17%▼ …

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: SEC filing: Twitter’s lawyers call Elon Musk’s deal termination “invalid and wrongful” and say Twitter “breached none of its obligations under the agreement”  —  Twitter Inc.’s lawyers called Elon Musk’s termination of his $44 billion buyout agreement “invalid and wrongful” …

CNBC: GameStop launches its NFT marketplace in beta, letting users connect digital asset wallets, including the recently debuted GameStop Wallet, to buy and sell NFTs  —  – GameStop on Monday announced the long-awaited debut of its online marketplace for nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.

An algorithm created by AI firm DeepMind can distinguish between videos in which objects obey the laws of physics and ones where they don’t

The MIT Libraries celebrated the exceptional contributions of its employees in June with its 2022 Infinite Mile Awards ceremony. Cleverly orchestrated around a mystery theme, the virtual ceremony featured video skits, a riddle contest, and performances by the libraries’ band, The Dust Jackets.  Awards were presented to individuals and teams in the categories listed below; […]

In Florida, June typically marks the beginning of hurricane season. Preparation for a storm may appear as otherworldly as it is routine: businesses and homes board up windows and doors, bottled water is quick to sell out, and public buildings cease operations to serve as emergency shelters. What happens next may be unpredictable. If things […]

Moore’s Law needs a hug. The days of stuffing transistors on little silicon computer chips are numbered, and their life rafts — hardware accelerators — come with a price.  When programming an accelerator — a process where applications offload certain tasks to system hardware especially to accelerate that task — you have to build a whole […]

SCAN Health Plan reduced the gap by 35% — the equivalent of roughly 700 more Black and Hispanic members taking their medications as prescribed.

A leader prepares for the next phase of his career.

Developing employees’ skills doesn’t have to be disruptive. In fact, research suggests it shouldn’t be.

Without adequate consumer protections, social media companies can use any content you post, often without your knowledge or consent.

These slates are cheap but hampered by the retailer’s limited app store. Here’s how to get a broader selection.

Marginalized groups often think about the mental impact of the climate crisis in different terms—meaning they end up crowded out of the conversation.

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Germany-based Kadmos, a salary payments service for migrant workers, raises a €29M Series A led by Blossom Capital, after an €8.5M seed round in March  —  Companies from across the industrial spectrum often rely on a migrant workforce, with data from the International Labour Organization indicating …

Sean Lyngaas / CNN: How North Korean spies infiltrate US crypto firms, posing as remote workers; UN says the country has stolen billions of dollars’ worth of crypto from exchanges  —  Washington (CNN)Devin, the founder of a cryptocurrency startup based in San Francisco, woke up one day in February to the most bizarre phone call […]

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: Qiming Venture Partners, an early Xiaomi backer, raised $3.2B across two funds, bringing its total managed to $9.4B across 18 funds  —  Qiming Venture Partners raised $3.2 billion across two new funds, joining Sequoia China and IDG in securing fresh capital as investors grow more sanguine about the country’s startup arena.

New York Times: Sources: defense contractor L3Harris scuttled plans to buy NSO Group despite alleged US intel officials’ support, after the Biden admin’s outrage over the talks  —  The American contractor L3 Harris is said to have cited support from intelligence officials for its effort to acquire NSO …

Biz Carson / Protocol: VC funding in Latin America, which hit a record $14.8B in 2021 according to PitchBook, has slowed down in 2022 as investors without large portfolios pull back  —  Shu Nyatta’s friends thought he was crazy when he said he was going to move to Miami and start investing in companies in […]

The Guardian: A trove of 124k+ internal Uber documents from 2013 to 2017 reveals management discussions and lobbying efforts during the company’s aggressive global expansion  —  – More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian  — Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne

Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details.

Gear can make or break your home office setup. Here’s our ultimate list of nearly 100 items, from monitors and desks to webcams and chairs.

These free, simple tools for phone or web let you visualize urban sprawl or see what your street looked like before the turn of the millennium.

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: The war in Ukraine has prompted militaries to invest more money into AI; NATO has announced a ~$1B fund to invest in startups developing “priority” tech like AI  —  The invasion of Ukraine has prompted militaries to update their arsenals—and Silicon Valley stands to capitalize.

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: As mobile ad targeting becomes less effective, the “super app” idea could become more appealing in the West with companies scrambling to keep people inside apps  —  Super apps, immensely popular in Asia but not in the U.S., are the new hot thing for companies scrambling to capture ever […]

Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone’s new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week’s top security news.

Apple gets a maximum security mode, Twitter tests two-person tweets, and TikTok slows down its Shop plans.