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Last year, researchers at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research discovered and characterized Cas7-11, the first CRISPR enzyme capable of making precise, guided cuts to strands of RNA without harming cells in the process. Now, working with collaborators at the University of Tokyo, the same team has revealed that Cas7-11 can be shrunk to a […]

On Saturday, poet Kealoha Wong ’99 delivered the address at a special Commencement ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021, asking the graduates to look both outward and inward. He urged them to widen their perspective on life and recognize the enormity of human history and our natural world, but also to look into […]

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If you want the praise for good news, be prepared to take the blame for bad news.

Iconic entrepreneurs discuss their experiences with corruption in emerging markets, and how corruption can be reduced.

Platin’s tiny, wireless surround sound system effortlessly outperforms your basic soundbar setup, without making you drill into your walls.

While the feature makes spoken exchanges more clear, having to keep your AirPods in your ears during in-person chats sends the wrong social message.

Electricity costs more, Bitcoin is worth less. What can possibly go wrong?

Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia: Samsung Electronics says Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger to discuss collaborating on semiconductors  —  SEOUL — Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has met with Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger to discuss how to work together …

Anna Gross / Financial Times: BT partners with Ericsson to offer private 5G networks to companies in the UK, the first service of its kind  —  Telecoms groups have invested heavily in new technology and say it can help industry become more efficient  —  BT has joined forces with Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson …

David Heaney / UploadVR: Kuo: Sony will begin mass producing its PSVR 2 headset in H2 2022 ahead of a possible launch in Q1 2023, depending on the state of flagship game titles  —  A prominent supply chain analyst claims PSVR 2 mass production will begin in H2 2022.  —  Ming-Chi Kuo is a TF […]

Frontier, a supercomputer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is the first capable of an exaflop – a billion billion operations per second

Knowing your style can help you build relationships, understand others, and collaborate more effectively.

John Herrman / New York Times: How Do Your Own Research (DYOR) has spread throughout crypto and online conspiracy communities, signaling a rejection of authority and an appeal to join in  —  In spheres as disparate as medicine and cryptocurrencies, “do your own research,” or DYOR, can quickly shift from rallying cry to scold.

Vishal Chawla / The Block: BlockSec: a buggy smart contract on Mirror Protocol, a Terra DeFi app for betting on stocks using synthetic assets, was exploited for ~$90M over seven months  —  Quick Take  — The exploit was accidentally discovered by a Terra community member last week.  — It has been confirmed by security analysts […]

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: Report: Google, Bing, and YouTube regularly return Chinese state media content in the top US results on China’s human-rights record and the origins of COVID-19  —  On issues important to Beijing, official Chinese sources also enjoy strong placement on YouTube and other widely used U.S. services, a new report […]

Small modular reactors produce higher volumes and greater complexity of radioactive waste because they are naturally less efficient, researchers find

A synthetic membrane that contains key proteins used in cell division could one day help artificial cells replicate themselves

Fluorescent sensors, which can be used to label and image a wide variety of molecules, offer a unique glimpse inside living cells. However, they typically can only be used in cells grown in a lab dish or in tissues close to the surface of the body, because their signal is lost when they are implanted […]

Done well, they can be a powerful force for inclusion.

They can unlock a new level of communication in the remote workplace.

A Finnish company says it has found a way to incorporate bone into ground chicken, lowering the production cost and environmental impact of the meat. But will anyone eat it?

It’s a tough digital world out there for a musical group called the Viagra Boys.

Importing formula will provide quick relief, but reforming the program that provides free formula to low-income families would help more in the long term.

Bloomberg: Indonesia’s GoTo Group reports Q1 gross revenue rose 53% YoY to $357M and a loss of $370M, after raising $1.1B in its IPO  —  GoTo Group posted about 53% gross revenue growth in its first quarterly report as a public company, accelerating from the 2021 pace and highlighting the rapid expansion of Indonesia’s tech […]

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Top500: the US’ AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer becomes the fastest in the world, topping 1.102 exaflops/second, overtaking Japan’s Fugaku by a wide margin  —  AMD-powered systems now comprise five of the top ten fastest supercomputers  —  The AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer …

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: Sources: India-based short video app ShareChat’s parent company Mohalla Tech raises ~$300M from Google, Times Group, and Temasek Holdings at a ~$5B valuation  —  The parent company of India’s ShareChat has raised nearly $300 million in fresh funding from Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google …

Summer is within reach. Save on WIRED-Recommended hair dryers, TVs, hot-weather essentials, and more this weekend.

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Latest AICO Act revisions are carveouts for telcos and financial companies and do not fix real problems with the bill, like a disguised content moderation ban  —  Look: there are very real issues with the state of the internet today, including the amount of power a few companies have.

Sujith Somraaj / Decrypt: As Terra blockchain reboots, freshly minted new LUNA tokens started trading on a number of exchanges and swiftly plummeted about 70% from the opening price  —  After peaking at $19.54 earlier on Saturday, it’s been mostly downhill.  —  Terraform Labs early Saturday launched a new version …

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Nansen: TerraUSD collapse wasn’t the work of a single attacker but likely the result of investment decisions from a small number of large UST holders  —  The collapse of the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin that sent shockwaves throughout the crypto ecosystem can’t be attributed to a single attacker, according to researcher Nansen.

Test your digital green thumb with farming simulators, cozy growing games, and peculiar indies.

It’s time to build the Poop Ark, a centralized collection of the entire animal kingdom’s feces, for research, de-extinction, and more.

The result could help researchers answer a larger question about flattening objects from the fourth dimension to the third dimension.

Financial Times: Sources: the Broadcom-VMware deal happened within two weeks; Broadcom CEO had switched his focus to software amid regulatory headwinds for semiconductor deals  —  Hock Tan and Michael Dell agreed industry-defining deal, codenamed ‘Project Atlas,’ within two weeks

Summer is within reach. Save on WIRED-Recommended Bluetooth speakers, TVs, hot-weather essentials, and more this weekend.

Plus: A $150 million Twitter fine, a massive leak from a Chinese prison in Xinjiang, and an ISIS plot to assassinate George W. Bush.

Plus: Google Assistant comes to the Samsung Galaxy Watch4, and a new virtual space for streaming 360-degree audio invites you to jack in.

Maureen Dowd / New York Times: Interview with Ted Sarandos about Netflix’s recent share price plunge, backing Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special, Hollywood schadenfreude, and more  —  The Netflix executive says he — and the company he helped build — will survive a bout of bad earnings numbers.  — Give this article- – – Read […]

Washington Post: Some teenagers say French social networking app Yubo, which has 18M downloads in the US, ignored reports that the Uvalde shooter threatened violence on the app  —  Young people who met the alleged gunman online said he had threatened to kidnap, rape or kill.

Leonid Ragozin / Rest of World: A profile of inDriver, a ride-hailing app developed in Siberia in 2012, which lets riders and drivers haggle over prices and is now available in 42 countries  —  InDriver’s unique haggling feature has seen it expand from its roots in Yakutia to markets around the world.  —  • YAKUTSK, […]

A crossword-solving AI has beaten more than a thousand of the best human solvers at the prestigious American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

A robot that uses its spiked feet to cling to the mucus-covered lining of the gut could one day climb through the human body to install monitoring devices or deliver therapies

Those clicks and pops aren’t supposed to be there! Give your music a bath with this handy guide.

Tragedies converge, apocalypse colors the air, and digital realities no longer suffice. Eventually everything, and everyone, cracks.

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: Proctoring software like Honorlock that track students’ movements during online exams to prevent cheating are criticized for allegedly flagging normal behavior  —  An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education.  — Give this article- – – Read in app

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Argentina-based ClicOH, which lets sellers across Latin America track shipments in real time via its dashboard, raises a $25M Series A led by Tiger Global  —  E-commerce is an $85 billion business in Latin America, and as that market is poised to essentially double in three years …

Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: China’s iQiyi, a streaming service majority-owned by Baidu and listed on the Nasdaq, reported its first quarterly profit, $26.7M in Q1, after cutting spending  —  The Nasdaq-listed company, majority-owned by search giant Baidu, made a profit of 169.1 million yuan (US$26.7 million) …

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—when we start prepping for summer fun with titanium chopsticks and foldable kayaks.

Here’s how to recognize monkeypox’s symptoms, how to prevent and treat the disease, and what to do if you think you’ve been exposed to it.