A seemingly endless supply chain crunch has fueled interest in tech that promises to track problems or predict where new ones might occur.
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The Pandemic Revolutionized Disease Surveillance. Now What?
Covid forced the world to develop some of the best epidemiological surveys ever done. Now they’re being cut back, even as the threat of the virus lingers.
Huawei reports 2021 revenue dropped 28.5% YoY to $99.9B, its first-ever yearly revenue decline as US sanctions continue, but net profit rose 75.9% YoY to $17.8B (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Huawei reports 2021 revenue dropped 28.5% YoY to $99.9B, its first-ever yearly revenue decline as US sanctions continue, but net profit rose 75.9% YoY to $17.8B — – In 2021, Huawei brought in revenue of 636.8 billion Chinese yuan ($99.9 billion), a 28.5% year-on-year decline.
Sources: Apple plans to cut iPhone SE orders by ~20% for the next quarter, as war and inflation dampen demand, and reduces AirPods orders by 10M+ for 2022 (Nikkei Asia)
Nikkei Asia: Sources: Apple plans to cut iPhone SE orders by ~20% for the next quarter, as war and inflation dampen demand, and reduces AirPods orders by 10M+ for 2022 — Lower orders to suppliers are early sign of pressure on tech industry — The war in Ukraine is causing supply chain turmoil …
Apple heavily relies on China for manufacturing, but its plan to invest $430B in the US over five years is a promising sign of ramped up diversification (Gene Munster/Loup)
Gene Munster / Loup: Apple heavily relies on China for manufacturing, but its plan to invest $430B in the US over five years is a promising sign of ramped up diversification — The global supply chain will likely change rapidly over the next decade, shifting away from China. Apple saw it coming in 2018 …
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on new pathways to decarbonizing industry
Note: This is the third article in a four-part interview series highlighting the work of the 27 MIT Climate Grand Challenges finalist teams, which received a total of $2.7 million in startup funding to advance their projects. In April, the Institute will name a subset of the finalists as multiyear flagship projects. The industrial sector […]
A tool for predicting the future
Whether someone is trying to predict tomorrow’s weather, forecast future stock prices, identify missed opportunities for sales in retail, or estimate a patient’s risk of developing a disease, they will likely need to interpret time-series data, which are a collection of observations recorded over time. Making predictions using time-series data typically requires several data-processing steps […]
How to Use Windows 11’s Built-In Video Editor
Clipchamp isn’t the most powerful app, but it’s already baked into your device—and it may be all you really need.
The 10 Best Portable Grills You Can Buy
We barbecued for weeks to find the right charcoal and propane grills for road trips—or just for smaller homes.
Sources detail NHTSA’s difficulties regulating Tesla as it rolls out self-driving features, resorting to threats and flattery in exchanges with Elon Musk (Faiz Siddiqui/Washington Post)
Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: Sources detail NHTSA’s difficulties regulating Tesla as it rolls out self-driving features, resorting to threats and flattery in exchanges with Elon Musk — SAN FRANCISCO — The first time Washington regulators tried to investigate Tesla’s Autopilot software, CEO Elon Musk was irate.
Kuo: camera bump on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max smartphones will increase about five percent in each dimension due to a larger 48MP sensor (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Kuo: camera bump on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max smartphones will increase about five percent in each dimension due to a larger 48MP sensor — The increased size of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max’s rear camera array is due to all-new 48-megapixel Wide camera […]
An analysis of 19.3M NFTs across ~8,400 collections: one in three have little or no trading activity, and another third trade below their original minting cost (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: An analysis of 19.3M NFTs across ~8,400 collections: one in three have little or no trading activity, and another third trade below their original minting cost — For every Bored Ape and CryptoPunk there is a Baby Baller, one of the thousands of NFT projects that have faltered not long after […]
What Is Google One, and Should You Subscribe?
If you use the company’s apps, it’s worth looking at this all-inclusive service. We break down what you get and how much it costs.
Math’s ‘Oldest Problem Ever’ Gets a New Answer
A new proof significantly strengthens a decades-old result about the ubiquity of ways to represent whole numbers as sums of fractions.
Video Games Offered My Son a Haven From Bullying
For lots of kids, the IRL world can be lonely. Lego Star Wars and Super Paper Mario helped my son focus and find a community.
Leapsome, a Berlin-based startup helping HR teams automate employee feedback and training processes, raises a $60M Series A led by Insight Partners (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Leapsome, a Berlin-based startup helping HR teams automate employee feedback and training processes, raises a $60M Series A led by Insight Partners — Bootstrapped since 2016, Berllin-based “People Enablement” platform Leapsome has raised $60 million in a Series A round as it sets out to dominate the American market.
Social media platforms are hastily rewriting rules on hate and propaganda amid the war on Ukraine, setting precedents that may haunt them in the future (Will Oremus/Washington Post)
Will Oremus / Washington Post: Social media platforms are hastily rewriting rules on hate and propaganda amid the war on Ukraine, setting precedents that may haunt them in the future — A month ago, praising a neo-Nazi militia or calling for violence against Russians could get you suspended from Facebook in Ukraine.
Paris-based Lucca, which provides SMBs with tools to automate HR and administrative tasks, raises €65M from One Peak Partners, after 20 years of self-financing (Megha Paul/Tech.eu)
Megha Paul / Tech.eu: Paris-based Lucca, which provides SMBs with tools to automate HR and administrative tasks, raises €65M from One Peak Partners, after 20 years of self-financing — The new funding will enable the platform to build its product portfolio further and expand internationally in Spain and Switzerland
Apple Wants You to Subscribe to the iPhone
Plus: The creator of the GIF dies at 74, LG debuts new OLED televisions, and more of this week’s stories from the Gear desk.
Hunt for Lapsus$ Hackers Leads to a British Teen
Plus: New details emerge about Russian hacks and hackers as the US warns of potential new attacks.
How Boa Constrictors Can Breathe Even as They Crush Their Prey
New research shows the snakes activate different sections of their rib cage, using their lungs as bellows to pull in air.
Data Vault Holdings, which lets businesses monetize their data assets through its cloud-based exchange, raises a $30.5M Series A from undisclosed investors (FinSMEs)
FinSMEs: Data Vault Holdings, which lets businesses monetize their data assets through its cloud-based exchange, raises a $30.5M Series A from undisclosed investors — Data Vault Holdings, a New York-based provider of a cloud-based platform for the delivery of branded data-backed cryptocurrencies, raised $30.5M in Series A funding.
Sources: health startups Cerebral and Done pressured clinicians to use looser pandemic rules and prescribe stimulants, often via 30 minute online consultations (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Sources: health startups Cerebral and Done pressured clinicians to use looser pandemic rules and prescribe stimulants, often via 30 minute online consultations — Digital companies such as Cerebral and Done seized on looser pandemic rules for prescribing ADHD drugs like Adderall.
Google releases a Chrome update for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix a high-severity zero-day exploited in the wild, the second such patch for Chrome in 2022 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Google releases a Chrome update for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix a high-severity zero-day exploited in the wild, the second such patch for Chrome in 2022 — Google has released Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a high-severity zero-day bug exploited in the wild.
A Global Boom in Fences Is Harming Wildlife
Barriers are going up rapidly as border projects and livestock farming increase, but they impede wildlife migrations and genetically isolate threatened species.
The Best Drawing Apps for Every Kind of iPad Artist
Careful—your Apple Pencil might actually replace your real pencils.
A History of Hup, the Jump Sound in Every Video Game
You can hear it in your head: the grunt your character makes when hopping a fence or leaping into battle. Its sonic roots trace all the way back to 1973.
As some crypto startups seek to avoid oversight, VCs are passing on board seats to win deals; investors in FTX, which has raised $1.8B+, have no board seats (Miles Kruppa/Financial Times)
Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: As some crypto startups seek to avoid oversight, VCs are passing on board seats to win deals; investors in FTX, which has raised $1.8B+, have no board seats — Founders of digital asset groups seek to avoid investor oversight in new Silicon Valley trend — Jack Lu received eight proposals […]
Brands including Forever 21, DKNY, and Estée Lauder have joined the first Metaverse Fashion Week, which began on Thursday and runs until Sunday in Decentraland (Ann-Marie Alcántara/Wall Street Journal)
Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: Brands including Forever 21, DKNY, and Estée Lauder have joined the first Metaverse Fashion Week, which began on Thursday and runs until Sunday in Decentraland — Brands including Forever 21, DKNY and Estée Lauder are using the digital event in part to study how consumers will shop in virtual […]
Ukraine will start selling 54 NFTs next week chronicling the war’s first three days to support its army and civilians, replacing a canceled crypto airdrop plan (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Ukraine will start selling 54 NFTs next week chronicling the war’s first three days to support its army and civilians, replacing a canceled crypto airdrop plan — Proceeds will go toward Ukraine’s army and civilians — Ukraine’s government is raising funds by selling non-fungible tokens …
Google Fiber Workers Vote to Unionize
Workers at two stores gain collective bargaining rights in a breakthrough for the Alphabet Workers Union.
The Fragile Open Source Ecosystem Isn’t Ready for ‘Protestware’
A recent uptick in disruptions to open source software, including incidents aimed at objecting to Russia’s war in Ukraine, have left the community on edge.
Europe’s Digital Markets Act Takes a Hammer to Big Tech
The EU targets tech giants’ walled gardens with aggressive new rules, but the smaller companies the DMA is meant to help are skeptical it will work.
Ohio-based Triple Whale, an analytics platform for Shopify customers, raises a $27.7M extended Series A led by Elephant VC (FinSMEs)
FinSMEs: Ohio-based Triple Whale, an analytics platform for Shopify customers, raises a $27.7M extended Series A led by Elephant VC — Triple Whale, a Columbus, Ohio – based operating system for Shopify brands, raised $27.7M in an extended Series A funding. — Triple Whale’s latest funding round consists …
The US FCC adds Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom Americas, and China Mobile International USA to its national security threat list, barring them from its USF funds (Reuters)
Reuters: The US FCC adds Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom Americas, and China Mobile International USA to its national security threat list, barring them from its USF funds — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday added Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp (0728.HK) …
A unit of 12 Google Fiber workers in Kansas City, Missouri, becomes the first NLRB-recognized bargaining unit of the Alphabet Workers Union, a branch of the CWA (Lauren Kaori Gurley/VICE)
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: A unit of 12 Google Fiber workers in Kansas City, Missouri, becomes the first NLRB-recognized bargaining unit of the Alphabet Workers Union, a branch of the CWA — “We’re really hoping that we’re the first in a line of dominos.” — Lauren Kaori Gurley — Google Fiber workers in Kansas […]
Proposed EU law could force WhatsApp and iMessage to work together
The European Union is close to agreeing the Digital Markets Act, which would require big tech firms to open up their services to wider competition
Watch a foot-tickling machine discover the most ticklish spot on feet
The TickleFoot device stimulates the most ticklish spots of the human foot – for women it was found to be the centre of the arch, while for men it is slightly closer to the toes
Foot tickling machine could help beat stress by inducing laughter
The TickleFoot device stimulates the most ticklish spots of the human foot. Researchers hope it could help beat stress by inducing uncontrolled laughter
A better way to separate gases
Industrial processes for chemical separations, including natural gas purification and the production of oxygen and nitrogen for medical or industrial uses, are collectively responsible for about 15 percent of the world’s energy use. They also contribute a corresponding amount to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Now, researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a […]
5 Ways Managers Sabotage the Hiring Process
We all have blind spots. Here’s how to keep them from undermining your recruitment efforts.
Raytheon CEO Gregory Hayes: How Ukraine Has Highlighted Gaps in US Defense Technologies
How does a company that gets two million hack attempts each week think about security?
How to Make Progress on Your Long-Term Career Goals
Even when you aren’t entirely sure where you want to end up.
This Cheetah Robot Taught Itself How to Sprint in a Weird Way
Researchers got the machine to run nearly 13 feet per second. It ain’t graceful, but this powerful technique is preparing robots for the chaos of the world.
This Waffle Maker Upgrades Your Breakfast (and Every Other Meal)
This appliance is perfect for taking your waffles beyond breakfast.
Labor Unions Face Historic Votes at Amazon
In long-awaited elections, workers in two US warehouses will decide whether they want union representation at the ecommerce company.
Meituan reports Q4 revenue of $7.78B, up 31% YoY, and a net loss of $830M, amid weakening Chinese consumer spending and regulatory pressures (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)
Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: Meituan reports Q4 revenue of $7.78B, up 31% YoY, and a net loss of $830M, amid weakening Chinese consumer spending and regulatory pressures — Meituan’s revenue slowed for the third straight quarter after weakening Chinese consumer spending and regulatory pressures constrained its online food and travel businesses.
The EU and US announce a preliminary transatlantic data pact bur reveal few details, after the EU declared the previous pact illegal in 2020 (Daniel Michaels/Wall Street Journal)
Daniel Michaels / Wall Street Journal: The EU and US announce a preliminary transatlantic data pact bur reveal few details, after the EU declared the previous pact illegal in 2020 — Agreement could assuage concerns of companies with operations on both sides of the Atlantic — BRUSSELS—The U.S. and the European Union reached …
A look at Lantern, an app backed by the US’ Open Technology Fund that has spent the last two years building a peer-to-peer network to bypass Russian censorship (David Gilbert/VICE)
David Gilbert / VICE: A look at Lantern, an app backed by the US’ Open Technology Fund that has spent the last two years building a peer-to-peer network to bypass Russian censorship — Backed with funding from the U.S. government’s Open Technology Fund, Lantern has spent two years building a peer-to-peer network inside Russia.
Omega and Swatch’s $260 MoonSwatch Looks Out of This World
You read that right, $260. Plus this playful take on the iconic Speedmaster comes in multiple colors and is made from the group’s Bioceramic material.