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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google releases Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel devices, with sharesheet custom actions, a more prominent back arrow, per-app language preferences, and more  —  Google’s Android development cycle runs on a rather predictable cadence these days.  Today, after two developer previews …

Wall Street Journal: Sources: IBM explores selling its weather unit in a deal that could be valued at $1B+; IBM reportedly paid $2B+ for The Weather Company’s digital assets in 2015  —  Weather.com owner could fetch more than $1 billion in a sale  —  International Business Machines Corp. is exploring a sale …

A lighting device that reuses its infrared light to conserve energy is as efficient as some LED lights, which could contribute to fewer carbon emissions while retaining a natural glow

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence has ignited a deep philosophical exploration into the nature of consciousness, creativity, and authorship. As we bear witness to new advances in the field, it’s increasingly apparent that these synthetic agents possess a remarkable capacity to create, iterate, and challenge our traditional notions of intelligence. But what does it […]

Brian Nord first fell in love with physics when he was a teenager growing up in Wisconsin. His high school physics program wasn’t exceptional, and he sometimes struggled to keep up with class material, but those difficulties did nothing to dampen his interest in the subject. In addition to the main curriculum, students were encouraged […]

Participating in an intensive three-week lab in Yucatán, Mexico, changed how MIT junior Penelope Herrero-Marques views her role as an engineer. The January trip was the first step in a new partnership between MIT D-Lab and Perkins School for the Blind, a Massachusetts-based national service provider and international nonprofit that strives to make education accessible […]

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Strategies to help you rise above performative allyship, based on a series of studies conducted over four years.

What size should you get? Do you need a subwoofer? Here’s everything you need to know when upgrading your TV’s audio.

We sat down with the leader of the storied city that WIRED calls home.

A new mini arcade cab version of the iconic alien shooter is set to land, 45 years after Tomohiro Nishikado’s surprise hit changed gaming forever.

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: IAC and PwC: 2022 US digital ad revenue rose 10.8% YoY to $209.7B, down from 35% growth in 2021; social media ad revenue rose 3.6% YoY, down from ~39% in 2021  —  Headwinds from the economy and privacy protections were offset by growth in areas such as retail ad […]

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: PitchBook: global VC funding for crypto startups fell to $2.4B in Q1 2023, down 80% from an all-time high of $12.3B in Q1 2022 and the lowest level since 2020  —  Venture capitalists are continuing to pull back from crypto, an industry that’s been plagued by scandals, a market downturn and […]

New York Times: Sources say concerns over Mark Zuckerberg’s efficiency drive, layoffs, Meta’s absentee leadership, and focus on the metaverse have devastated employee morale  —  Workers at Facebook’s parent have been increasingly alarmed by job cuts and the company’s direction.

From Triangle of Sadness to Boston Strangler, these are the films you need to watch on the streaming service right now.

Raising your computer screen is a simple fix for healthier posture.

From a can of Spam to a retro cell phone, these are our favorite ways to disguise (and protect) Apple’s wireless earbuds.

Nikkei Asia: Customs data: Russia imported $570M worth of US chips from Hong Kong and mainland China from February 24, 2022 to December 31, 2022, despite US sanctions  —  Shipments from Hong Kong and China jumped tenfold after invasion of Ukraine  —  TOKYO/HONG KONG/TAIPEI — More than a year since …

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Sources: after Twitch cut ~15% of the staff who policed abusive or illegal content and folded an AI ethics team, ex-staffers worry content moderation will slip  —  Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors …

Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: Artifact, the personalized news sharing app started by Instagram’s co-founders, adds article comments and plans to give new profiles a public “reputation score”  —  Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger’s article app is taking a page from Reddit’s playbook with upvotes, downvotes, and graded credibility—as well as AI moderation.

Entangled photons of light have been sent through a loop of conventional optical fibre under the noisy New York streets – a starting point to building an unhackable quantum internet

Birds can see in ultraviolet, so a form of camouflage made using natural plant dyes that helps conceal objects in both visible and UV light could prove useful for hunters

Many birds’ feathers are remarkably efficient at shedding water — so much so that “like water off a duck’s back” is a common expression. Much more unusual are the belly feathers of the sandgrouse, especially Namaqua sandgrouse, which absorb and retain water so efficiently the male birds can fly more than 20 kilometers from a […]

MIT Lecturer Min-Min Liang has won the 2023 MAFLT LCTL Innovation Award in the Classroom Innovation category, offered by the National Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Resource Center at Michigan State University. Liang has taught Chinese at MIT for over 20 years as part of the Global Languages unit. In making the award notification, the […]

Increasing environmental conditions caused by climate change, an ever-growing human population, scarcity of arable land, and limited resources are pressuring the agriculture industry to adopt more sustainable and precise practices that foster more efficient use of resources (e.g., water, fertilizers, and pesticides) and mitigation of environmental impacts. Developing delivery systems that efficiently deploy agrochemicals such […]

We’ve all made choices we wish we could take back. These three research-backed strategies can help us process and move forward.

A culture that embraces change can create new opportunities for employees and organizations.

Is a flower that travels halfway around the world truly a “low-carbon rose”?

You just spend nearly a grand (if not more) on a Samsung phone. Don’t take a risk—keep it safe!

Diébédo Francis Kéré works with natural materials and local communities to create buildings that are inclusive, beautiful, and climate resilient.

Neoplants says its pothos has superior purification properties—but you’ll still need a lot of them to get the job done.

Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: The Commerce Department’s NTIA begins exploring possible rules for ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, requesting comment from the public over accountability  —  Fears grow over the potential use of artificial intelligence to commit crimes and spread falsehoods

Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: Open-source LLMs are having a moment after the LLaMA leak and releases from Stanford and others, prompting debates over the pros and cons of open and closed AI  —  The open-source technology movement has been having a moment over the past few weeks thanks to AI — following a wave …

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to promote violence, sharing content before Twitter’s safety team can act  —  The messages are too numerous for Twitter’s reduced moderation teams to delete  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Amid escalating conflict between …

Global supply chains are immense feats of technological and organizational sophistication. They are also, as the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic showed, vulnerable to unexpected developments. Will that change as artificial intelligence becomes a bigger part of supply chains? And what will happen to workers in the process? MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi explores these topics […]

Spring into the great outdoors with these day packs, hiking shoes, and more.

In 2021, the first overdose prevention center opened in the United States. WIRED spoke to its director about what “harm reduction” really means.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: The US FTC orders a supplement maker to pay $600K in its first case on “hijacked” Amazon reviews, in which reviews of different products are misleadingly merged  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order in its first-ever enforcement action over a case involving …

Bloomberg: Sources: Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss recently made a $100M loan to Gemini Trust, after their crypto exchange tried to raise funds from outside investors  —  Billionaires Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss dipped into their own pockets to support their crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. …

Jessica Piper / Politico: Tests show Twitter, which resumed political ads this year, offers incomplete data on the ads through its “disclosure” tool, missing some promoted tweets  —  The platform started accepting political ads again in January.  —  Elon Musk took over Twitter last fall with a pledge …

Nearly 20 percent of today’s electricity in the United States comes from nuclear power. The U.S. has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, with 92 reactors scattered around the country. Many of these power plants have run for more than half a century and are approaching the end of their expected lifetimes. Policymakers are […]

An accretion disk is a colossal whirlpool of gas and dust that gathers around a black hole or a neutron star like cotton candy as it pulls in material from a nearby star. As the disk spins, it whips up powerful winds that push and pull on the sprawling, rotating plasma. These massive outflows can […]

This short assessment will help you spot the warning signs — before you feel fried.

They must become more sophisticated in how they use data to gain visibility into patients’ behaviors and decisions.

A leader must embrace uncertainty and keep her team motivated after layoffs.

Looking to up your own audio quality on Zoom, YouTube, TikTok, or while gaming? Try some of these mics.

Ether is finally untethering itself from mining—and driving renewed debate about bitcoin’s environmental impact.

Videos obtained by WIRED from public transit vehicles reveal self-driving cars causing delays and potential danger to buses, trains, and passengers.

New York Times: A look at the impact of 34 US bitcoin mines and their extreme demand for energy, as the cost of electricity for locals increases in Texas and other areas  —  Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution.