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Four strategies to ensure you’re treating employees who disclose mental health challenges fairly.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Twitter expands Blue to Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and plans to launch a new Spaces tab with curated spaces and podcasts  —  Twitter is in a hurry to make money, and in another step that might lead to some revenue it has expanded the Twitter Blue subscription […]

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital sold 1,500 BTC in January, amid a rallying crypto market, to cover some of its expenses; Marathon still holds 11,418 BTC  —  The bitcoin miner sold 1,500 bitcoins in January.  —  Feb 3, 2023  —  Crypto Software Firm President: We’re Trying to Make California’s DMV More Efficient […]

Rita Liao / TechCrunch: Apple removes decentralized social networking app Damus from China App Store, two days after debut, per CAC’s demand as it includes content “illegal in China”  —  Damus, one of the fastest-growing Twitter alternatives, has been pulled from China’s App Store just two days after the app was approved by Apple.

Accidental revisions to a US Help Center page sparked confusion about the streamer’s next moves. But restrictions on account sharing are still coming soon.

The idea of creating tamper-proof databases has captured the attention of everyone from anarchist techies to staid bankers.

Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia: Apple reports Q1 revenue in Greater China fell 7.3% YoY to $23.9B, revenue in Japan fell 5% to $6.8B, and revenue in the rest of Asia-Pacific fell 2.8% to $9.5B  —  Greater China took biggest hit with a 7.3% revenue drop  —  PALO ALTO, U.S. — Apple on Thursday reported […]

Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg: Sources: US prosecutors in the DOJ’s fraud unit are investigating California-based bank Silvergate over hosting accounts tied to FTX and Alameda Research  —  US prosecutors in the Justice Department’s fraud unit are looking into Silvergate Capital Corp.’s dealings with fallen crypto giants FTX …

Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: Apple reports Q1 Services revenue up 6% YoY to $20.8B and says its install base crossed 2B active devices, up from 1.8B devices the company reported in Q1 2022  —  Along with reporting its quarterly performance, Apple shared the latest details on how many of its devices are currently active.

An artificial intelligence called SingSong can take a recording of a person singing and create a backing track for it with the appropriate rhythm, key and harmonies

The AMASS project would involve thousands of drones, on the ground, in the air and in the water, working together in a “swarm of swarms” to overwhelm enemy defences

A simple buzzer and some microphones help a drone to navigate and map out its surroundings, much like how a bat uses sound to see in the dark

The following press release was issued today by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. A common sign of Alzheimer’s disease is the excessive buildup of two types of protein in the brain: tangles of tau proteins that accumulate inside cells, and amyloid-β proteins that form plaques outside the cells. Researchers don’t know how these […]

The brain’s cerebral cortex produces perception based on the sensory information it’s fed through a region called the thalamus. “How the thalamus communicates with the cortex is a fundamental feature of how the brain interprets the world,” says Elly Nedivi, the William R. and Linda R. Young Professor in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory […]

Immunotherapy — drug treatment that stimulates the immune system to attack tumors — works well against some types of cancer, but it has shown mixed success against lung cancer. A new study from MIT helps to shed light on why the immune system mounts such a lackluster response to lung cancer, even after treatment with […]

“Never compromise who you are personally to become who you wish to be professionally.”

Practice them until they become habits.

Seven steps to take when you’re in need of a comeback.

Former president Trump tried and failed to ban the app. Now US lawmakers from both parties are preparing legislation they say can finish the job.

Whether you spend it in nature’s backyard or yours, we’ve found discounts on Patagonia clothing, camping gear, and tents.

Russian antiwar activists placed their faith in Telegram, a supposedly secure messaging app. How does Putin’s regime seem to know their every move?

Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg: After a big decline in 2022, Meta’s stock has risen 72%+ since November 3, one of the S&P 500 Index’s best-performing stocks, adding $200B+ to its market cap  —  A spectacular turnaround in Meta Platforms Inc.’s stock is bringing back flashes of Big Tech heydays.

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sony announces a beta version of Discord for the PlayStation 5 in the US, Canada, Japan, and the UK, adds Variable Refresh Rate support for 1440p, and more  —  Beta testers will be able to join Discord voice calls on a PS5 console in the US, Canada, Japan, and UK […]

James Somers / New Yorker: A look at OpenAI’s open-source speech recognition software Whisper, which can transcribe speech in more than 90 languages, outperforming humans in some of them  —  ChatGPT is in the spotlight, but it’s Whisper—OpenAI’s open-source speech-transcription program—that shows us where machine learning is going.

Last week saw the launch of Deep Fake Neighbour Wars, the first ever deepfake comedy. We need to start talking about the legal and ethical implications of this technology, says New Scientist’s television columnist Bethan Ackerley

From French president Emmanuel Macron to ordinary whistle-blowers, the surveillance software Pegasus has been used to target thousands of people. Investigative journalists Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud tell its story and explain why no one is safe

A study of nearly 2 million tweets over one year suggests that people in San Francisco feel disgusted when at hardware stores and Londoners are most joyful at hostels or motels

Should you get the Ultra and enjoy the new 200-megapixel camera or stick with a smaller handset? We have recommendations.

There are three new phones—the Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra—as well as five new laptops.

Prestige restaurants are often unsustainable, intense workplaces. It’s time for the culture around them to change.

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s management theme in 2023 is the “Year of Efficiency” and emphasizes the role of AI in driving the company forward  —  Meta is all-in on becoming a lean, mean cash-printing machine.  —  In its Q4 earnings call on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described …

Emma Roth / The Verge: Netflix says password sharing rules for the US are not set yet and removes from its US help page rules saying users must connect to primary Wi-Fi every 31 days  —  Based on info sourced from Netflix’s support pages, The Streamable reported on Tuesday details about its upcoming anti-password sharing […]

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Meta increases its share repurchase authorization by $40B and says it bought back $27.93B in stock in 2022  —  – Meta Platforms increased its share purchase authorization by $40 billion.  — The social networking company has sought to rein in costs as revenue growth has slowed in recent quarters.

A study of more than 1.5 million tweets over one year suggests that people in San Francisco feel disgusted when at hardware stores and Londoners are most joyful at motels

MIT Solve, an MIT initiative with a mission to drive innovation to solve world challenges, announced today the 2023 Global Challenges and the Indigenous Communities Fellowship.  Solve invites anyone from anywhere in the world to submit a solution to this year’s challenges by 12 p.m. EST on May 9. The 40 innovators — including eight […]

Take apart your laptop screen, and at its heart you’ll find a plate patterned with pixels of red, green, and blue LEDs, arranged end to end like a meticulous Lite Brite display. When electrically powered, the LEDs together can produce every shade in the rainbow to generate full-color displays. Over the years, the size of […]

If she hits just the right pitch, a singer can shatter a wine glass. The reason is resonance. While the glass may vibrate slightly in response to most acoustic tones, a pitch that resonates with the material’s own natural frequency can send its vibrations into overdrive, causing the glass to shatter. Resonance also occurs at […]

Disney, Starbucks, GE, and others have stumbled painfully when it comes to CEO succession.

New research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing.

You don’t have to follow their lead. Here’s how to set boundaries.

Students from top schools used to waltz from Silicon Valley internships into lucrative jobs. Now, some are reconsidering their options.

True Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance’s VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year.

Data gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug-resistance. There are no new treatments yet.

Nilay Patel / The Verge: An interview with Chris Miller, a Tufts professor and author of the book Chip War, on EUV lithography, ASML’s role in global chip manufacturing, TSMC, and more  —  Professor Chris Miller’s new book Chip War explains the complicated global politics inside your iPhone.

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: A look at Spanish-language livestreaming growth on Twitch; the platform’s audience for Spanish, its fastest-growing language, grew sixfold from 2019 to 2022  —  Samantha Rivera was studying engineering in Mexico in 2020 when a group of friends convinced her she could draw an audience …

Ashley Gold / Axios: A report by the White House’s NTIA describes Apple and Google as “gatekeepers” of mobile app stores and suggests legislation to improve competition and choice  —  A new Biden administration report describes Apple and Google as “gatekeepers” of mobile app stores and suggests legislation …

Enigma Labs launches a project to crowdsource and quantify data about “unidentified aerial phenomena.”

Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots with one of these WIRED-tested mesh systems.

Yes, they’re problematic. They can also reflect an alternate reality that feels eerily close to the truth.

Sylvia Varnham O’Regan / The Information: Sources: Meta executives are debating whether to relax the company’s long-standing opposition to sharing ad revenue with creators, as it seeks to boost Reels  —  When Wall Street analysts dial into an earnings call tomorrow with Mark Zuckerberg, they’re likely to pepper the Meta Platforms CEO …