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Callum Cyrus / Tech.eu: Marseille-based Volta Medical, whose AI assistant helps surgeons in cardiac ablation procedures, raised a €36M Series B, bringing its total funding to over €70M  —  Marseille-based Volta Medical is preparing for additional clinical trials, after successfully winning CE and FDA-approval …

Bloomberg: Some companies are taking a liberal interpretation of California’s pay transparency law with wide pay ranges; one Netflix job posting has a $90K-$900K pay range  —  A Tesla Inc. software engineer could earn anywhere from $83,200 to $417,600.  Netflix Inc. has one job posting advertising …

Kylie Robison / Fortune: Sources: some former US Twitter employees finally received their severance agreements, offering only one month of base pay as severance and no prorated bonuses  —  Following further delays this week, some former Twitter employees finally received their official severance agreements on Saturday …

The technology could draw more players into the pricey hobby by allowing people to design their own pieces and even develop their own games.

From gaming headsets to electric in-line skates, here’s everything announced at the tech trade show that you can actually order today.

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Mandiant: Russian cyberespionage group Turla piggybacked on other hackers’ decade-old malware that spread via USB drives to stealthily access victim networks  —  The infamous, FSB-connected Turla group took over other hackers’ servers, exploiting their USB drive malware for targeted espionage.

Darío Gil / Fortune: IBM SVP and Director of Research says the company will no longer pursue numeric patent leadership and will instead focus on open innovation and collaboration  —  For 29 years straight, IBM has led the United States in minting patents, at its peak filing over 10,000 US patent applications …

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: IBM’s US patent count fell 44% YoY in 2022 to 4,743, behind Samsung’s 8,513, losing its top spot after decades as the company refocuses on its core businesses  —  International Business Machines Corp. dropped from the top spot for US patents in 2022, the first time in decades Big Blue …

Staff laid off by Elon Musk were assured they would be compensated following mass cuts. As the deadline passes, the silence has been deafening.

Try as they might, crypto companies pressured by the trading platform’s collapse are failing to bail themselves out.

The exposure of hundreds of millions of email addresses puts pseudonymous users of the social network at risk.

Wired: Some Twitter staff in the US and other countries laid off by Elon Musk in November say they have not received information about the severance they were promised  —  Staff laid off by Elon Musk were assured they would be compensated following mass cuts.  As the deadline passes, the silence has been deafening.

Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: Irish DPC’s €390M Meta fine, issued at the behest of the European Data Protection Board, fits with the EU’s plan to crack down on Big Tech in the next two years  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is used to batting away the occasional fine from European regulators as a cost of doing […]

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Amazon S3 will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side using AES-256; AWS has had server-side encryption for over a decade  —  Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side, using AES-256 by default.

The stock of language data that artificial intelligences like ChatGPT train on could run out by 2026, because AIs consume it faster than we produce it

There is a limit to how big existing wind turbine designs can get, which limits the power they can produce, but a new approach inspired by palm trees could help them scale up

The ancient Romans were masters of engineering, constructing vast networks of roads, aqueducts, ports, and massive buildings, whose remains have survived for two millennia. Many of these structures were built with concrete: Rome’s famed Pantheon, which has the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome and was dedicated in A.D. 128, is still intact, and some ancient […]

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In 2022, U.S. workers voted to form more unions than they have in nearly 20 years.

How to recognize the influence you already have — and wield it more effectively.

ClientEarth helps shape new laws and enforce old ones to protect the planet and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

The January 6 Committee’s 841-page report will go down as one of the most important documents in US history. These key details stand out.

Companies trialing the metaverse space say it’s kind of fun, but only in small doses.

Varsha Bansal / Rest of World: A profile of Shaik Salauddin, an Uber driver turned union leader, who has become a quasi-celebrity in India after fighting for gig worker rights in the country  —  Shaik Salauddin: the Indian driver-turned-union leader who is brushing shoulders with top politicians and giving ride-hailing firms a run for their […]

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Stellantis announces Mobilisights, a business unit focused on selling software using connected vehicle data to enterprises, utilities, and other organizations  —  Stellantis is launching a new business unit dedicated to turning all that vehicle data into marketable products — and revenue.

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Snap plans to shut down its Camera app for Mac and PC on January 25, 2023; launched in October 2018, the app let users apply face filters while on video calls  —  On January 25th, Snap will be shutting down its camera app for Mac and PCs.  If that name […]

Learning the significance of data points allows artificial intelligence models to make better predictions, which will help us tell when hurricanes or disease outbreaks are imminent

A European Union ruling against Meta marks the beginning of the end of targeted ads.

The infamous, FSB-connected Turla group took over other hackers’ servers, exploiting their USB drive malware for targeted espionage.

From Iran’s reigning master of cinema to wolf-eating witches, these are the best films you didn’t see last year.

Kate Clark / The Information: Memo: Genesis parent company DCG shut its wealth management division HQ on January 2; filing: HQ had more than $3.5B under management as of December 2022  —  Digital Currency Group, the parent company of crypto broker Genesis and the publication CoinDesk, has shut down its wealth management …

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Satellite, to let phones with a Gen 2 SoC and X70 modem connect to Iridium’s satellites for off-grid texting, available in H2 2023  —  Android phones will soon be getting a feature similar to — and perhaps even more powerful than — Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite.

Bloomberg: Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech giants have struck a truce with the government, accepting lower growth and more controls as China eases its crackdown  —  In China, 2022 was the year Big Tech changed.  Succumbing to a government crackdown and a pandemic that refused to go away …

It has long been known that one day quantum computers will probably be able to crack the RSA encryption method we use to keep data safe, but a team of researchers is now claiming it is already possible, while others say the results require more scrutiny

“For me, this project is about making science visible in society,” says Herlinde Koelbl, a renowned German photo artist whose portrait series, “Fascination of Science,” is now on display at MIT.  Koelbl set herself the goal to photograph scientists and to show their motivation, influences, and ways of thinking — through the eyes of an […]

With new support from the Office of the Associate Provost for International Activities, MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) and the MIT-Africa program are expanding internship opportunities for MIT students at universities and leading academic research centers in Africa. This past summer, MISTI supported 10 MIT student interns at African universities, significantly more than […]

Have you ever been advised to “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes?” Considering another person’s perspective can be a challenging endeavor — but recognizing our errors and biases is key to building understanding across communities. By challenging our preconceptions, we confront prejudice, such as racism and xenophobia, and potentially develop a more inclusive perspective […]

Berhalter says he’s saddened that his public life has affected his family as he addresses an accusation of violence from 30 years ago.

Part of the disconnect hinges on how productivity is measured.

It’s time for a more rational, disciplined, value-oriented framework.

Abdulrahman Khalid was forced to flee his country because of his outspoken atheism. Now, he’s helping others in the same position—for profit.

A network of trading platforms is restructuring the seafood industry and tackling waste.

Researchers are applying digital listening technology to the natural world. It turns out it has quite a lot to say to us—and not all of it sounds good.

David Benoit / Wall Street Journal: US bank Silvergate, which caters to crypto clients, reports liquidating debt to cover $8.1B in withdrawals as FTX collapsed and laying off 40% of its staff  —  Bank sold assets at a loss to cover withdrawals and cut 40% of its staff but remains committed to crypto

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Gemini Trust COO Noah Perlman leaves the company, as founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss struggle to regain $900M in customer funds lent to DCG’s Genesis  —  Gemini Trust Co. Chief Operating Officer Noah Perlman has left the cryptocurrency firm founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss …

Tom Warren / The Verge: Philips Hue owner Signify launches a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs, available for $130, effectively a software version of the $250M Play HDMI Sync Box  —  Signify, owner of the Philips Hue brand, is launching a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs.

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon plans to lay off 17,000+ staff, more than the company’s initial target of 10,000 in November 2022; the added cuts will hit over the coming weeks  —  New figure would be the largest number of cuts revealed so far at a major tech company  —  Amazon AMZN -0.79%decrease …

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: The US SEC files a limited objection to Binance.US’ $1.02B bid for crypto lender Voyager’s assets, asking for sufficient details on how Binance plans to pay  —  The agency is asking for more details how the crypto exchange can afford the deal.  —  Join the most important conversation …

Monica Chin / The Verge: Asus unveils its Vivobook Pro 16X and ProArt Studiobook 16 laptops with 3.2K, 120Hz glasses-free 3D OLED 16-inch displays  —  For some companies that sell gaming and creator-oriented laptops, glasses-free 3D has become a bit of a dream.  Acer first tried it back in 2021.

Including its 130-metre-long legs, the Voltaire wind turbine installation vessel is 336 metres high. It is on its way from China to the North Sea, where it will install huge new turbines at Dogger Bank