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Supercomputers are expensive to buy and run, but connecting up lots of consumer Apple computers that contain M1 chips may be able to do the same job for less

The retailer usually skips Black Friday, so snag these discounts now through November 21 on our favorite outdoor gear.

The Square Off Pro is an internet-connected board you can roll up to take anywhere—and to play with opponents around the world.

There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $150 to $500—stood up to WIRED’s testing.

Jay Peters / The Verge: Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29, “to make sure that it is rock solid”  —  Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue, which lets you pay $7.99 per month for a blue verification check mark next to your name, will relaunch on November 29th.

Varsha Bansal / Rest of World: How India’s gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating their lives, are using Telegram to exchange cheap hacks on how to game the platforms to their advantage  —  Tired of the obscurity around black box algorithms that dictate their lives, India’s gig workers are coming up with jugaads to game […]

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, promising 35% faster CPU performance, improved power efficiency, Wi-Fi 7 support, and up to 4.35x faster AI performance  —  Qualcomm has announced all the details of its next flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, with a focus on better and more efficient […]

Artificial intelligences that turn text into video are making rapid progress, but are we ready for a world in which the authenticity of every video is in question?

We know proper indoor ventilation is key to reducing the spread of Covid-19. Now, a study by MIT researchers finds that indoor relative humidity may also influence transmission of the virus. Relative humidity is the amount of moisture in the air compared to the total moisture the air can hold at a given temperature before […]

Last year, MIT researchers announced that they had built “liquid” neural networks, inspired by the brains of small species: a class of flexible, robust machine learning models that learn on the job and can adapt to changing conditions, for real-world safety-critical tasks, like driving and flying. The flexibility of these “liquid” neural nets meant boosting […]

This week, NASA will attempt to launch the Artemis I mission. Artemis I is an uncrewed test flight that will launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and send the Orion spacecraft around the moon and back to test the system and hardware extensively before future flights with astronauts. The first of several missions, Artemis […]

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“Just-in-time” only works as part of a comprehensive suite of strategies.

A conversation with LBS professor Herminia Ibarra on building authentic connections.

WIRED’s editor in chief mulls what lies in store for Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried, plus more thoughts on the past week’s headlines.

The sprawling mass of suburbia has been a disaster for the environment. But now smaller, denser cities herald a renaissance in city living.

The team uses a secret technique to locate AlphaBay’s server. But just as the operation heats up, the agents have an unexpected run-in with their target.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Amazon launches Amazon Clinic, a telehealth marketplace for third-party virtual consultants, available in 32 US states, months after shuttering Amazon Care  —  The ink is not yet dry on Amazon’s $4 billion acquisition of OneMedical, but in the meantime, the online services giant is making …

Matt Novak / Gizmodo: The New York Times’ bizarre SBF profile presents the disgraced founder through a gauzy lens, fails to challenge him, and gives him the benefit of the doubt  —  FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019 …

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Cerebras announces its Andromeda supercomputer, combining 16 wafer-sized WSE-2 chips to create 13.5M AI-optimized cores, available to customers and researchers  —  The world’s largest chip scales to new heights.  —  Image 1 of 2  —  Cerebras, the company that builds the world’s largest chip …

When it came to picking a major, Skylar Larsen had no doubt in her mind that she wanted to study the stars. “There was never really an ‘aha’ moment,” says Larsen. “I always loved staring up into space.” An opportunity to further explore astronomy came in high school, when Larsen participated in Boyce-Astro, a local […]

Swoosh members will compete to create digital kicks with the brand’s design staff and bag a royalty cut. But not even Nike knows how it’s going to work.

This at-home diagnostic Covid-19 test kit is ridiculously expensive, but it’s accurate and dead simple to use.

From the real everyday pan to the best Instant Pot, we have ideas that will keep the curious cook in your life tinkering away.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: The Epic Games-Apple antitrust battle resumes in appeals court; the US DOJ and state of California have been granted time to explain antitrust legal frameworks  —  Apple’s antitrust battle against Fortnite maker Epic Games is returning to the courtroom after both sides appealed last year’s ruling …

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Source: Twitter no longer fulfills obligations for claiming Ireland as its “main establishment” under the EU’s GDPR, after security and privacy executives left  —  Next stop: Regulatory hell?  —  Helmed by erratic new owner Elon Musk, Twitter is no longer fulfilling key obligations required …

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google launches Health Connect in beta on the Play Store with partners including Peloton, Oura, Flo, MyFitnessPal, and Samsung, after months in “early access”  —  Google announced Health Connect in May at I/O 2022, and recent months have seen more apps support it.

Resources for parents, advice for managers, and realities we should all be aware of.

You might want to be careful about who you’re doing business with, because in the end, your behavior is likely to be influenced by theirs.

A leader learns how to empower his growing team.

Brian Fung / CNN: Jeff Bezos says he plans to give away the majority of his $124B net worth, but offers few specifics; Bezos has been criticized for not signing the Giving Pledge  —  Exclusive: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he’ll give away his wealth  —  Twitter users are flocking to Mastodon.  What is it?

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Seeking to diversify its revenue streams, Klarna launches a price comparison tool in the US, UK, and Nordics; Klarna acquired PriceRunner for ~$125M in 2022  —  Klarna has rolled out a search and compare tool in the UK and Nordics as the fintech looks to diversify its revenue away from […]

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: DeviantArt announces DreamUp, a text-to-image generator based on Stable Diffusion, drawing intense criticism from its artist community  —  Confused artists discover their work will be used for AI training by default.  —  On Friday, the online art community DeviantArt announced DreamUp …

A new MIT-developed heat treatment transforms the microscopic structure of 3D-printed metals, making the materials stronger and more resilient in extreme thermal environments. The technique could make it possible to 3D print high-performance blades and vanes for power-generating gas turbines and jet engines, which would enable new designs with improved fuel consumption and energy efficiency. […]

Mysterious crooks took hundreds of millions of dollars from FTX just as it collapsed. Crypto-tracing blockchain analysis may provide an answer.

Unravel the tangled world of cords and find the ones you need to charge your gadgets and transfer data.

We’ve tested dozens of ways to watch stuff on 4K or HD TVs. These are our favorites.

Bloomberg: A profile of Unity CEO John Riccitiello, as he faces criticism for the company’s targeted ads, his metaverse ambitions, years of dating the head of HR, and more  —  John Riccitiello was on top of the metaverse.  Last November the chief executive officer of Unity Software Inc. spilled the news …

Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Sources: Twitter has eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 contract staff, with cuts expected to significantly impact content moderation and the core infrastructure  —  Update: company sources tell me that yesterday Twitter eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 contract employees, with cuts expected to have significant impact to content moderation and the core […]

Richard Waters / Financial Times: Factors like a fall in demand and an increase in manufacturing capacity have led to a sharp chip cycle downturn, suggesting a bottom in the market may be near  —  Growing number of companies have issued weak sales and profit projections  —  If Wall Street had any doubts about the […]

Anker’s iPhone MagSafe accessories may look like power packs, but they are actually little bundles of life-changing joy.

You don’t have to say a ghost’s name three times in the mirror. The Haand x Toma Brunch Kit makes bloody brunches easy.

Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic: Elon Musk is failing to convince people that Twitter is a town square, telling users what they can and can’t say for a laugh and charging $8 for the privilege  —  Recently, comedy clubs have begun doing this thing that seemed, when I first encountered it, both wildly hypocritical and […]

Claudia Adrien / Channel Futures: Tampa-based Rewst, a robotic process automation startup serving managed service providers, raised a $21.5M Series A led by OpenView  —  Rewst, a company whose robotic process automation (RPA) platform serves MSPs, has received $21.5 million in funding to advance product development.

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: The Securities Commission of The Bahamas says it didn’t order FTX to reopen withdrawals for Bahamas-based customers, refuting FTX’s statement  —  FTX said last week it had allowed Bahamas-based customers to withdraw funds at its regulators’ request.  —  Crypto exchange FTX was not required …

Jack Cook, Matthew Kearney, and Jupneet Singh have been selected for the 2023 cohort of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship program. They will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. next fall. Each year, Rhodes awards 32 scholarships to U.S. citizens plus additional scholarships for citizens from non-U.S. constituencies. The students were […]

Plus: Apple pays for more emergency satellite tech, LG is working on a stretchy screen, and we answer all your burning questions about Mastodon.

The way you identify yourself on the platform is changing.

Plus: US midterms survive disinformation efforts, the government names the alleged Lockbit ransomware attacker, and the Powerball drawing hits a security snag.

Rest of World: Cambodia’s online gambling and scam industries keep recruiting “cyber slave” workers via trafficking and misleading ads despite police raids and global pressure  —  Casual trafficking, calls to parents, misleading ads: even with global pressure, recruitment is rife.  —  • BAVET, CAMBODIA