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Bloomberg: Twitter tells Judge McCormick that Peiter Zatko never raised spam concerns until he filed his whistleblower complaint and “started parroting” Musk’s allegations  —  A lawyer for Twitter Inc. said a whistle-blower who claims the company responded inadequately to spam and bot accounts …

As the U.S. aging population rapidly grows, there remains a severe shortage of care workers and personal assistants for older adults and people with disabilities despite a surplus of unfilled jobs. Low pay, lack of basic benefits, and the paucity of opportunities for growth have resulted in a huge turnover in the long-term services and […]

For more than half a century, researchers around the world have been engaged in attempts to achieve fusion ignition in a laboratory, a grand challenge of the 21st century. The High-Energy-Density Physics (HEDP) group at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center has focused on an approach called inertial confinement fusion (ICF), which uses lasers to […]

On the rooftop of an MIT Lincoln Laboratory building sits a 38-foot-wide dome-shaped radio antenna enclosure, or radome. Inside the climate-controlled environment, shielded from the New England weather, a steel structure supports a 20,000-pound, 20-foot diameter satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna. The antenna — called the Multi-Band Test Terminal (MBTT) — can rotate 15 degrees per […]

A conversation with Tel Aviv University’s Alexandra Kalev on policies that make a difference.

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Can Denver’s The Tattered Cover find a way to compete successfully with online and big box retailers?

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: Chinese government tenders show important institutions, such as Tsinghua University, rely on AI chips from Nvidia and AMD, which are now under US export limits  —  High-profile universities and state-run research institutes in China have been relying on a U.S. computing chip to power …

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Bitwarden, an open-source password manager for individuals and enterprises, raised $100M led by PSG, its first substantial outside funding since 2015  —  Bitwarden, an open-source password manager for enterprises and consumers, has raised $100 million in a round of funding led by PSG, with participation form Battery Ventures.

Cindy Cohn / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Peter Eckersley, who worked at EFF for 12 years, including as its chief computer scientist, and founded the Let’s Encrypt certificate authority, has died at 43  —  With deep sadness, EFF mourns the loss of our friend, the technologist, activist, and cybersecurity expert Peter Eckersley.

The bustling coastal city of Wenzhou made its mark early on Hao Zhang. “It is considered the birthplace of Chinese capitalism, and living there, with many relatives involved in startups, I was exposed to all kinds of business,” says Zhang, a rising fifth-year graduate student in political science. He also gained a close-up view of […]

Make the most of the long weekend with discounted MacBooks, robot vacuums, and weighted blankets.

Nikkei Asia: Sources: Amazon plans to partner with small and medium-size pharmacies in Japan to open an online store that delivers prescription drugs in the country in 2023  —  E-commerce giant considers creating platform with local pharmacies  —  TOKYO — Amazon.com is considering entering …

Jaclyn Allen / TheDenverChannel.com: Utility company Xcel locked 22,000 Colorado users in an energy saving program out of their smart thermostats for hours on August 30 citing an “energy emergency”  —  22,000 people lost control of temperatures in their homes for hours Tuesday  —  DENVER — During the dog days of summer …

It’s more than an unproven medical treatment—it’s a view into the antiabortion movement’s larger project.

Ready to cut the cord? These are our favorite buds that will never, ever get tangled.

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Binance plans to stop supporting the world’s second biggest stablecoin USDC and convert users’ USDC, USDP, and TUSD into its own stablecoin BUSD on September 29  —  The action effectively removes the world’s second biggest stablecoin USDC as a tradeable asset on Binance’s platform.

New research sheds light on what might be holding you back.

Research suggests that transparency up front will improve customer satisfaction in the long run.

How to curb a colleague’s bad behavior that’s wearing you down.

Patrick McGee / Financial Times: Apple appears to be expanding its ad platform team, currently around 250 strong, per LinkedIn; Apple’s career page lists 216 roles, up from 56 in late 2020  —  Move adds to industry concerns after tech giant launched privacy rules that make it hard to tailor ads to iPhone users

The two probes made flybys of Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970s. Today they’re still doing science way out beyond our solar system.

This mobile broadband router offers 5G support, but it comes with a hefty price tag.

The ever-popular battle royale’s “creative mode” offers a freedom that has long outstripped the base game itself.

Ian Talley / Wall Street Journal: US intelligence officials worry that the Islamic State could use NFTs to spread messages and evade censorship, after IS posted its first NFT following an attack  —  National-security analysts see potentially dangerous platform for recruiting and funding  —  WASHINGTON—A simple digital …

Washington Post: Peiter Zatko’s allegations offer details on Twitter’s misinformation policies and failures, including accepting a QAnon proponent into its Birdwatch program  —  A document from whistleblower Peiter Zatko that details the company’s failings in policing misinformation shows what happens when a business model fails

The sun is a giver of life—but get too much of it and you’re toast. These are the best hats, arm coverings, and shirts to shield yourself.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: What to expect from Apple’s Far Out event: the iPhone 14 lineup, including Pro models with a revamped notch, new AirPods Pro, a rugged Apple Watch Pro, and more  —  Apple’s biggest event of the year is just a few days away, with the iPhone 14, Apple Watch Pro and new […]

Meaghan Tobin / Rest of World: In August 2022, Beijing’s municipal government unveiled plans to regulate the “Digital Human Industry”, which covers digital assistants and virtual influencers  —  China’s capital is looking to set standards for digital assistants, virtual influencers and gaming avatars.

New York Times: US parents are increasingly buying Apple Watches as a stopgap cellphone to reach and track their children as young as 5 while mitigating internet addiction  —  As Apple prepares to unveil new models next week, the smart watch has found an unexpected audience: children as young as 5.

Street fighting is never as well-choreographed as games make it out to be. And you certainly don’t eat food off the ground.

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Amid mass layoffs, Snap says Web3 is not a priority since it doesn’t directly contribute to the company’s AR efforts, in sharp contrast to moves by rival Meta  —  Snap Inc. is sunsetting efforts focused on building products for the much-vaunted next generation of the internet known as web3 …

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: A look at the privacy concerns raised by OpenAI’s GPT-3, Google’s LaMDA, Meta’s OPT-175B, and other large language models trained on troves of personal data  —  Large language models are trained on troves of personal data hoovered from the internet.  So I wanted to know: What does it have […]

David Seeley / Dallas Innovates: An investor group led by Swiss Life and others agree to pay $1.5B for a 35% stake in DataBank, which owns 65+ data centers and 20 interconnection hubs in the US  —  DataBank—a leader of the booming data center market, with over 65 data centers and 20 interconnection hubs in […]

Washington Post: Cloudflare says it has blocked Kiwi Farms, citing “an unprecedented emergency and immediate threat to human life” after a recent rise in targeted threats  —  — Reversing course under growing public pressure, major tech security company Cloudflare Inc. announced Saturday …

Variety: Amazon quietly introduces a 72-hour delay for all user reviews posted to Prime Video to determine whether the review is genuine or created by a bot or a troll  —  Amazon has introduced a new weapon in the battle against internet trolls: delays.  —  Starting around the time of the launch …

Plus: Samsung has a new giant gaming monitor, Philips lights up new smart bulbs, and Twitter draws a Circle.

Make the most of the long weekend with discounted MacBooks, robot vacuums, and weighted blankets.

The uncrewed mission, the first major launch of the Artemis program, suffered a setback after a liquid hydrogen leak.

MacRumors: A source details the behavior of iPhone 14 Pro’s always-on display, including Widgets fading in and out to prevent OLED burn-in and customizable visual elements  —  The iPhone 14 Pro will feature unique behavior on the Lock Screen and significant changes to the status bar thanks to its always-on display …

Make the most of the long weekend with discounted MacBooks, robot vacuums, and weighted blankets.

Forced to use technology during Covid-19, I discovered surprising new ways to help couples. What I learned can make you a better partner.

Denny Jacob / Wall Street Journal: UBS and robo-adviser Wealthfront agree to terminate their $1.4B merger deal; UBS says it will buy a $69.7M convertible note in Wealthfront at the same valuation  —  Deal announced in January was for all-cash transaction valued at $1.4 billion  —  UBS UBS .71%▲ Group AG …

Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times: A Washington court rules Meta repeatedly violated the state’s campaign finance transparency law for political ads and must pay penalties yet to be determined  —  Meta, Facebook’s parent company, repeatedly and intentionally violated Washington campaign-ad transparency law and must pay penalties yet …

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Taiwanese prosecutors indict the head of Luxshare, a Chinese iPhone assembler, for allegedly using a shell company to take over local company Speed Tech in 2012  —  Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted the head of Luxshare Precision Industry Co. for using a shell company to surreptitiously …

We went to Europe’s big tech showcase, where party fridges and supercharged water bottles ruled the floor.

An analysis of 16 apps used as alternatives to incarceration found numerous privacy problems including in an app used to track almost 248,000 immigrants

New slates are on the way, and we’re here to help you choose the right Apple tablet for your needs.

Wall Street Journal: Pinduoduo launched US shopping site Temu on September 1, the Chinese e-commerce giant’s first major push overseas, following online fast fashion retailer Shein  —  Temu is the latest example of Chinese companies expanding overseas as the economy loses steam at home

Global warming is melting Earth’s glaciers, which is moving vast amounts of water—maybe enough to affect the planet’s rotation.