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Computer simulations of a simplified dishwasher that uses hot, dry steam and no detergent found that it could kill all heat-resistant bacteria on a plate in under half a minute – but it might not actually clean your dishes

Jeffrey T. Lewis / MarketWatch: CrowdStrike reports Q2 revenue up 58% YoY to $535.2M, subscription revenue up 60% YoY to $506.2M, and subscription customers up 51% YoY to 19,686  —  CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.’s loss narrowed in its second quarter from a year earlier after subscription revenue jumped higher.

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Human languages are notoriously complex, and linguists have long thought it would be impossible to teach a machine how to analyze speech sounds and word structures in the way human investigators do. But researchers at MIT, Cornell University, and McGill University have taken a step in this direction. They have demonstrated an artificial intelligence system […]

On Monday morning, a bright sun and blue sky accented a warm greeting by President L. Rafael Reif to the newest members of MIT — the Class of 2026 — who gathered with their families under a large and airy tent on Kresge Oval for Convocation, the Institute’s annual welcome to the incoming class. This […]

MIT Chaplain to the Institute Thea Keith-Lucas feels very much at home working on a college campus. Keith-Lucas grew up in Sewanee, Tennessee, on the campus of the University of the South, where her father taught. Keith-Lucas served as MIT’s Episcopal chaplain from 2013 to 2020, and was recently promoted to chaplain to the Institute […]

Too often, we overvalue available — but ultimately irrelevant — information.

A conversation about developing strategies around the future of the digital world.

In some of the world’s most inaccessible places, tiny satellites are watching—and listening—for signs of destruction.

We put Rivian’s all-electric siblings through a 1,300-mile stress test. From comfort to range and versatility, they passed with flying colors.

Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle: Meta plans to shutter the Facebook Gaming app on iOS and Android on October 28, 2022, transferring some functionality to the main Facebook app  —  MUCH OF THE FUNCTIONALITY WILL BE MIGRATED TO THE MAIN FACEBOOK APP  —  Facebook will end support for its Facebook Gaming app in October, […]

Thomas Ricker / The Verge: Starlink users in the US, the UK, New Zealand, Mexico, and elsewhere complain of a multi-hour outage; the Starlink app reports “Degraded Service”  —  Things seem to be coming back online now but with degraded performance  —  Starlink users around the world complained on Tuesday …

Federal regulators and the White House have been scrambling to prevent poor service and a possible strike from jamming up a vital but often overlooked network.

Shannon Grixti / Press Start: Sony updates the PS5 in Australia ahead of a broader rollout, reducing the disc model’s weight by 300g and digital model’s by 200g compared to the 2021 updates  —  Earlier today it was revealed by Japanese retailers that a brand new PS5 model dubbed the CFI-1200 model was releasing on […]

An engine problem caused the agency to postpone the launch that will kick off the Artemis program, the first major lunar mission since the Apollo era.

Tweens and teens will have a lot of questions. These sites, podcasts, and shows cut through the misinformation and confusion.

We tested microphones, tripods, lights, teleprompters, and other tools for more than two years. These are our favorites.

Yashu Gola / Cointelegraph: DappRadar: OpenSea processed nearly $5M of NFT transactions on August 28, down ~99% from a $405.75M high on May 1; Bored Ape Yacht Club’s floor price fell 53%  —  An ongoing debt crisis at lending platform BendDAO is also increasing the risks of the NFT bubble going bust.  —  463 Total […]

Kim Willsher / The Guardian: Using aerial photos and AI software developed by Google and Capgemini, French tax authorities identify 20,356 unregistered pools, leading to ~€10M more in taxes  —  Scheme to be extended across the country after trial in nine departments led to extra €10m in tax receipts

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: StarTree, which offers an Apache Pinot database-powered real-time analytics service, raised a $47M Series B led by GGV Capital and plans to open an India office  —  StarTree, a company building what it describes as an “analytics-as-a-service” platform, today announced that it raised $47 million …

Researchers found that office workers switch back and forth between programs about 1,200 times each day — adding up to four hours every week.

John David Minnich was under the spell of political philosophy until he took a trip across a bridge in China. The doctoral student in political science vividly recalls this life-changing 2009 journey, undertaken as part of a summer research fellowship program.  “Driving in from the airport, I was overwhelmed by my first glimpse of the […]

Inside a living cell, proteins and other molecules are often tightly packed together. These dense clusters can be difficult to image because the fluorescent labels used to make them visible can’t wedge themselves in between the molecules. MIT researchers have now developed a novel way to overcome this limitation and make those “invisible” molecules visible. […]

Professor Deepto Chakrabarty, principal investigator at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, has been named head of the Department of Physics, effective Aug. 29. Chakrabarty succeeds Peter Fisher, the Thomas A. Frank (1977) Professor of Physics, who has led the department since Nov. 13, 2013. “Professor Chakrabarty will continue to provide strong […]

Start by recognizing the different shapes power can take.

How to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans.

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: EU regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping a €997M fine against Qualcomm for allegedly paying Apple billions to use only Qualcomm chips  —  EU antitrust regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping its 997-million-euro ($991 million) fine against U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm …

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Reliance Jio, which has 421M subscribers, says it will spend $25B to launch a 5G service in October and plans to expand to “every town” in India by end of 2023  —  Reliance Jio Infocomm, India’s top telecom mobile operator, has earmarked a spending of $25 billion on the rollout …

Daniel Van Boom / CNET: Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed at MTV’s Video Music Awards in Yuga Labs’ game Otherside, using Bored Yacht Ape NFT avatars that they own  —  Just like the video clip for the song, Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed “From The D 2 The LBC” as their Bored Apes during Sunday’s […]

Don’t wait to assess the potential impact on your organization.

Let’s hope you never need it—but it’s important to know how it works.

The key to understanding the origin and fate of the universe may be a more complete understanding of the vacuum.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at past Apple event invite clues, and what the upcoming event’s “Far Out” name might hint at: satellite connectivity, astrophotography mode, and more  —  Apple makes it official and will hold its big product launch event on Sept. 7.  Also: The company confirms …

Dong-Won Kim / IEEE Spectrum: Profile of Kim Choong-Ki, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, who is revered as the godfather of South Korea’s chip industry  —  They were called “Kim’s Mafia.”  Kim Choong-Ki himself wouldn’t have put it that way.  But it was true what semiconductor engineers …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Trademark filings suggest Apple is considering calling its mixed reality headset “Reality One” or “Reality Pro” and its specialized chip “Reality Processor”  —  Trademark filings suggest that Apple Inc. may be staking claim to potential names …

KEF’s new LSX II’s have all the sound you’d expect from luxury bookshelf speakers, and they’re heinously easy to use.

One of the platform’s best features keeps an automatic playlist downloaded with all your top bops.

What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem—and what do either have to do with Silicon Valley?

Kurt Gessler: Tribune Publishing says disabling Google’s AMP led to very little impact on mobile search referrals, as year-long drops mostly aligned to broader search trends  —  Ahead of its June 2021 algorithm update, Google made a significant announcement as part of its shift to emphasize overall page experience …

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: Mobile commerce, one-click checkouts, and short-form video have enabled “drops” to spread beyond the fashion world, turning product launches into marquee events  —  Technology is changing the launch of everything from soap to sneakers … Once upon a time, not that many years ago …

Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: The bubble that Masayoshi Son blamed for SoftBank’s $23B loss last quarter is one that he helped create through Vision Fund, which distorted the VC market  —  In retrospect there were reasons to be skeptical of the Vision Fund, the attempt by the Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp …

The Sony Walkman and virtual reality headsets are not just prominent examples of personal technology. In the hands of Paul Roquet, they’re also vehicles for learning more about Japan, the U.S., global technology trends — and ourselves. Roquet is an associate professor in MIT’s program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing, and his forte is analyzing how […]

The company added support for MacBooks this week, but critics say that the repair manuals and processes are unnecessarily complicated.

We threw everything we could at—and into—these wheeled suitcases and duffel bags. Here are the ones we’d let ride shotgun.

Plus: Apple makes some MacBooks more repairable, Meta soft-announces its new VR headset, and Twitter is really into podcasts now.

Wall Street Journal: Tether, which has promised an audit since at least 2017, says one is “likely months” away; former SEC exec: it needs an audit “akin to a corporate colonoscopy”  —  Many crypto companies lack basic financial guardrails; ‘Tether needs an audit that’s akin to a corporate colonoscopy’

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Ahead of launch of passkeys, which requires users to have two-factor authentication, Apple says 95%+ of active iCloud users have 2FA enabled on their accounts  —  With its next round of software updates coming this fall, including iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Apple will launch integrated support for the passkeys standard.

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google launches Cross device SDK to let developers build experiences across Android phones and tablets, coming later to other Android and non-Android devices  —  At I/O 2022, Google detailed a way for Android apps to build cross-device experiences, similar to Nearby Share, and the SDK’s developer preview is now available.

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: Gartner: global spending on tech, including cloud services, is expected to rise ~3% in 2022, well below the 10% annual growth in 2021 and the nearly 7% in 2020  —  After pandemic-fueled gains, the firms contend with a more conservative business environment  —  Why Consumer Confidence Is Key to […]

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