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Yvonne Lau / Fortune: As TSMC plans to hire 4,500 workers at its two Arizona fabs, recruiters say the company’s culture, rigid standards, and overseas training turn off candidates  —  On the Glassdoor profile of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC—the world’s biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips …

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: A look at The Frost, a 12-minute movie created by Waymark using DALL-E 2, as startups like Waymark and Runway make AI tools for fast and cheap video production  —  Exclusive: Watch the world premiere of the AI-generated short film The Frost.  —  The Frost nails its uncanny, […]

In 50 years of searching, mathematicians found only one example of a “subspace design” that fit their criteria. A new proof reveals that there are infinitely more.

Wired: Q&A with media scholar Ethan Zuckerman about why Twitter became the de facto digital public square, its politics of attention, power of federated networks, more  —  We talk to media scholar Ethan Zuckerman about why Twitter became the de facto digital public square and what other platforms like Bluesky or Mastodon might offer.

The Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off tomorrow. We break down the potential announcements ahead of the keynote.

The latest entry in the Zelda series turns its prequel’s sandbox into more of a toybox, encouraging you to build, play, and discover.

Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / The Register: Five teams at DEF CON 2023 will try to hack a US-funded cubesat Moonlighter, the first time DEF CON hackers will get a chance to hack a live, in-orbit satellite  —  ‘World’s first and only’ orbiting infosec playpen due to blast off Sunday  —  FEATURE Assuming the weather and […]

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: Some Montana residents speak about the state’s highly politicized TikTok ban, including one of the influencers who is suing the state to overturn the ban  —  How a highly politicized social media ban in Big Sky Country sparked a nationwide debate over freedom of speech

Plus: Amazon’s Ring was ordered to delete algorithms, North Korea’s failed spy satellite, and a rogue drone “attack” isn’t what it seems.

Did you just get one of Nintendo’s three Switch consoles? Here are some of their best (and most secret) abilities!

Five years after the German company’s original EV, E-tron is up for a refresh. But is the Q8 enough?

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google Wallet rolls out support for US state IDs, starting with Maryland, and plans to add IDs from Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia in the coming months  —  The state-by-state rollout is still a huge mess, but Android is ready, at least.  —  Google Wallet on Android is finally getting ready […]

Financial Times: A look at Berlin-based Rocket Internet, as founder Oliver Samwer transforms one of Europe’s most aggressive tech VCs into a more conservative investment house  —  Oliver Samwer quietly transforms one of Europe’s most aggressive VC firms into a more conservative investment house

Paresh Dave / Wired: AI researchers say ChatGPT and rival chatbots are significantly less capable in languages other than English, exacerbating the bias against non-English speakers  —  AI chatbots are less fluent in languages other than English, threatening to amplify existing bias in global commerce and innovation.

The option to choose the algorithms that power your feed is taking off on Bluesky—and there’s a good chance it will catch on elsewhere too.

David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker: A look at India’s hacking-for-hire industry, which has a tacit alliance with the government and is unusually brazen, with firms publicly touting their services  —  The country has developed a lucrative specialty: cyberattacks for hire.  —  In the summer of 2020, Jonas Rey …

Jennie Kwan auditioned for Chun Li years ago. Today, she’s bringing the iconic character to life in Street Fighter 6.

Need an excuse to get outside and enjoy the sunshine? Some of our favorite outdoor gear is on sale right now.

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Harvard’s popular MOOC CS50 plans to use AI to grade assignments, teach coding, and personalize tips, and is testing a virtual TA to give feedback to students  —  The world’s most popular online learning course, Harvard University’s CS50, is getting a ChatGPT-era makeover.

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Nvidia, including how Jensen Huang, Curtis Priem, and Chris Malachowsky started the company at Denny’s and placed early bets on “$0B markets”  —  AI made Nvidia the world’s most valuable chip maker.  So did three guys sipping diner coffee and planning to conquer markets that barely […]

From The Trial of the Chicago 7 to Chicken Run, here are our picks for the best streaming titles to feast your eyes on.

Newly announced sanctions against Iran-based Avaran Cloud underscore the complexity of crafting Washington’s internet freedom efforts.

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft plans to drop Cortana support on Windows 10 and Windows 11 in late 2023, touting the company’s AI efforts as suitable replacements for the assistant  —  Microsoft will no longer support the Cortana app starting this fall.  —  What you need to know

Washington Post: ChatGPT and other LLM tools have already replaced some marketing and social media writers as many companies decide cutting costs is worth the drop in quality  —  Technology used to automate dirty and repetitive jobs.  Now, artificial intelligence chatbots are coming after high-paid ones.

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Cybersecurity firms say hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer file transfer software to steal data from organizations  —  Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer file transfer software, tracked as CVE-2023-34362, to steal data from organizations.

A computer chip made of glass and silicone holds liquids that move from one side of the chip to the other in reaction to pressure changes. This has been used to control and automate miniaturised biochemistry experiments

It has been widely reported that a US Air Force drone went rogue and “killed” its operator in a simulation, sparking fears of an AI revolution – but this simulation never took place. Why are we so quick to believe AI horror stories?

Evoking the historic impact that the late urban planners and MIT faculty Tunney Lee and Mel King had on the city, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu challenged the 2023 graduates of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) to remember to put people first throughout their careers. “Everything you sketch, plan, shape, and build — the spaces […]

In today’s MIT undergraduate commencement ceremony, students got a chance to walk across the stage on Killian Court and receive the ultimate reward for all their hard work at MIT — their diplomas. A day after MIT graduates from every degree program and school came together for the OneMIT Commencement ceremony, undergraduates and their loved […]

Research found that moxie — strength of will, self-discipline, and the ability to persist despite challenges — was vital to the success of professionals from underrepresented backgrounds.

How companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure.

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Unions representing actors and writers are negotiating with major studios to stop AI from running riot in the industry. Their concerns are very real.

Four people will cohabitate in a small prototype Martian dwelling, mimicking the isolation and stresses of life on the Red Planet.

This electric beach cruiser has a Gates carbon belt drive, but a few other problems as well.

Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: Current and ex-employees: Meta staff generally aren’t using the Quest 3, especially for meetings, and even those in the VR unit don’t use it regularly for work  —  Meta employees don’t seem interested in working in the metaverse.  But first…  Three things you need to know today:

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Report: Valencia-based Jeff, which provides a frontend app and other tools to manage businesses, filed for bankruptcy after failing to close a €90M Series C  —  After numerous lawsuits in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain, losses close to €65 million, and a €90 million funding round …

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of insider trading by manipulating Dogecoin; Musk allegedly sold ~$124M in DOGE after Twitter’s logo change  —  Elon Musk is being accused of insider trading in a proposed class action by investors accusing the Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) …

The bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills, suggesting that the tech behind ChatGPT could automate many workplace tasks.

From Indiana Jones to Star Wars classics and Marvel flicks, here’s what you need to watch on the streaming platform.

On the same day, Russia’s FSB intelligence service launched wild claims of NSA and Apple hacking thousands of Russians.

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Sources: Microsoft has agreed to spend potentially billions of dollars on CoreWeave; the GPU cloud provider raised $200M, bringing its Series B round to $421M  —  – Microsoft’s agreement with CoreWeave could be worth billions of dollars over multiple years, people familiar with the matter said.

Sheila Dang / Reuters: Twitter’s VP of Trust and Safety Ella Irwin says she has resigned from the company  —  Twitter’s head of trust and safety Ella Irwin told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company.  — Apps- Newsletters- Advertise with Us- Advertising Guidelines- Cookies- Terms …

A sensor around a millimetre in size has been tested to monitor a honeybee flying around some flowers. It could also work for medical monitoring inside a person’s body

Doyinsola Oladipo / Reuters: Airbnb sues New York City over a new law the company calls a “de facto ban against short-term rentals”; the city plans to begin enforcing the law in July 2023  —  Airbnb Inc (ABNB.O) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against New York City over a new law it called a “de […]

At today’s OneMIT Commencement ceremony, Mark Rober — engineer, inventor, and YouTuber — urged MIT’s graduating class to cultivate a sense of optimism and collaboration, and, in our uncertain world, to “pick what you think is the best path and just move forward.” A warm and sunny Killian Court served as the setting for a […]

Mark Gorenberg ’76 has been elected the next chair of the MIT Corporation, the Institute’s board of trustees. He will assume the role on July 1. Gorenberg, the founder and managing director of Zetta Venture Partners, succeeds Corporation Life Member Diane Greene SM ’78, who has served as chair since 2020. “It’s a great honor. I’m […]

Below is the text of President Sally Kornbluth’s Commencement remarks, as prepared for delivery today. Anna, and A.J. ­– thank you both, for your remarks and for your leadership. There’s an old piece of wisdom from show business: Never follow an act with kids, or animals – or, as we’ve just seen…with Mark Rober! But since […]

They expect a “short and shallow” downturn.

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