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A conversation with Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman of HBS about developing frontline employees.

A spate of laws and rules in three areas — noncompete clauses, pay transparency, and human capital disclosures — will have far-reaching implications on the talent landscape.

More than half of the enterprise routers researchers bought secondhand hadn’t been wiped, exposing sensitive info like login credentials and customer data.

You can carry this compact camp cooker like a suitcase to go anywhere and grill anything.

Alex Heath / The Verge: Q&A with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about its AT Protocol, content moderation, and more; he says the federated social network has let in about 20,000 users so far  —  As Elon Musk continues wielding Twitter like a blunt weapon against competitors like Substack, the downsides …

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Citizen Lab: NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones with iOS 15 and early versions of iOS 16 in 2022; Apple fixed the exploits  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones last year …

These accounts claim they’re warning people about alleged pickpockets and thieves, but they’re also stoking fear and hate.

Cycling teams are beginning to plan their riders’ diets using statistical models that analyse data on the route, weather conditions and individuals’ power output

Bloomberg: Chinese government data: semiconductor output fell nearly 15% YoY in Q1 2023; smartphone production fell 13.8%, as local brands like Oppo and Xiaomi struggled  —  China’s production of key electronics declined so far this year despite a bullish rebound in the overall economy, showing the unevenness of the country’s recovery.

Three criminal cases detail China’s alleged attempts to extend its security forces’ influence online—and around the globe.

The streamer’s highly anticipated reunion left many disappointed, showing that TV might have a leg up on streaming when it comes to live programming.

Jordan Pearson / VICE: A winner at the Sony World Photography Awards rejects the award, saying his submission was AI-generated and meant to test if such competitions were ready for AI  —  A winner at this year’s Sony World Photography Awards wasn’t a photo at all.  —  Jordan Pearson

Kanishka Singh / Reuters: Illinois, Michigan, and seven other US states join the DOJ lawsuit against Google, jointly filed with eight states in January 2023, for alleged ad tech monopoly  —  Nine more U.S. states on Monday joined a civil antitrust lawsuit filed earlier by the Justice Department against Alphabet Inc’s Google …

VW’s latest big electric cruise sedan showcases new tech and impressive aerodynamics, but can it take on the Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Tesla Model S?

TechCrunch: Ransomware gang Vice Society leaks data stolen from US network infrastructure company CommScope, including thousands of employees’ SSNs and bank account details  —  Hackers published a trove of data stolen from U.S. network infrastructure giant CommScope, including thousands …

The Biden administration is calling on organizations to build defenses into system designs, rather than relying on IT protections alone.

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A study with Baul folk musicians found that recording asynchronously boosted creative freedom for women and didn’t negatively affect it for men.

Twitter’s suppression of trans joy can kill, at the precise moment we need to be strong.

The single-dose antibiotic regimen dramatically reduces transmission of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. But it doesn’t have the CDC’s blessing yet.

Mark Savage / BBC: A song that uses AI to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists’ permission goes viral on social media  —  A song that uses Artificial Intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd has gone viral on social media.  —  Called Heart On My Sleeve […]

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Razor Group, which buys and scales up e-commerce merchants, raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation and acquires its competitor Stryze Group  —  The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out.  —  Razor Group, one of the string …

Sam Altman says the research strategy that birthed ChatGPT is played out and future strides in artificial intelligence will require new ideas.

Ian Johnston / Financial Times: As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK’s NHS, experts say the company’s Foundry tool is costly and hard to use  —  Internal opposition voiced over US company’s bid for lucrative expansion within British health service

Feeling the pull of a clean machine? We’ll help you make sense of the company’s whirlwind lineup.

Feeling the pull of a clean machine? We’ll help you make sense of the company’s whirlwind lineup.

Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, and other electronics running with these handheld power banks.

Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, and other electronics running with these handheld power banks.

Need to keep an eye (or ear) on your kids from another room? Our picks will help you do it.

Need to keep an eye (or ear) on your kids from another room? Our picks will help you do it.

Nico Grant / New York Times: Sources detail Google’s project Magi, with 160+ people working full time on it, to enhance search with AI, as Samsung considers making Bing search the default  —  The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and […]

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: Q&A with Microsoft’s CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from being too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers’ ad revenue, and more  —  Kya Sainsbury-Carter, who recently was named to head the company’s ad business, offers an inside look at Microsoft’s game plan

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: Q&A with Microsoft’s CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from being too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers’ ad revenue, and more  —  Kya Sainsbury-Carter, who recently was named to head the company’s ad business, offers an inside look at Microsoft’s game plan

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill, which proposes a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, a CBDC study, and more  —  The stablecoin bill is the first major piece of crypto legislation in 2023.  —  The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published …

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill, which proposes a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, a CBDC study, and more  —  The stablecoin bill is the first major piece of crypto legislation in 2023.  —  The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published …

Nico Grant / New York Times: Sources detail Google’s project Magi, with 160+ people working full time on it, to enhance search with AI, as Samsung considers making Bing search the default  —  The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and […]

A programme to test robotic vehicles in the Mojave Desert shows that they can autonomously navigate rocky landscapes to get to their destination, without roads or maps

A programme to test robotic vehicles in the Mojave Desert shows that they can autonomously navigate rocky landscapes to get to their destination, without roads or maps

Robot excavators and other equipment held big promise for heavy equipment makers—like self-driving cars, the technology has proven difficult to perfect.

The Biggest Microbiome Study Sheds Light on Shared Health Risks

This new dash camera is more suited for delivery or rideshare drivers—and even then, it might not be worth the inconvenience.

Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Similarweb: Twitter’s traffic fell 7.7% YoY in March, the third straight month of decline, unique web visitors fell 3.3% YoY, and Android app DAUs fell 9.8% YoY  —  Say goodbye to the old Twitter and hello to the new normal.  —  It’s been a year since Elon Musk initiated his takeover […]

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, created by Congress in 2000, accuses Shein and Pinduoduo’s Temu of data risks, IP infringement, and more  —  Chinese-backed digital platforms Shein and Temu have become the latest targets of the US government, after an official report raised concerns …

You may not know this, but the U.S. imposes a 12.5 percent import tariff on imported flashlights. However, for a product category the federal government describes as “portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy, other than flashlights,” the import tariff is just 3.5 percent. At a glance, this seems inexplicable. […]

Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg: Amid an AI stocks frenzy, enterprise AI company CXApp’s stock closed at $13.85 on April 14, up from a $1.33 closing on April 11, taking its market cap to ~$164M  —  CXApp Inc. soared 94% on Friday, bringing its rally over the past three days to 941% on the back of […]

Plus: Google Maps enhances coverage within US national parks, SwiftKey with Bing Chat lands on iPhones, and we track the rise of the AI voice clones.

Plus: Hackers claim to have stolen 10 TB from Western Digital, a new spyware has emerged, and WhatsApp gets a fresh security feature.

We tested dozens of bed-in-a-box hybrid, foam, innerspring, latex, and certified organic mattresses.

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: The US military, which uses Twitch and Discord for recruitment, struggles with the risks posed by Gen Z service members who live much of their lives online  —  Defense officials told service members not to ‘post anything in Discord that you wouldn’t want seen by the general public.’ But by […]

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Google rolls out a Chrome security update to patch a zero-day exploited in the wild, a high-severity type confusion weakness in the V8 JavaScript engine  —  Google has released an emergency Chrome security update to address the first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year.