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Conspiracy theories about missing votes—which are not, in fact, missing—and something being “not right” are being spread widely on X in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory.

Prediction markets like Kalshi beat pollsters in forecasting the 2024 US election. Mansour now says financial marketplaces are the future of political prognostication.

Meir Orbach / CTech: CrowdStrike agrees to acquire Tel Aviv-based Adaptive Shield, which offers cloud security for SaaS apps; sources say CrowdStrike will pay ~$300M for the company  —  The Israeli startup’s solutions help security teams manage the organization’s applications, identities, and detect unusual behavior within the SaaS ecosystem.

Ismail Shakil / Reuters: Canada orders TikTok’s business in the country to be dissolved, citing national security risks, and says it’s not blocking Canadians’ access to the app  —  Canada on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned TikTok’s business in the country to be dissolved, citing national-security risks …

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: Match Group reports Q3 revenue up 2% YoY to $895M, vs. $900.9M est., paying users down 3% to 15.2M, forecasts Q4 revenue below est.; MTCH drops 12%+ after hours  —  Match Group (MTCH.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling weak demand …

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have analyzed particles of the asteroid Ryugu, which were collected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 mission and brought back to […]

By analyzing brain scans taken as people watched movie clips, MIT researchers have created the most comprehensive map yet of the functions of the brain’s cerebral cortex. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, the research team identified 24 networks with different functions, which include processing language, social interactions, visual features, and other types of […]

When Nikola Tesla predicted we’d have handheld phones that could display videos, photographs, and more, his musings seemed like a distant dream. Nearly 100 years later, smartphones are like an extra appendage for many of us. Digital fabrication engineers are now working toward expanding the display capabilities of other everyday objects. One avenue they’re exploring is […]

How to create the opportunities employees need to explore, grow, and succeed long term.

The dos and don’ts of PIPs.

NYU-Stern professor Pankaj Ghemawat discusses how companies can plan for an evolving world of multi-country international supply chains and cross-border information flows.

In a decisive victory, Trump won every swing state that has been called so far.

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Sean Hollister / The Verge: PlayStation 5 Pro review: high fidelity and frame rate, and smaller, lighter, and quieter than the original PS5, but $699 is pricey and disk drive costs extra  —  Sony’s $700 PlayStation is here for people who don’t want to muck around. … You don’t need me to tell you the […]

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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: The EU Commission opens an antitrust investigation into smartphone glass maker Corning over allegedly abusing its market dominance to squeeze out rivals  —  – EU fears deals with smartphone firms are anti-competitive  — Corning pressed to remedy EU concerns with concessions

Giuseppe Fonte / Reuters: Sources: the US has recently renewed calls for Italy to repeal its domestic web tax, which applies to Meta, Google, and Amazon and raises under €500M per year  —  The United States has recently renewed calls for Italy to repeal its domestic web tax, people familiar with the matter told Reuters […]

Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer and cause of cancer death for women in the United States, affecting one in eight women overall. Most women with breast cancer undergo lumpectomy surgery to remove the tumor and a rim of healthy tissue surrounding the tumor. After the procedure, the removed tissue is […]

Titles like AI Dungeon are already using generative AI to generate in-game content. Nobody knows who owns it.

From Rye Lane to the Flamin’ Hot, these are the movies you need to watch on the streaming service right now.

Kris Holt / Engadget: Twitter claims advanced notice about rate limiting would have allowed bad actors to evade detection and says rate limiting had a “minimal” effect on advertising  —  The company claims bad actors could otherwise have changed their strategies.  —  Twitter has been even more of a mess …

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: The National Music Publishers Association: in February 2023, Spotify had 44.4M US subscribers, Apple Music had 32.6M, Amazon Music had 29.3M, YouTube had 8.5M  —  MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry.

Ever wish you could smash a tablet and smart speaker together? These devices offer the best of both.

Wall Street Journal: A look at Spill, an invite-only Twitter alternative designed as a safe destination for LGBTQ and Black people that added 100K+ users over the past three days  —  Designed by former Twitter employees, the app has attracted users including Questlove and garnered interest from Lizzo

Revisiting a conversation with Brandeis’ Andy Molinsky on advancing your career.

How should the consumer goods company upscale its global workforce for the future?

Four ways to work with your boredom — not against it.

Wilfa’s Uniform coffee grinder excels at prepping beans for drip, pour-over, AeroPress, Chemex, and French press. It works for espresso too if you’re not afraid of math.

These bendable lights are super easy to set up and customize, but they aren’t great for gamers.

Berlin-based Open Funk is tackling throwaway culture with a blender that’s as easy to fix as to replace.

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is profitable as a private firm and plans a future IPO; Lanzone joined after Yahoo’s September 2021 spinout from Verizon  —  Yahoo, one of the internet’s oldest and best-known brands that had once been a dotcom stock market darling, is planning to return […]

Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: Samsung Display sues BOE in Texas, accusing the Chinese rival of infringing five of its patents for mobile OLED displays; Samsung dominates the OLED market  —  South Korea’s Samsung Display has filed a lawsuit against BOE Technology (000725.SZ), accusing the Chinese rival of infringing five …

An artificial intelligence targeting system is better than humans at identifying valid targets, claim its makers, though the full results are classified

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Marques Brownlee details the Nothing Phone (2) in a video: slightly bigger than the Phone (1), tweaked LEDs on the back, a curved glass rear design, and more  —  Carl Pei’s Nothing is just a week or two away from the full launch, and after showing off the camera earlier today, […]

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Instagram’s Twitter competitor Threads is expected to launch on iOS on July 6, 2023 according to a pre-order listing in the App Store  —  Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US.  The app will be called Threads, and according to App Store data, is […]

The iconic brand’s first foray into electric vehicles is impressive, but its traditional approach left some tech opportunities on the table.

@twittersupport: Twitter says in 30 days users must be Verified to access TweetDeck, as it updates TweetDeck with support for full composer functionality, Spaces, and more  —  We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ by selecting “Try the new […]

Marc Schneider / Billboard: Tidal to increase prices of its base HiFi tier by $1 to $11/month and family tier by $2 to $17/month in the US starting August 1; HiFi Plus pricing is unchanged  —  The trend of music streamers increasing their rates continues.  Next up: Spotify?  —  Following similar moves by Apple …

When photosynthetic cells absorb light from the sun, packets of energy called photons leap between a series of light-harvesting proteins until they reach the photosynthetic reaction center. There, cells convert the energy into electrons, which eventually power the production of sugar molecules. This transfer of energy through the light-harvesting complex occurs with extremely high efficiency: […]

A plastic, wedge-shaped device could medical particle accelerators 100 times more efficient at generating the protons that can be used for cancer treatment

Strategies to balance the power dynamic.

Maybe that conversation can wait? What to focus on—and say—when it can’t.

Sorry LG. With gorgeous quantum dots and perfect black levels, this pedestal-mounted flagship is among the best TVs of 2023.

New York Times: A look at the cottage industry of Russian tech contractors, many owned by oligarch-linked Citadel Group, building digital surveillance tools for use by the FSB  —  Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine.

AI can help you search smarter.

The mosquito-borne disease was eliminated here long ago. Now “revenge travel,” global migration, poor public funding—and maybe climate change—could help it come back.

Wall Street Journal: How some crypto miners want to repurpose their rigs to train AI models, which isn’t easy or cheap but may be more affordable than AWS and cloud alternatives  —  Demand for high-end chips allows cryptocurrency companies to repurpose idle equipment  —  The boom in demand for high-end chips powering …

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: TweetDeck users report major problems, including notifications and entire columns failing to load, after Elon Musk’s new read-limits; home timelines still load  —  Over the weekend, Elon Musk limited the number of tweets users can read in a day, which he said was to prevent data scraping.

Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: A look at uncensored and loosely moderated AI chatbots like WizardLM-Uncensored and Open Assistant setting off a polarizing debate about free-speech and risks  —  A new generation of chatbots doesn’t have many of the guardrails put in place by companies like Google and OpenAI, presenting new possibilities — […]

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Report: Apple is working on new external display for Macs that can double as a smart home display in low-power mode, to release next year “at the earliest”  —  In the latest Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman writes that he understands Apple is working on a new Mac external display option […]