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Four techniques to help you balance your emotions with what the situation demands of you.

Ask yourself these three questions to figure it out before you make your next move.

If developed the right way, technology will augment–not replace–human labor.

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: The EU Commission says Google has agreed to update its Store, Play Store, Hotels, and Flights to provide clear and accurate information and comply with EU laws  —  Many of Google’s offerings will soon be updated to provide clear and accurate information in compliance with consumer protection laws in the […]

Chainalysis: A look at crypto money laundering in 2022: illicit addresses sent nearly $23.8B, up 68% YoY, four addresses got $1B+ combined, DeFi got record funds, and more  —  The 2023 Crypto Crime Report  —  Money laundering is crucial to all financially motivated crime because it’s what enables criminals …

James Shotter / Financial Times: Over 100 Israeli tech groups let staff join a “warning strike” over controversial government plans to curb judiciary powers, the latest warnings by businesses  —  Executives say new government’s move to curb judicial powers will scare away vital investment to the self-styled Startup Nation

If a scientist wanted to forecast ocean currents to understand how pollution travels after an oil spill, she could use a common approach that looks at currents traveling between 10 and 200 kilometers. Or, she could choose a newer model that also includes shorter currents. This might be more accurate, but it could also require […]

City agencies say the incidents and other disruptions show the need for more transparency about the vehicles and a pause on expanding service.

Scott Lamb / 3 Min Read: Medium updates its standards to welcome “responsible use” of AI-assistive technology and to require labels for any story created with AI assistance  —  Transparency, disclosure, and publication-level guidelines  —  Last month, we asked the Medium community what you think about …

The crypto money-laundering market is tighter than at any time in the past decade, and the few big players are moving a “shocking” amount of currency.

It’s pricey, but the M2 Max brings a pleasant performance boost to an already fantastic machine.

Chavi Mehta / Reuters: Intel reports Q4 revenue down 32% YoY to $14B, vs. $14.46B est., Data Center and AI down 33% YoY, and Q1 2023 revenue guidance below estimates; stock drops 9%+  —  Chipmaker Intel Corp (INTC.O) forecast first-quarter revenue below Wall Street targets on Thursday, slammed by a worsening PC market …

Michael Bodley / Blockworks: Sources: Amazon plans to launch an NFT initiative in April, with more than a dozen crypto-native partners and a focus on blockchain-based gaming  —  Amazon is launching a digital assets enterprise, according to four sources familiar with the matter, who said that an NFT initiative is expected in the spring.

Trained on real electronic health records, medical AIs are making rapid progress. How long before we see these tools widely used in the clinic, wonders Alex Wilkins

An AI was tasked with creating proteins with anti-microbial properties. Researchers then created a subset of the proteins and found some did the job

Treating cancer with combinations of drugs can be more effective than using a single drug. However, figuring out the optimal combination of drugs, and making sure that all of the drugs reach the right place, can be challenging. To help address those challenges, MIT chemists have designed a bottlebrush-shaped nanoparticle that can be loaded with […]

The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) has awarded 2023 Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards at the national level to two MIT Lincoln Laboratory software products developed to improve security: Keylime and the Forensic Video Exploitation and Analysis (FOVEA) tool suite. Keylime increases the security and privacy of data and services in the cloud, while FOVEA expedites […]

With practice, you can deliver difficult news effectively and compassionately.

When male employees feel that their masculinity has been threatened, it can lead them to engage in harmful behaviors.

Researchers attended 150 meetings between start-ups and corporations including IBM, Sony, L’Oréal, Toyota, and AstraZeneca.

Workplaces must undergo huge structural changes if they are to stop the exodus.

For decades movie bad guys were easily identified by their mustaches or mwa-ha-has. These days, evil wears a hoodie.

The AI chatbot has stoked fears of an educational apocalypse. Some teachers see it as the reboot education sorely needs.

Kathryn Tewson / Techdirt: Hands-on with DoNotPay, a service claiming to be the first robot lawyer: slow, drafted a terrible defamation demand letter, missed legal issues, and more  —  Note: This post is an adaptation of what started initially as a Twitter thread.  —  I’ve been going pretty hard on DoNotPay …

Wall Street Journal: New York AG Letitia James asks Madison Square Garden Entertainment for information on the alleged use of facial recognition to deny access to ticket holders  —  Probe related to company’s alleged use of the technology to bar certain ticket holders from its venues

A new US government lawsuit alleges that Google has harmed innovation and raised costs for internet users by attempting to monopolise the digital advertising industry

IDC: Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 18.3% YoY to 300.3M in Q4 2022, the largest ever drop in a quarter; Apple dropped 14.9%, Samsung 15.6%, and Xiaomi 26.3%  —  Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 18.3% year over year to 300.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22) …

Growing up in Idaho, Catherine Ji found herself with a lot of time to write. “Idaho is a great environment for writing because it’s isolated and there’s a bunch of nature,” says Ji. “I wrote so much poetry — a lot of really messy poetry. I just loved it so much. It really defined my […]

The escalating risks of Russia’s war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of nuclear detonation.

This small but powerful machine fills a great gap between everyday use and those looking for a little more power.

Hypesters say artificial intelligence will one day automate all the hard work of video game creation. But it’s not that simple.

Axios: Meta plans to reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks with “new guardrails to deter repeat offenses”, after a two-year ban  —  – “We’ve always believed that Americans should be able to hear from the people who want to lead the country,” Clegg told Axios.

Edward Gately / Channel Futures: North Carolina-based Zift Solutions, whose ZiftOne tool helps companies manage channel marketing, sales, and operations, raised $70M led by Investcorp  —  ITP’s investment will help accelerate Zift Solutions’ GTM strategy and continued international expansion.

DoNotPay’s AI was due to represent a defendant in court for the first time next month over a speeding ticket, but plans have been abandoned, according to the founder of the company

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: IBM plans to lay off about 1.5% of its global workforce, or around 3,900 jobs, focusing on workers who remained after spinning off Kyndryl and Watson Health  —  International Business Machines Corp. delivered an upbeat annual sales forecast while announcing it would eliminate about 1.5% …

The AI chatbot ChatGPT is as good as standard machine learning approaches at fixing bugs in code, and does even better if you engage in dialogue with it

A millimetre-sized robot made from a mix of liquid metal and microscopic magnetic pieces can stretch, move or melt. It could be used to fix electronics or remove objects from the body

Mary Louise Morrissey, whose career at MIT spanned 45 years, including her service as director of the Information and Special Events Center, passed away peacefully on Jan. 17 at the age of 95. Morrissey joined the MIT community in 1950, working in the Registrar’s Office. At the time, all student transcripts were handwritten in India […]

Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence. The School of Engineering periodically recognizes their achievements by highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals won by faculty working in our academic departments, labs, and centers. Paul Blainey of the Department of Biological Engineering received the Chan Zuckerberg […]

Approaches that will lead to better outcomes for both workers and employers.

Research found that a fictional “Sarah” got much kinder feedback than “Andrew,” even when their performance was identical.

It’s time to confront your unhealthy relationship with achievement.

The company offers estimates of the emissions impacts of flights and recipes. Businesses with sales at stake are pushing back.

Ian King / Bloomberg: Texas Instruments reports Q4 revenue down 3.4% YoY to $4.67B, breaking a run of double-digit growth since 2020, and issues tepid Q1 guidance below estimates  —  Texas Instruments Inc., one of the world’s largest chipmakers, suffered its first sales decline since 2020 and gave a tepid forecast …

Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News: Wharton School Professor Christian Terwiesch found OpenAI’s ChatGPT was able to pass a final exam for the school’s MBA program, scoring between B- and B  —  ChatGPT uses AI to pass final exam at UPenn’s Wharton  —  New research conducted by a professor at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School found […]

Fat activists say they’re tools of coercion. Celebrities are taking them to get slim. Is this really the road people want to go down?

Millions of eager players have overrun the legacy website.

A skin crafted from two layers of electrodes around an ion-infused sponge is better at sensing than human skin because it can detect nearby objects and what they are made of

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: UK-based enterprise VR training startup Gemba, used by Coca-Cola, Pfizer, and more, raised an $18M Series A led by Parkway; courses can cost ~$7,250 per person  —  Gemba, an enterprise-focused virtual reality (VR) training startup used by some of the world’s biggest companies, has raised $18 million in a Series A […]

Machine learning can analyse how the signals from Wi-Fi transmitters are disrupted by human bodies to reveal what position people are sitting, standing or lying in