New York Times: An investigation, based on ~160K documents from Roskomnadzor, details Russia’s vast surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain his regime  —  Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia’s expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work.

Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: Disney, P&G, LVMH, and other large companies have hired chief metaverse officers, seeking to capitalize on Web3, but questions remain about their usefulness  —  Advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA introduced the newest member of its C-suite at a technology conference in Paris this year.

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: The FTC says Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy cannot avoid testifying in an ongoing investigation into Prime membership, after Amazon pushed back against the probe  —  Commissioners deny company’s request to quash subpoenas and pare back investigation  —  Amazon vs. Walmart: How the Giants Look to Each Other to […]

Uber and Lyft spent millions promoting a controversial ballot measure. A new study suggests it has lowered driver wages.

These mobile accessories will make your smartphone a better—and safer—road trip companion.

Yes, I got Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PlayStation Remote Play working on my Steam Deck.

Mia Sato / The Verge: Sensor Tower: TikTok Now, the BeReal clone debuted on September 18, is in the top 10 social networking apps in 39 countries and the top 100 apps in 24 countries  —  The TikTok Now feature was first announced last week and is built into the TikTok app for US users.

Bloomberg Law: A Texas jury says Meta must pay walkie-talkie app maker Voxer a royalty and $174.5M+ in damages for violating two patents with Facebook Live and Instagram Live  —  Meta Platforms Inc. must pay walkie-talkie app maker Voxer Inc. more than $174.5 million in damages after a Texas jury found Wednesday …

Sheena Vasani / The Verge: Instagram is working on a feature to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs; Meta says the tech won’t let the company view the photos  —  Instagram is working on a way to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs.

Bit by bit, drones can print structures made of foam and cement. The technique could transform future construction sites and post-disaster reconstruction

Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurological disease, now affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, yet clinicians still face huge challenges in tracking its severity and progression. Clinicians typically evaluate patients by testing their motor skills and cognitive functions during clinic visits. These semisubjective measurements are often skewed by outside factors — perhaps a patient […]

What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? It’s a question that’s gaining urgency as interest in marine minerals has grown. The ocean’s deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient, potato-sized rocks called “polymetallic nodules” that contain nickel and cobalt — minerals that are in high demand for […]

Six technologies developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory are among this year’s R&D 100 Award winners. The awards recognize the 100 most significant innovations that have transitioned to use or been made available for sale or license in the past year. R&D World magazine manages the awards program, which has run annually since 1963. The worldwide […]

The pay gap between Black women and white men has widened in 2022.

How the next generation can embrace the future — while respecting the past.

Suppressing your emotions doesn’t work. Neither does starting a flame war.

Nintendo’s latest in its paint-powered “squid game” franchise is just as fun and colorful as before, and is also a refreshing breath of fresh air.

Many associate the ‘America First’ movement with Trump, but its origins—and rebirth—are more complicated.

With Crash Detection and longer battery life in Low Power mode, the wearables seem to be designed for an increasingly terrifying world.

Makena Kelly / The Verge: TikTok expands its political content rules to limit fundraising by politicians and political groups, ahead of a full ban on fundraising  —  Starting Wednesday, TikTok is expanding its elections rules to make it harder for politicians and political groups to fundraise using the platform — and plans to ban all […]

Twitch Blog: Starting June 1, 2023, Twitch says subscription revenue above $100K will be split 50/50, not 70/30, for streamers on premium deals, citing hosting costs  —  Hello, Twitch community.  I’m Dan Clancy, President of Twitch and responsible for the day-to-day operations of the service.

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: An analysis of Twitch streams from October 2020 to August 2022 shows Twitch’s moderation tools often failed to stop children streaming and adults grooming them  —  The gaming platform’s design enables people to find and exploit kids in real-time  —  Graphics and illustrations by Rachael Dottle

As an undergraduate, Mitch Murdock was a rare science-humanities double major, specializing in both English and molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at Yale University. Today, as a doctoral student in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, he sees obvious ways that his English education expanded his horizons as a neuroscientist.  “One of my […]

When hackers release game information early, it’s the developers that suffer—not the players.

A global fungal pandemic wiped out amphibians, destroyed biodiversity, and ultimately increased human illness. Now a second similar pathogen is on the way.

The encrypted messaging app is a haven for politically motivated vitriol, but users are increasingly bringing threats to targets’ doorsteps.

Jorge Jimenez / PC Gamer: Nvidia unveils RTX Remix, a free AI-assisted modding tool built on Omniverse that enables modders to quickly create RTX mods for classic games  —  RTX Remix just made modding a whole lot easier.  —  Audio player loading…  Hear that?  That’s the sound of modders applauding in unison because their jobs […]

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Twitch plans to prohibit streaming unlicensed gambling sites with slots, roulette, or dice games on October 18, amid the fallout from a streamer’s gambling scam  —  As the conversation concerning Twitch and the platform’s allowance of gambling streams continues to swirl, the platform has struck its first blow.

Chris Matthews / MarketWatch: Lina Khan says she’s “extremely disturbed” by, and looking closely at, Mudge’s claim that Twitter misled the FTC about its compliance with a 2011 consent decree  —  FTC is ‘looking at this closely,’ Khan said  —  Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan said Tuesday she was …

A survey of artificial intelligence researchers found that 36 per cent believe AIs could cause a catastrophe on the scale of nuclear war

The Merge, a long-awaited update which promised to slash Ethereum’s vast energy consumption, has instead pushed miners towards other cryptocurrencies

When Mohammad Javad Khojasteh arrived at MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) in 2020 to begin his postdoc appointment, he was introduced to an entirely new universe. The domain he knew best could be explained by “classical” physics that predicts the behavior of ordinary objects with near-perfect accuracy (think Newton’s three laws of […]

Universities like MIT have produced a number of innovative products for people in low-resource communities around the world. But in order for those products to make an impact, they have to be manufactured at scale, get through local supply chains, and, most importantly, make enough of an impression that people actually want to buy them. […]

As the world gets warmer, the use of power-hungry air conditioning systems is projected to increase significantly, putting a strain on existing power grids and bypassing many locations with little or no reliable electric power. Now, an innovative system developed at MIT offers a way to use passive cooling to preserve food crops and supplement […]

The global workforce is transforming. Family firms are uniquely positioned to beat out the competition.

Common misconceptions might be costing you deals.

A conversation with Harvard’s Heidi Gardner about incentivizing collaboration and long-term customer value.

Being a Black gamer, developer, or even fan comes with challenges few others truly understand, but everyone can appreciate.

We tested MagSafe compatibility on everything from cases to wireless chargers.

What do puzzles, video games, and conspiracy theories have in common?

Frank Chaparro / The Block: Sources: Nasdaq is exploring an institutional crypto custody service, pending regulatory approval, and a crypto-focused division called Nasdaq Digital Assets  —  – Nasdaq has been plotting a move into crypto custody, according to several sources.  — The move is in line with its broader mission …

Financial Times: The SEC fines Morgan Stanley $35M for an “astonishing” failure that exposed 15M customers’ data over five years by auctioning off machines containing the data  —  Regulator fines lender’s wealth management business $35mn for failing to protect customer data

Wall Street Journal: East Coast supermarket chain Wegmans plans to temporarily stop using its Scan self-checkout app, introduced during the pandemic, due to theft and losses  —  Many grocery stores started using self-checkout technology during the pandemic.  Experts say the technology makes it easier for shoplifters to sneak by.

Machine learning software can identify individual pigs based on their facial features with high accuracy, which could help farmers give animals individualised food and veterinary care

Snag a pair of zero-drop, minimalist shoes and rediscover the ground beneath your feet.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI starts letting DALL-E 2 customers upload and edit people’s faces, after initially banning the uploading of photos that may depict real people  —  After initially disabling the capability, OpenAI today announced that customers with access to DALL-E 2 can upload people’s faces to edit …

Ashley Gold / Axios: Google is launching a pilot program this week to keep emails from political campaigns from going to users’ spam folders, following pressure from politicians  —  Google is launching a pilot program to keep emails from political campaigns from going to users’ spam folders this week, the company told Axios.

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple says a software update is coming next week to fix the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max camera shake issue in third-party apps  —  Apple will be releasing a software update to fix the camera shake issue affecting iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models.

A prototype N95 face mask with a sensor built into the breath valve appears to be highly sensitive to virus proteins in early-stage tests

On Saturday night, MIT came out to party. An all-Institute dance party, organized by L. Rafael Reif as a thank you to the community as he approaches the conclusion of his tenure as MIT’s 17th president, was attended by thousands of students, staff, faculty, and their guests. The festivities opened with a community café dinner, […]