Alessandro Parodi / Reuters: Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery startup Bolt says it hit €2B in annual revenue and plans a 2025 IPO; Bolt had an $8B+ valuation in January 2022  —  Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery startup Bolt said on Thursday it had hit 2 billion euros ($2.11 billion) in annual revenue …

Bloomberg: JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 5.1% YoY to ~$36B, above $35.9B est., and net income up 48% YoY to ~$1.6B, suggesting a recovery in segments of China’s economy  —  JD.com Inc.’s quarterly revenue rose 5.1%, suggesting Chinese consumers are cautiously spending again as Beijing tries to revitalize the economy.

Waves of new users are flocking to the Twitter alternative, but Bluesky’s many customization options can be a bit overwhelming for newcomers. Here’s some advice on managing the flow.

One of TikTok’s defining subcultures is arguing over whether books are political, “red-listing” authors, and looking for guidance in speculative fiction.

A research team in China has held atoms in a state of quantum superposition for 23 minutes, suggesting tantalizing new possibilities in research and quantum computing.

Bloomberg: Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users  —  – Polymarket says FBI agents seized CEO’s phone, electronics  — Platform has taken recent measures to weed out US traders

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: FBI and CISA: Chinese hackers breached multiple US telecom companies, compromising the “private communications” of US officials and stealing customer call data  —  CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” …

Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads  —  Audio-streaming giant plans to pay hosts to make podcast videos and allow premium subscribers to watch them without ads

Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that could improve GPS accuracy and help track space weather

How senior leaders can save their teams — and themselves — from the unhealthy compulsion to be productive at all times.

Compared to nine other high-income countries, the U.S. came in last or next to last in four of five broad areas.

If you’re taking on a new leadership role, this episode is for you.

San Francisco–based Ossium Health has carried out three transplants for cancer patients using stem cells from deceased donors’ blood marrow in recent months.

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Bloomberg: How Roger Ver, known as “Bitcoin Jesus”, is fighting the IRS, which says he owes $48M+ after selling $240M in tokens, from Mallorca after his April 2024 arrest  —  – Roger Ver charged with underreporting value of token holdings  — Longtime crypto investor renounced US citizenship in 2014

Callie Holtermann / New York Times: Bluesky says it has gained 1M+ users in the week since the US election, mostly in the US, the UK, and Canada, and now has 14.7M users in total  —  With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people […]

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub, going under the radar by specializing in cheaper tools, as authorities carry out thousands of operations since 2021  —  In April 2022, about four months after Kazakhstan’s government violently cracked down on nationwide protests …

As the world struggles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, researchers are seeking practical, economical ways to capture carbon dioxide and convert it into useful products, such as transportation fuels, chemical feedstocks, or even building materials. But so far, such attempts have struggled to reach economic viability. New research by engineers at MIT could lead to […]

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

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

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

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.

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 …

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 […]

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, […]

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

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

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 […]

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 …

@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 […]

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

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: […]

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

Strategies to balance the power dynamic.

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

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.

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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.

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.

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 …

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 — […]