Brazil’s Supreme Court reverses its decision to ban Telegram, which it had ordered on Friday, after Telegram suddenly worked to comply with the court’s orders (New York Times)

New York Times: Brazil’s Supreme Court reverses its decision to ban Telegram, which it had ordered on Friday, after Telegram suddenly worked to comply with the court’s orders  —  Brazil’s Supreme Court blocked Telegram on Friday.  The messaging app then responded with measures to fight misinformation, and the court quickly lifted its ban.

Q&A with Margrethe Vestager on EU’s cases against Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon, how the planned Digital Markets Act may help with antitrust enforcement, more (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Q&A with Margrethe Vestager on EU’s cases against Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon, how the planned Digital Markets Act may help with antitrust enforcement, more  —  Margrethe Vestager is one of the driving forces behind tech regulation worldwide.  Appointed as the European Commission’s commissioner …

A look at the fallout between Bob Chapek and Bob Iger as Disney restructures for a world where streaming dominates and legacy distribution models fade away (Alex Sherman/CNBC)

Alex Sherman / CNBC: A look at the fallout between Bob Chapek and Bob Iger as Disney restructures for a world where streaming dominates and legacy distribution models fade away  —  Bob Iger, left, and Bob Chapek of Disney  —  April 12, 2020.  That’s the day former Disney CEO Bob Iger’s relationship …

Doctors often use Google Translate to talk with non-English speaking patients, but researchers say inaccurate results are common and can lead to serious errors (Katie Palmer/STAT)

Katie Palmer / STAT: Doctors often use Google Translate to talk with non-English speaking patients, but researchers say inaccurate results are common and can lead to serious errors  —  The patient had just undergone a cesarean section, and now was struggling to put words to her pain in her native Taiwanese.

Limestone, Tennessee residents were promised economic benefits from a bitcoin mine, but now face constant noise pollution from its computers and cooling fans (Kevin Williams/Washington Post)

Kevin Williams / Washington Post: Limestone, Tennessee residents were promised economic benefits from a bitcoin mine, but now face constant noise pollution from its computers and cooling fans  —  LIMESTONE, Tenn. — It started as a low hum one day last spring.  Then it got louder, and soon some residents said the noise was like […]

A former Apple employee is facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding Apple out of $10M+ by taking kickbacks, stealing parts, evading taxes, and more (CBS San Francisco)

CBS San Francisco: A former Apple employee is facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding Apple out of $10M+ by taking kickbacks, stealing parts, evading taxes, and more  —  CUPERTINO (CBS SF) – A former Apple employee is facing federal charges after he allegedly defrauded the tech giant out of millions …

How researchers are using self-supervised learning, a branch of AI that has proven effective for handling human language, to better understand animal sounds (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How researchers are using self-supervised learning, a branch of AI that has proven effective for handling human language, to better understand animal sounds  —  New kinds of artificial intelligence are enabling scientists to better understand the sounds of the animal world, from whale songs to mouse squeaks

A look at TropeTrainer, beloved Torah learning software that helped rabbis prepare kids for bar and bat mitzvahs, which became obsolete after its creator died (S.I. Rosenbaum/Input)

S.I. Rosenbaum / Input: A look at TropeTrainer, beloved Torah learning software that helped rabbis prepare kids for bar and bat mitzvahs, which became obsolete after its creator died  —  I can tell you what TropeTrainer was, what it did, and what it meant to people.  I can tell you about the person who made […]

US judge dismisses a DC AG lawsuit against Amazon, which claimed that the company maintained a monopoly by locking wholesalers into anti-competitive agreements (David McCabe/New York Times)

David McCabe / New York Times: US judge dismisses a DC AG lawsuit against Amazon, which claimed that the company maintained a monopoly by locking wholesalers into anti-competitive agreements  —  The attorney general for the District of Columbia said Amazon made merchants on its site sell at the lowest price they charged on the web […]

CEO Pavel Durov apologizes and says Telegram was unresponsive to Brazil’s Supreme Court because the court’s emails were going to the wrong email address (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: CEO Pavel Durov apologizes and says Telegram was unresponsive to Brazil’s Supreme Court because the court’s emails were going to the wrong email address  —  Telegram’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov has just put out a statement about why Brazil’s Supreme Court is now suspending the app, and the reason […]

Doctors say the rise of fantasy sports apps has led to a spike in gambling addiction in India, where gambling is illegal but fantasy gaming has no clear laws (Adnan Bhat/Rest of World)

Adnan Bhat / Rest of World: Doctors say the rise of fantasy sports apps has led to a spike in gambling addiction in India, where gambling is illegal but fantasy gaming has no clear laws  —  All forms of gambling are illegal in India but there are no clear laws when it comes to fantasy […]

The state of crypto and the metaverse, as seen at SXSW, is underwhelming and pathetic, showing off only how rich its boosters are and little of social utility (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)

Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: The state of crypto and the metaverse, as seen at SXSW, is underwhelming and pathetic, showing off only how rich its boosters are and little of social utility  —  The first SXSW in three years was taken over by crypto-mania fueled by marketing hype.  —  It did not really hit […]

A look at China-made hit fantasy RPG Genshin Impact, as China expands into the video game market once dominated by Japan by imitating its Japanese competitors (New York Times)

New York Times: A look at China-made hit fantasy RPG Genshin Impact, as China expands into the video game market once dominated by Japan by imitating its Japanese competitors  —  Genshin Impact, a nearly picture-perfect reproduction of Japanese fantasy role-playing games, has raked in billions of dollars …

Instacart plans to add a $0.40 fee to orders “over the next month” that goes to shoppers to help with gas prices, even if shopper’s cars are hybrid or electric (Kim Lyons/The Verge)

Kim Lyons / The Verge: Instacart plans to add a $0.40 fee to orders “over the next month” that goes to shoppers to help with gas prices, even if shopper’s cars are hybrid or electric  —  The move follows temporary surcharge announcements from Lyft and Uber  —  Grocery delivery platform Instacart announced Friday …

GM buys SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s stake in Cruise for $2.1B, increasing GM’s ownership to 80%, and says the company will invest another $1.35B in Cruise (David Welch/Bloomberg)

David Welch / Bloomberg: GM buys SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s stake in Cruise for $2.1B, increasing GM’s ownership to 80%, and says the company will invest another $1.35B in Cruise  —  General Motors Co. bought out the SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s stake in self-driving startup Cruise LLC for $2.1 billion …

Could we make cars out of petroleum residue?

As the world struggles to improve the efficiency of cars and other vehicles in order to curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve the range of electric vehicles, the search is on for ever-lighter materials that are strong enough to be used in the bodies of cars. Lightweight materials made from carbon fiber, similar to the […]

Microsoft Edge now automatically generates image labels for screen readers on Windows, macOS, and Linux, improving the experience for blind and low vision users (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft Edge now automatically generates image labels for screen readers on Windows, macOS, and Linux, improving the experience for blind and low vision users  —  Ideal for blind or low vision web users  —  More than half of the images on the web are missing alt text, according to Microsoft.

Russia’s disconnection from Western online services raises fears of a “splinternet”, networks with incompatible protocols diverging from today’s global internet (James Ball/MIT Technology Review)

James Ball / MIT Technology Review: Russia’s disconnection from Western online services raises fears of a “splinternet”, networks with incompatible protocols diverging from today’s global internet  —  If Russia disconnects from—or is booted from— the internet’s governing bodies, the internet may never be the same again for any of us.

PayPal expands its services to allow users to send money into Ukraine and temporarily waives fees for customers sending funds to Ukrainian PayPal accounts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: PayPal expands its services to allow users to send money into Ukraine and temporarily waives fees for customers sending funds to Ukrainian PayPal accounts  —  PayPal is expanding its services to allow its users to send money to Ukrainians, the company announced on Thursday.

Bored Ape Yacht Club’s $APE token hit a peak of $39.40 per token during its airdrop, but later sank as low as $7.50 (Andrew Hayward/Decrypt)

Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: Bored Ape Yacht Club’s $APE token hit a peak of $39.40 per token during its airdrop, but later sank as low as $7.50  —  ApeCoin, the Ethereum token built for the expanding Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT ecosystem, launched this morning and rapidly rose in value before shedding much of its […]

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions

This is the second article in a four-part interview series highlighting the work of the 27 MIT Climate Grand Challenges finalists, which received a total of $2.7 million in startup funding to advance their projects. In April, the Institute will name a subset of the finalists as multiyear flagship projects. Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel […]

Physicists find direct evidence of strong electron correlation in a 2D material for the first time

In recent years, physicists have discovered materials that are able to switch their electrical character from a metal to an insulator, and even to a superconductor, which is a material in a friction-free state that allows electrons to flow with zero resistance. These materials, which include “magic-angle” graphene and other synthesized two-dimensional materials, can shift […]