If a machine-learning model is trained using an unbalanced dataset, such as one that contains far more images of people with lighter skin than people with darker skin, there is serious risk the model’s predictions will be unfair when it is deployed in the real world. But this is only one part of the problem. […]
An ‘Unhinged’ Putin Threatens Dangerous Escalation in Ukraine
With no off-ramp in sight, Russia’s leader has put the country’s nuclear forces on alert.
Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Spur Another Global Chip Shortage
Ukraine is home to half of the world’s neon gas, which is critical for manufacturing semiconductor chips.
The Best Mouse (and Mousepads) for Every Kind of Gamer
Whether you’re into esports or casual fragging, these are the greatest gaming mice we’ve tested.
Ashneer Grover, co-founder of Indian fintech unicorn BharatPe, resigns from the company’s board, following a probe into alleged financial irregularities (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Ashneer Grover, co-founder of Indian fintech unicorn BharatPe, resigns from the company’s board, following a probe into alleged financial irregularities — Ashneer Grover, a founder and the public face of BharatPe, has resigned from the board and left the managing director position he held …
Zoom reports Q4 revenue of $1.07B, up 21% YoY, vs $1.05B est., net income of $490.5M, up 88% YoY, and 2,725 customers paying $100K+ annually, up 66% YoY (Stephanie Condon/ZDNet)
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: Zoom reports Q4 revenue of $1.07B, up 21% YoY, vs $1.05B est., net income of $490.5M, up 88% YoY, and 2,725 customers paying $100K+ annually, up 66% YoY — Growth has slowed in comparison to Zoom’s business at the outset of the pandemic, but the company is shifting its focus to […]
Following Ukraine’s request, Binance says banning Russian users would “fly in the face of” crypto’s purpose; NFT market DMarket bans Russians and Belarusians (Maxwell Strachan/VICE)
Maxwell Strachan / VICE: Following Ukraine’s request, Binance says banning Russian users would “fly in the face of” crypto’s purpose; NFT market DMarket bans Russians and Belarusians — Binance, the world’s largest exchange, said “unilaterally” banning users “would fly in the face of the reason why crypto exists.”
Europe rethinks its energy strategy after Russia’s attack on Ukraine
About 40 per cent of Europe’s gas comes from Russia, but the European Union is expected to release a new energy strategy to reduce its reliance on Russian imports
Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion
The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how far and fast they spread, and for how long and powerfully they burned. All told, the devastating “Black Summer” fires blazed across more than 43 million acres of land, and extinguished or displaced nearly 3 billion animals. The fires also injected over 1 million […]
Responding to the tragedy in Ukraine
The following letter was sent to the MIT community on Saturday by President L. Rafael Reif. To the members of the MIT community, Though 4,500 miles separate Kyiv and Cambridge, several factors make the shock of the Russian invasion and its terrible consequences feel very close to home. I write to let you know how […]
Why C-Suite Leaders Get Passed Over for the CEO Role – SPONSOR CONTENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION
Sponsor content from the International Coaching Federation.
How Your Brand Should Use NFTs
Wading into a new space always comes with risk — but so does staying out of it.
What Makes a Company Successful at Using AI?
Five areas where top performers stand out.
The Original Hybrid Workers Can Teach Us How to Do It Right
Over 50 years ago, they trialed “part-time telecommuting.” The pandemic-driven model has problems, but early adopters think they can be fixed.
The Age of Everything Culture Is Here
When anything on social media can become A Thing, trends take on an unnerving shape and velocity.
An Internet Troll Gives Nonalcoholic Spirits Startups the Spins
From false press releases to misleading domain names, one man has allegedly gone to great lengths to sabotage his competitors.
Lenovo debuts updated Windows 11 and Chromebook IdeaPads with 12th-Gen Intel CPUs and the Tab M10 Plus running Android 12, available in June starting at $190 (João Carrasqueira/XDA Developers)
João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers: Lenovo debuts updated Windows 11 and Chromebook IdeaPads with 12th-Gen Intel CPUs and the Tab M10 Plus running Android 12, available in June starting at $190 — Lenovo has a ton of announcements coming out of MWC 2022, and among them are a handful of new laptops geared towards consumers […]
Lenovo unveils updated ThinkPads: X13 with Snapdragon chips, X1 Extreme with a 165Hz display, and updated P-series and T-series with new Intel processors (Monica Chin/The Verge)
Monica Chin / The Verge: Lenovo unveils updated ThinkPads: X13 with Snapdragon chips, X1 Extreme with a 165Hz display, and updated P-series and T-series with new Intel processors — A new X13, a new X1 Extreme, and more — Lenovo has dumped a whole bunch of new ThinkPads into the world, and there’s some exciting […]
A look at AcadArena and other “game guilds” in Southeast Asia, which loan out NFTs of in-game creatures as “scholarships” to players of games like Axie Infinity (Rest of World)
Rest of World: A look at AcadArena and other “game guilds” in Southeast Asia, which loan out NFTs of in-game creatures as “scholarships” to players of games like Axie Infinity — In just a year, guilds boosting players into NFT games raised more than $80 million in Southeast Asia.
Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory
The country has enlisted thousands of cybersecurity professionals in the war effort against Russia.
Which Garmin Watch Is Best for You?
We tested the brand’s GPS-enabled fitness trackers and found the perfect picks for casual hikers, backcountry skiers, and more.
These Are the 11 Android Phones Worth Buying
Shopping for a new phone can be an ordeal. Let us take some of the pain out of it with these WIRED-tested picks and tips.
A profile of iSTARE, an Intel hardware hacking group that analyzes and attacks future generations of chips to find critical flaws before they go into production (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
Lily Hay Newman / Wired: A profile of iSTARE, an Intel hardware hacking group that analyzes and attacks future generations of chips to find critical flaws before they go into production — Researchers at iSTARE have to think like the bad guys, finding critical flaws before processors go to production.
Samsung updates its Galaxy Book Pro laptops with 1080p webcams, Intel 12th Gen CPUs, and brighter AMOLED displays, starting at $1,050 and shipping on April 1 (Monica Chin/The Verge)
Monica Chin / The Verge: Samsung updates its Galaxy Book Pro laptops with 1080p webcams, Intel 12th Gen CPUs, and brighter AMOLED displays, starting at $1,050 and shipping on April 1 — There’s a clamshell and a convertible — Samsung has announced two updates to its premium Galaxy Book line: the Galaxy Book 2 Pro […]
Opinion: as Apple prepares to launch an iPhone SE 5G, the company should keep selling the older iPhone SE model and bring its price down to $199 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Opinion: as Apple prepares to launch an iPhone SE 5G, the company should keep selling the older iPhone SE model and bring its price down to $199 — Apple is planning to unveil a 5G iPhone SE in March—but the big news could be a price drop for the current model.
The Future of Mental Health Diagnosis Goes Beyond the Manual
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the so-called “Bible of Psychiatry,” is approaching its 70th year. It should be its last.
How to Find Games That Are Compatible With the Steam Deck
Not all games available on Steam play perfectly on Valve’s new console. Here’s how to tell which ones will work, and how well.
Tabletop Game Companies Are Rushing to Snatch Up Hollywood Names
Free League Publishing has been transforming vast worlds into games: Alien, Lord of the Rings, and now Blade Runner. How does it work behind the scenes?
An interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger about his IDM 2.0 strategy, partnering with TSMC, the Tower Semiconductor acquisition, and learning from AMD’s success (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
Ben Thompson / Stratechery: An interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger about his IDM 2.0 strategy, partnering with TSMC, the Tower Semiconductor acquisition, and learning from AMD’s success — Intel has been one of the companies I have focused on from the very beginning of Stratechery.
Sources: the UK government has shelved plans for a Silicon Valley rival around Oxford and Cambridge in order to prioritize spending in Northern England (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Sources: the UK government has shelved plans for a Silicon Valley rival around Oxford and Cambridge in order to prioritize spending in Northern England — UK prime minister’s levelling up agenda means plans for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc have been put on the backburner
Analysts: Ukraine conflict could accelerate the fracturing of internet, amid pressure on US tech giants from both Russia and the West to respond to the conflict (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Analysts: Ukraine conflict could accelerate the fracturing of internet, amid pressure on US tech giants from both Russia and the West to respond to the conflict — Conflict could accelerate the fracturing of the internet into the ‘splinternet,’ analysts say
Bridging the worlds of research and industry
Graduate student Nidhi Juthani was not content with just one graduate degree. Instead, she decided to earn two in one fell swoop, via MIT’s PhD in Chemical Engineering Practice (PhDCEP) program, which allows her to obtain a doctorate and an MBA concurrently. The combination is a perfect fit for Juthani, who wants to pursue a […]
The 7 Best Gaming Controller for Every Kind of Player
A great gamepad instantly levels up your play. These are our top picks for Switch, Xbox, PS4, PS5, and PC.
DDoS Attempts Hit Russia as Ukraine Conflict Intensifies
Plus: Hacker recruits, NFT thefts, and more of the week’s top security news.
In Alaska, Beavers Are Engineering a New Tundra
Once nonexistent in the northwest part of the state, beavers are both benefiting from and changing a warming landscape.
Customers of sanctioned Russian banks are unable to use their cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay, according to the Central Bank of Russia (Grace Dean/Insider)
Grace Dean / Insider: Customers of sanctioned Russian banks are unable to use their cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay, according to the Central Bank of Russia — – Customers of sanction-hit Russian banks are unable to use Apple and Google Pay, Russia’s central bank said. — These banks include VTB Group …
The US, EU, UK, and Canada agree to cut off a “certain number of Russian banks” from the SWIFT international payments system (Jennifer Koons/Axios)
Jennifer Koons / Axios: The US, EU, UK, and Canada agree to cut off a “certain number of Russian banks” from the SWIFT international payments system — The European Union, United States and other western nations on Saturday announced they would cut off a “certain number of Russian banks” …
Crypto became a viable option for transactions in Ukraine, where Tether is popular, after digital cash transfers were suspended and cash withdrawals limited (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge)
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: Crypto became a viable option for transactions in Ukraine, where Tether is popular, after digital cash transfers were suspended and cash withdrawals limited — More than $15 million in cryptocurrency has been donated to Ukrainian groups since Russia attacked the country on February 24th, according to research firm Elliptic.
Black Women Photographers on Getting Seen—and Hired
Six women discuss their photography style—and where they’d like to see their work go next.
What Neurodivergence Teaches Us About How to Live
Scientist and writer Camilla Pang explains what the rationality of science showed her about making better decisions, processing feedback, and feeling like an outlier.
15 Great Deals on Gaming Gear, Headphones, and Accessories
The weather is getting warmer, but you can still stay in and play Elden Ring all weekend.
Interview with Gabe Newell, Valve president and co-founder, on the Steam Deck, the company’s past and future hardware plans, consolidation in gaming, and more (James Archer/Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
James Archer / Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Interview with Gabe Newell, Valve president and co-founder, on the Steam Deck, the company’s past and future hardware plans, consolidation in gaming, and more — We interview Valve’s co-founder on hardware plans and consolidation in gaming — I recently had the chance to grill Gabe Newell …
Meta prohibits Russian state media organizations from running ads or monetizing on its platform anywhere in the world (Reuters)
Reuters: Meta prohibits Russian state media organizations from running ads or monetizing on its platform anywhere in the world — Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) is barring Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on its platform anywhere in the world, the parent company of social media giant Facebook said on Friday.
In a report, Chinese cybersecurity company Pangu Lab says the NSA is behind the Equation Group and Bvp47, a hacking tool in use for the past 10 years (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/VICE)
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: In a report, Chinese cybersecurity company Pangu Lab says the NSA is behind the Equation Group and Bvp47, a hacking tool in use for the past 10 years — A Chinese security firm released a detailed report about what it says is malware created by Equation Group, a hacking group widely […]
Risks to Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plants Are Small—but Not Zero
While the Russian military is unlikely to target Ukrainian reactors, a stray missile or a power outage could spark a disaster.
The Best Samsung Galaxy S22 Deals—and Which Model to Buy
S22+ or S22 Ultra? Here’s what you should know about these new Android phones before you splurge.
Valve’s Steam Deck Is a Glitchy but Promising Portable Gaming PC
This new handheld console has a lot of flaws out of the gate, but that could change over time.
In a letter, Ukraine’s vice prime minister requested Tim Cook halt Apple’s product sales and shut down its App Store in Russia (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: In a letter, Ukraine’s vice prime minister requested Tim Cook halt Apple’s product sales and shut down its App Store in Russia — Mykhailo Fedorov, who serves as Ukraine’s vice prime minister and oversees digital operations, urged Apple Inc. to halt product sales in Russia and shut down its App Store in the country.
Zendesk abandons its $4.1B plan to acquire Momentive, which owns SurveyMonkey, after Zendesk stockholders rejected the deal (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)
Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Zendesk abandons its $4.1B plan to acquire Momentive, which owns SurveyMonkey, after Zendesk stockholders rejected the deal — Zendesk announced today that it was walking away from the proposed $4.1 billion deal to buy Momentive, the owners of SurveyMonkey after stockholders rejected the deal.
Nvidia confirms a cyber “incident” caused internal outages; source: it appears to be a minor ransomware attack that’s not connected to the Ukraine crisis (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Nvidia confirms a cyber “incident” caused internal outages; source: it appears to be a minor ransomware attack that’s not connected to the Ukraine crisis — A cyber breach suffered by Nvidia Corp. in recent days appears to have been a ransomware attack that’s not connected …