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New York Times: A look at South Korean conglomerate Naver’s experiments with a fleet of ~100 office robots, including efforts to make employees comfortable with their presence  —  Naver, a South Korean internet firm, is trying to introduce robots into the world of cubicles and conference rooms without making employees uncomfortable.

James Vincent / The Verge: Interviews with lawyers, analysts, and employees at AI startups on unresolved questions concerning copyright and fair use shaping the future of generative AI  —  The last year has seen a boom in AI models that create art, music, and code by learning from others’ work.

TechCrunch: India’s new draft data protection bill proposes allowing cross-border data transfer with certain countries, unlike an earlier version which imposed restrictions  —  India has proposed a new comprehensive data privacy law that will mandate how companies handle data of its citizens …

The moniker, which honors a former agency administrator accused of enforcing anti-LGBTQ policies, has long been controversial.

The former Theranos CEO’s fall is a cautionary tale for eccentric founders and the investors who blindly throw money at their inventions.

The company faces scrutiny after botching sales for the artist’s Eras Tour. But people have complained about its grip on the ticketing industry for years.

Alex Harring / CNBC: LGBTQ dating app Grindr closed up 213.84% at $36.50 per share in its NYSE debut under the new ticker GRND following its SPAC merger  —  – Grindr surged in trading Friday in its first day under a new ticker following its merger with blank-check company Tiga.

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: Apple’s plan to use TSMC plants in the US and possibly Europe, a PR victory, buries the truth: capacity will be tiny and the chips will use an older 5nm process  —  You can just picture it now.  It’s 2025 and Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has just taken […]

Kathryn Hardison / Wall Street Journal: Carvana says it will lay off about 1,500 people, or ~8% of its workforce, adding to the ~2,500 workers it laid off in May 2022  —  Planned workforce reductions come as demand from consumers remains under pressure  —  How Carvana’s Stock Crashed: What Went Wrong  —  Created with sketchtool.

An artificial intelligence from Facebook owner Meta that is designed to write scientific research papers and Wikipedia articles has attracted criticism over its accuracy and public access has been removed

The inaugural MIT Prize for Open Data, which included a $2,500 cash prize, was recently awarded to 10 individual and group research projects. Presented jointly by the School of Science and the MIT Libraries, the prize recognizes MIT-affiliated researchers who make their data openly accessible and reusable by others. The prize winners and 16 honorable […]

Two-dimensional materials, which consist of just a single layer of atoms, can be packed together more densely than conventional materials, so they could be used to make transistors, solar cells, LEDs, and other devices that run faster and perform better. One issue holding back these next-generation electronics is the heat they generate when in use. […]

Many students in MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program return to the workplace primed to tackle complex operational problems. But sometimes their research sparks deep scholarly interest, and they bring their LGO toolkit into an academic career instead. That was the case for Jimmy Smith SM ’18, MBA ’18, who’s currently pursuing a PhD […]

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Too often, investors’ governance policies are in tension with their environmental and social ones.

It will have a substantial impact on labor pools, markets, and the future of work.

Bringing people with a range of perspectives to the table is the quickest way to solve difficult problems, experts tell WIRED Impact.

If you need a smaller screen for a smaller space, this affordable option is perfect for gamers and movie nerds alike.

Ruben Martinez Jr. was in the Ticketmaster queue so long he had time to build a Chrome Extension to help other Swifties know their true place in line.

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $34.2B, narrowly beating estimates, and ~$843M net income, reversing a ~$394M loss in Q3 2021  —  JD.com Inc. reported higher sales last quarter after shoppers kept spending at China’s second-largest online retailer despite an economic downturn.

Jude Webber / Financial Times: US tech companies laying off employees serves as a wake-up call for Ireland, a longtime European hub for Big Tech, which has added 24,000 IT jobs since Q1 2021  —  Mass sackings are a blow to staff, but come amid rising concerns the country has grown too reliant on the […]

Nansen: An in-depth look at FTX and Alameda shows UST’s collapse in May increased their reliance on FTT, leading to $4B outflows from Alameda to FTX in June and July  —  mins  —  Nansen’s research team dives into the collapse of Alameda and FTX using blockchain analytics  —  Key Takeaways

An AI that tracks digital ads’ energy consumption could help tech companies and advertisers to act more sustainably

Algorithms that generate fake faces could be used to change people’s appearance in photos they don’t want to be shared

In 1884, an article in a widely circulated Indian nationalist newspaper expounded on the value of a technical education for Indians who were being denied such opportunities by the colonial British state. Even though MIT was barely more than two decades old, the author pointed to the Institute as a model of technical learning for […]

When Josh Sawyer created his video game about 16th-century Bavaria, he set out to capture the feeling of that world, right down to the food on the table.

Is this the ideal reusable cup? We think so. A clever lid, drinking straw, sensible size, and insulation make for a heady caffeine-fueled combo.

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The Information: Source: Ella Irwin, Twitter’s VP of product focused on health and services since June 2022, will be the new head of trust and safety, replacing Yoel Roth  —  Twitter executive Ella Irwin will take over as the head of trust and safety, replacing Yoel Roth, a well-known executive who resigned …

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the layoffs will continue into 2023, after the company cut roles across its Devices and Books businesses on Wednesday  —  KEY POINTS  — Amazon will continue to lay off employees in the coming year, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo to workers on Thursday.

Bloomberg: Sources: Elon Musk softens his remote work stance and tries to convince colleagues to stay, as more than anticipated opt to leave ahead of his 5pm ET deadline  —  Elon Musk gave Twitter Inc. employees an ultimatum to either commit to the company’s new “hardcore” work environment or leave.

Over his long career as an electrochemist and professor, Donald Sadoway has earned an impressive variety of honors, from being named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2012 to appearing on “The Colbert Report,” where he talked about “renewable energy and world peace,” according to Comedy Central. What does he personally consider […]

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has awarded the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience to Ila Fiete, professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, associate member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and director of the K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience Center. The SfN, the world’s largest neuroscience organization, announced […]

This fall, the MIT School of Science welcomes seven new faculty to the departments of Biology; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Studies (EAPS); Mathematics; and Physics. Wanying Kang researches large-scale atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, and their effects on the climate of Earth and other planetary bodies. She hopes to bridge multiple geoscience fields by applying […]

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Disinformation researchers have spent years asking Twitter to remove toxic and fake posts. After Elon Musk’s staff cuts, there’s hardly anyone to talk to.

British startup Shellworks is fed up with waste, so it created a vegan material that can be turned into fertilizer.

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Pew Research Center: A survey of US teens on social media: 80% feel closer to friends and 71% like showing creativity; 59% are neutral on its overall impact; girls report more drama  —  Majorities of teens credit social media with strengthening their friendships and providing support while also noting the emotionally charged side of these […]

Tony Romm / Washington Post: Congress, slow to move on regulating crypto, becomes transfixed by FTX’s collapse, as lawmakers wonder if the crisis could have been prevented  —  The stunning collapse of the world’s third-largest exchange has forced lawmakers to reckon with the costs of legislative inaction

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: Filings: TuSimple co-founder Mo Chen consolidates power, acquiring 59% of the voting stock, as the US investigates the self-driving trucking company  —  Federal authorities continue to investigate entity’s relationship with a Chinese startup tied to co-founder Mo Chen

The US regulatory body has signed off on Upside Foods’ cultivated meat—but the company is still figuring out how to make enough of it to sell.

New research found pervasive use of tracking tech on substance-abuse-focused health care websites, potentially endangering users in a post-Roe world.

A crash course in 16th-century German history? Sold!

Peter White / Deadline: Apple plans to launch its Major League Soccer Season Pass on February 1 for $15/month or $99/season and $13/month or $79/season for Apple TV+ subscribers  —  Apple has unveiled more plans for its launch of Major League Soccer (MLS).  —  The streamer has revealed the pricing and launch details …

Financial Times: The UK blocks the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Nexperia, owned by China’s Wingtech, on national security grounds and orders Nexperia to divest 86% of Newport  —  Months of wrangling over chipmaker sees deal with China-owned company thwarted on national security grounds