I’ve combed the web to seek out you in the present day’s most enjoyable/essential/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 Bitcoin merchants don’t care a couple of recession
Debate over the definition of a recession, and whether or not we’re in a single, seems like a distraction. (CoinDesk)
+ Technically the US might now be in recession, however a lot of the economic system stays sturdy. (The Guardian)
+ Right here’s why the favored definition of a recession isn’t official. (The Atlantic $)
+ Bitcoin’s worth is heading in the direction of its greatest month since 2021. (Bloomberg $)
2 Iran is ramping up its drone manufacturing
It needs to promote them to abroad patrons, reportedly together with Russia. (NYT $)
+ Why enterprise is booming for army AI startups. (MIT Know-how Assessment)
3 The CHIPS Act isn’t going to repair the semiconductor scarcity
Partly as a result of the scarcity appears to be easing anyway. (Recode)
+ The multi-billion bundle have to be invested properly. (Wired $)
+ Chipmakers say they urgently want the subsidies promised by the invoice. (FT $)
4 The Democrats didn’t launch a deepfake video of Joe Biden
Regardless of conspiracy theorists’ greatest efforts to persuade the web. (BBC)
+ The largest menace of deepfakes isn’t the deepfakes themselves. (MIT Know-how Assessment)
5 On-line outrage is performative and fleeting
Refusing to stoop to their degree could make the entire thing much less annoying to cope with. (The Atlantic $)
6 Sticky patches might revolutionize how we take ultrasounds
Sufferers might put on them at house, as an alternative of attending hospital appointments. (The Guardian)
7 China’s digital idols are burnt out
Their adoring followers don’t at all times think about the people behind the animations. (Remainder of World)
+ How China’s greatest on-line influencers fell from their thrones. (MIT Know-how Assessment)
8 TikTok is pushed by strangers, not mates
The platform rejected the social mannequin championed by Fb, with nice success. (New Yorker $)
+ Instagram has sheepishly (and solely quickly) retracted a few of its much-hated current modifications. (NYT $)
+ Fb has vowed to double the quantity of AI-recommended feed content material. (Motherboard)
+ Snap and TikTok provide richer, extra fascinating suggestions than Google. (Slate)
9 This ageing analysis institute needs that will help you stay higher, not longer
However the shadow of the promise of immortality looms giant. (Neo.Life)
+ Saudi Arabia plans to spend $1 billion a yr discovering therapies to sluggish ageing. (MIT Know-how Assessment)
10 Meet the people preserving the cloud on-line ☁️
Usually underneath extremely punishing situations. (Aeon)
Quote of the day
“What frustrates me most is after I’m accused of twisting the reality. As meteorologists, we report information. There isn’t a conspiracy.”
—Meteorologist and climate presenter Tomasz Schafernaker tells his employer, the BBC, about his frustration on the on-line abuse he acquired from local weather change deniers throughout the UK’s current extreme heatwave.
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