However assigning accountability is difficult. These three visualizations assist clarify why.
—Casey Crownhart
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The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to seek out you at the moment’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 AI can now translate your voice in real-time throughout conferences
It’s a part of Microsoft’s drive to push extra AI into its merchandise, however how properly it really works within the wild stays to be seen. (WP $)
+ Apple is having much less success on that entrance, a minimum of if its AI notification summaries are something to go by. (The Atlantic $)
2 Anybody can purchase information monitoring US troopers in Germany
And the Pentagon is powerless to cease it.(Wired $)
+ It’s shockingly straightforward to purchase delicate information about US navy personnel. (MIT Expertise Evaluate)
3 Bluesky now has over 20 million customers 📈
Its person base has tripled within the final three months. (Engadget)
+ Reality Social, alternatively, isn’t doing fairly so properly. (WP $)
+ The rise of Bluesky, and the splintering of social. (MIT Expertise Evaluate)
4 How Google created a tradition of concealment
It’s been getting ready for antitrust motion for over a decade, implementing a coverage the place staff delete messages by default. (NYT $)
+ The corporate reacted angrily to experiences it could be pressured to promote Chrome. (BBC)
5 Mission 2025 is already infiltrating the Trump administration
Regardless of repeated denials, it’s clearly a blueprint for his subsequent time period. (Vox)
+ A hacker reportedly gained entry to damaging testimonies about Matt Gaetz, his decide to be lawyer normal. (NYT $)
6 Quantum computer systems hit a serious milestone for error-free calculation
This can be a essential a part of making them helpful for real-world duties. (New Scientist $)
7 Expertise is altering political speech
Slogans have gotten much less efficient. Now it’s extra about saying various things to completely different audiences. (New Yorker $)
8 Lab-grown foie gras, anybody?
This might be the cultivated meat business’s future: as a luxurious product for the few. (Wired $)
9 Niantic is utilizing Pokémon Go participant information to construct an AI navigation system
If it really works, it may unlock some superb capabilities in AR, robotics and past. (404 Media)
