The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to seek out you at present’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 OpenAI could launch an online browser
Which might be a full-frontal assault on Google (The Info $)
+ The Google browser break-up is a solution searching for a query. (FT $)
+ OpenAI by accident deleted potential proof in a coaching information lawsuit. (The Verge)
2 Border militias are prepared to assist with Trump’s deportation plans
No matter whether or not they’re requested to or not. (Wired $)
+ Trump’s administration plans to radically curb the powers of the federal company that protects unions. (WP $)
3 Russia hit Ukraine with a brand new kind of missile
Right here’s what we find out about it to date. (The Guardian)
4 Microsoft is about to show 50
And it’s each bit as related and highly effective because it’s ever been. (Wired $)
5 China has overtaken Germany in industrial robotic adoption
South Korea, nevertheless, stays streets forward of each of them. (Reuters $)
+ Three causes robots are about to turn out to be far more helpful. (MIT Expertise Overview)
6 The irresistible rise of cozy tech
Our units, social media and now AI are encouraging us to maintain trying inward. (New Yorker $)
+ Inside the comfy however creepy world of VR sleep rooms. (MIT Expertise Overview)
7 Churchgoers in a Swiss metropolis have been spilling their secrets and techniques to AI Jesus 😇
They usually’re principally actually having fun with it. Be careful, monks. (The Guardian)
8 A French startup needs to make gasoline out of skinny air
Then use it to gasoline ships and airplanes. (IEEE Spectrum)
+ All the pieces you’ll want to find out about different jet fuels. (MIT Expertise Overview)
9 WhatsApp goes to start out transcribing voice messages
This appears compromise to bridge individuals’s totally different communication preferences. (The Verge)
10 Desire a new telephone? You need to think about second-hand
It’s higher for the planet—and your pockets. (Vox)
Quote of the day
“Nope. 100% not true.”
