The Download: brain signals as speech, and faster-charging batteries https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/24/1078342/the-download-brain-signals-faster-batteries/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TheDownload

The tricky ethics of brain implants and informed consent  https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/25/1078413/ethics-brain-implants-informed-consent/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Biotechnologyandhealth

Despite cheating and misinformation fears, some US schools that once raced to block AI chatbot access are now encouraging teachers and students to use them (Natasha Singer/New York Times) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p4?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p4

Cisco Talos: North Korea's Lazarus is using a new malware variant to target internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare entities in Europe and the US (Jonathan Greig/The Record) http://www.techmeme.com/230825/p21?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230825p21

YouTube offers insights meant to guide Shorts creators, including how the Shorts algorithm differs from long-form YouTube's algorithm and what counts as a view (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/230825/p23?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230825p23

Huawei and Ericsson renew a multiyear global patent cross-licensing deal for 5G and other technologies; Huawei owns 20% of global 5G patents (Eri Sugiura/Financial Times) http://www.techmeme.com/230825/p22?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230825p22

X launches its job posting feature X Hiring in beta for verified organizations, allowing them to "organically reach millions of relevant candidates" (Joe Wituschek/BGR) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p1

Sources: Oracle employees reviewing TikTok's source code sit at desks beneath cameras controlled by TikTok, a requirement that came from the Chinese government (Emily Baker-White/Forbes) http://www.techmeme.com/230825/p24?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230825p24

A profile of New Jersey-based CoreWeave, which offers Nvidia GPUs in the cloud, is valued at ~$2B, and has 700 clients, including Microsoft and Inflection AI (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p3?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p3

Nansen: ~90% of PYUSD is held in issuer Paxos Trust's wallets, indicating a "lack of demand from crypto users" for PayPal's stablecoin that launched on August 7 (Ana Paula Pereira/Cointelegraph) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p2

Reality finally set in for Rony Abovitz in May. The augmented reality headset that had been under development for nine years inside his company, Magic Leap, had been a colossal flop. #VR #Metaverse https://fortune.com/2020/09/26/magic-leap-tried-to-create-an-alternate-reality-its-founder-was-already-in-one/

A cell that does it all https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/23/1077705/stem-cells-controversy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Biotechnologyandhealth #biotechnology

Toronto-based Ideogram raised a $16.5M seed led by a16z and Index Ventures and launches a public beta of its generative AI-based text-to-image product (Charlize Alcaraz/BetaKit) http://www.techmeme.com/230824/p32?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230824p32

Microsoft researchers say Flax Typhoon, a hacking group with suspected links to the Chinese government, is actively targeting dozens of organizations in Taiwan (AJ Vicens/CyberScoop) http://www.techmeme.com/230824/p34?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230824p34

Reddit launches the "Mod Helper Program", a tiered system that rewards moderators with trophies and flairs for helping other moderators in r/ModSupport (Morgan Sung/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/230824/p33?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230824p33

Indian instant grocery startup Zepto raised a $200M Series E led by StepStone at a $1.4B valuation, taking its funding to $560M, India's first unicorn of 2023 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/230825/p3?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230825p3

Customs data: China's chip production tool imports in June and July 2023 totaled nearly $5B, up 70% YoY from $2.9B, mostly from the Netherlands and Japan (Financial Times) http://www.techmeme.com/230825/p2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230825p2

Working from home has worked for people with disability. The back-to-the-office push could wind back gains https://antoniosantos.blog/2023/07/25/working-from-home-has-worked-for-people-with-disability-the-back-to-the-office-push-could-wind-back-gains/ #FutureOfWork #WorkTrends #Accessibility #axschat

How to Deliver Career Development for All https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-to-deliver-career-development-for-all/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DIgitalTransformation

Big Tech braces for EU DSA regulations. More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency. #m

https://www.reuters.com/technology/big-tech-braces-roll-out-eus-digital-services-act-2023-08-24/