That is immediately’s version of The Obtain, our weekday publication that gives a each day dose of what’s occurring on this planet of expertise.
When hydrogen will assist local weather change—and when it received’t.
Hydrogen is commonly heralded as a local weather hero as a result of when it’s used as a gasoline in issues like buses or metal manufacturing, there aren’t any direct carbon emissions to fret about. Because the world tries to chop down on our use of fossil fuels, there may very well be loads of new demand for this carbon-free vitality supply.
However how hydrogen is made may decide simply how useful it’s. Final week, the European Fee launched guidelines that outline what it means for hydrogen to be inexperienced. However what does that imply, precisely, and the way may we produce it? Learn the total story.
—Casey Crownhart
Casey’s story is from The Spark, her weekly local weather publication providing you with the within observe on all issues vitality. Join to obtain it in your inbox each Wednesday.
New report: Generative AI in industrial design and engineering
Generative AI has the potential to rework industrial design and engineering, making it extra essential than ever for leaders in these industries to remain forward. So MIT Expertise Evaluation has created a brand new analysis report that highlights the potential advantages—and pitfalls— of this new expertise.
The report contains two case research from main industrial and engineering firms which might be already making use of generative AI to their work—and a ton of takeaways and finest practices from trade leaders. It’s obtainable now to obtain for $195.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to search out you immediately’s most enjoyable/essential/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.
1 The Supreme Court docket is contemplating whether or not Twitter aided terrorists
The justices are anticipated to return to a conclusion by June. (Vox)
+ The case is the second this week to probe web platforms’ authorized legal responsibility. (NYT $)
+ The courtroom appears cautious about making sweeping authorized adjustments. (Bloomberg $)
2 Bing doesn’t need to discuss your emotions
And it’ll shut down any immediate that mentions “emotions,” so don’t even attempt. (Bloomberg $)
+ The ChatGPT-fueled battle for search is larger than Microsoft or Google. (MIT Expertise Evaluation)
+ Europe’s AI startups are being overshadowed by their US rivals. (Sifted)
+ Why Microsoft’s Clippy mascot is ChatGPT’s non secular predecessor. (Quick Firm $)
3 Google claims to have reached a quantum milestone
It says it’s discovered a solution to right the errors current in immediately’s quantum machines. (FT $)
+ What’s subsequent for quantum computing. (MIT Expertise Evaluation)
4 Russian propagandists are shopping for Twitter blue checks
Permitting them to unfold misinformation underneath a veil of legitimacy. (WP $)
+ Russia-controlled publication RT remains to be on YouTube, regardless of supposedly being banned. (The Guardian)
5 A significant ransomware assault tried to extort victims’ bitcoin
It’s apparently one of the vital widespread ransomware assaults on file. (FT $)
+ The US authorities is investigating how army emails have been leaked. (Bloomberg $)
+ Why the ransomware disaster instantly feels so relentless. (MIT Expertise Evaluation)
6 Arizona is limbering as much as turn into a serious US chip hub
Simply in time for the US authorities to grant federal funding. (NYT $)
+ These easy design guidelines may flip the chip trade on its head. (MIT Expertise Evaluation)
7 Your smartwatch may intervene together with your pacemaker
Wearables can generate electrical interference that forestalls cardiac gadgets from working correctly.(The Guardian)
8 Take a uncommon take a look at the Korean Peninsula’s demilitarized zone
Courtesy of Google Road View. (WSJ $)
9 The best way to create an AI clone of your self
Whereas it seems to be the half, the voice tends to be a lifeless giveaway. (Motherboard)
10 Your headphones may very well be constructed from mushrooms at some point 
This explicit fungus is rising as a viable plastic alternative. (The Verge)
+ Shrimp shells are the brand new leather-based, too. (Wired $)
+ In protection of plastic (kind of) (MIT Expertise Evaluation)
Quote of the day
“‘Commenting for attain’ turns us all into dribbling robots on the ft of the algorithm.”
—Olivia Nelson, who works at an training expertise firm, has had sufficient of LinkedIn customers writing ‘commenting for attain’ on posts in a blatant effort to make them go viral, she tells the Wall Road Journal.
The cognitive dissonance of watching the tip of Roe unfold on-line
When america Supreme Court docket reversed Roe v. Wade on the morning of June 24, 2022, hundreds of individuals first heard the choice by studying information website SCOTUSblog. Katie Barlow, the weblog’s media editor, was one of many few correspondents on digicam the second the opinion was launched, studying it out to her viewers on TikTok.
Nowadays, the telephone would possibly nonetheless be the way you discovered of the choice made by six justices, however now that machine may allow us to assist somebody we’ve by no means met earlier than journey to a state the place abortion remains to be authorized. Learn the total story.
—Melissa Gira Grant
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A spot for consolation, enjoyable and distraction in these bizarre instances. (Acquired any concepts? Drop me a line or tweet ’em at me.)
+ I actually loved the sudden wonders of Google Evaluations (thanks Charlotte!)
+ What do you imply, a bar of cleaning soap doesn’t truly stop stressed leg syndrome!?
+ It’s honest to say that farcical horror film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey hasn’t been a lot poorly obtained, as savaged by the critics.
+ This mesmerizing timelapse of a nesting blue tit is admittedly very candy.
+ If I lived in seventeenth century Germany, I’d undoubtedly be compelled to put on one among these gossip punishment masks.
