That is immediately’s version of The Download, our weekday e-newsletter that gives a day by day dose of what’s happening on the earth of expertise.
When hydrogen will assist local weather change—and when it received’t.
Hydrogen is usually heralded as a local weather hero as a result of when it’s used as a gas in issues like buses or metal manufacturing, there are not any direct carbon emissions to fret about. Because the world tries to chop down on our use of fossil fuels, there might be loads of new demand for this carbon-free power supply.
However how hydrogen is made might 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 might we produce it? Read the full story.
—Casey Crownhart
Casey’s story is from The Spark, her weekly local weather e-newsletter supplying you with the within observe on all issues power. Sign up to obtain it in your inbox each Wednesday.
New report: Generative AI in industrial design and engineering
Generative AI has the potential to remodel industrial design and engineering, making it extra necessary than ever for leaders in these industries to remain forward. So MIT Know-how Evaluation has created a brand new analysis report that highlights the potential advantages—and pitfalls— of this new expertise.
The report consists of two case research from main industrial and engineering firms which can be already making use of generative AI to their work—and a ton of takeaways and finest practices from trade leaders. It’s available now to download for $195.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to seek out you immediately’s most enjoyable/necessary/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.
1 The Supreme Court docket is contemplating whether or not Twitter aided terrorists
The justices are anticipated to come back to a conclusion by June. (Vox)
+ The case is the second this week to probe web platforms’ authorized legal responsibility. (NYT $)
+ The court docket 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 strive. (Bloomberg $)
+ The ChatGPT-fueled battle for search is greater than Microsoft or Google. (MIT Technology Review)
+ Europe’s AI startups are being overshadowed by their US rivals. (Sifted)
+ Why Microsoft’s Clippy mascot is ChatGPT’s non secular predecessor. (Fast Company $)
3 Google claims to have reached a quantum milestone
It says it’s discovered a option to appropriate the errors current in immediately’s quantum machines. (FT $)
+ What’s subsequent for quantum computing. (MIT Technology Review)
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 serious 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 Technology Review)
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 might flip the chip trade on its head. (MIT Technology Review)
7 Your smartwatch might intrude together with your pacemaker
Wearables can generate electrical interference that forestalls cardiac units from working correctly.(The Guardian)
8 Take a uncommon take a look at the Korean Peninsula’s demilitarized zone
Courtesy of Google Avenue View. (WSJ $)
9 Find out how 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 might be produced 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 Technology Review)
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 schooling 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 Street Journal.
The cognitive dissonance of watching the top of Roe unfold on-line
When the US Supreme Court docket reversed Roe v. Wade on the morning of June 24, 2022, 1000’s of individuals first heard the choice by studying information web site 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.
Lately, the telephone would possibly nonetheless be the way you discovered of the choice made by six justices, however now that system might allow us to assist somebody we’ve by no means met earlier than journey to a state the place abortion remains to be authorized. Read the full story.
—Melissa Gira Grant
We are able to nonetheless have good issues
A spot for consolation, enjoyable and distraction in these bizarre occasions. (Received any concepts? Drop me a line or tweet ’em at me.)
+ I actually loved the sudden wonders of Google Reviews (thanks Charlotte!)
+ What do you imply, a bar of soap doesn’t really stop stressed leg syndrome!?
+ It’s truthful to say that farcical horror film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey hasn’t been a lot poorly acquired, 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 positively be pressured to put on considered one of these gossip punishment masks.
