Colonialism-reinforcing AI and aging clocks – MIT Technology Review

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1 Russian soldiers are attacking a 300-mile front in UkraineThe aim is to take full control of the Donbas region in the countrys east. (NYT $)+ Putins desire to conquer Donbas is symbolic. (BBC) + The State Department has condemned Russian airstrikes as a campaign of terror. (WP $)+ The siege of Mariupol appears to be drawing to an end. (FT $)

2 Crypto hackers are stealing ever-larger sumsAnd its mainly down to vulnerable, poorly-managed open-source code.(TR)+ Bitcoin mining has devastated the city of Plattsburgh in New York. (TR)+ The case for keeping cash. (TR)

3 Even democracies use controversial spywareNSO has paved the way for this sort of surveillance to become terrifyingly commonplace. (New Yorker $) + The UK prime ministers office has allegedly been hit with an NSO spyware attack. (The Guardian)+ The hacker-for-hire industry is now too big to fail. (TR)

4 Facebook investing in Nigerian internet infrastructure comes at a priceYep, you guessed it. User data. (The Guardian)+ Its been accused of failing to moderate misinformation in Africa. (The Guardian)

5 Intel claims its AI can read students emotionsPlot spoiler: it cant. Not accurately, anyway. (Protocol)+ Emotion AI researchers say overblown claims give their work a bad name. (TR)

6 How serious is Elon Musk about owning Twitter, really?And should we be worried? (The Atlantic $)+ Twitters board is trying hard to avoid a scenario where he buys 100% of the company. (Bloomberg $)+ Twitters edit button might show how the tweet originally appeared. (TechCrunch)

7 Food in the metaverse isnt very goodBecauseshockeryou cant actually eat it! (Insider)+ Heres how to let a metaverse die with dignity. (Polygon)

8 A former Dollar General worker is using TikTok to push for union representationInstead of listening to her concerns, the company fired her. But shes not going quietly. (NYT $)+ Amazons warehouse in New Jersey is the latest to get a union vote. (WP $)

9 Online white supremacist communities are preying on teenagersEven the anti-racist material to combat it has been weaponized. (The Atlantic $)

10 Heres how you should be texting Sorry, grammar sticklers! (WP $)

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Colonialism-reinforcing AI and aging clocks - MIT Technology Review