1 Covid excluded from death certificates in China
Medical professionals were forced to cite other causes of death. (Financial Times)
+ China cracks down on ‘pessimism’ related to coronavirus. (protector)
+ The number of people hospitalized with the new crown has increased significantly. (Reuters)
+ The right combination of drugs can help treat long-term COVID-19. (Atlantic $)
2 The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing the future of the internet
It is poised to reconsider whether online platforms are legally liable for content. (New York Times dollars)
+ The company’s existing legal protections are unpopular with technology critics in both major U.S. political parties. (Financial Times)
3 Google cuts 12,000 jobs
The CEO said it wanted to sharpen its focus on artificial intelligence. (edge)
+ ChatGPT is nervous enough to call out big shots. (now $)
+ The right way to use ChatGPT and the very wrong way to use it. (WP$)
4 Sophisticated ad scam hits 11 million phones
It is one of the largest and most complex schemes ever discovered. (wired $)
5 Twitter is being sued by experts it hired to force Elon Musk to buy it
The consulting firm wants Twitter to pay $2 million. ($Bloomberg $)
+ Elon Musk is likely to appear in court today to file legal proceedings alone. (protector)
6 There is a hype problem in weather forecasting
Weather forecasting startups tend to overpromise and underdeliver. (WP$)
7 Should we think twice about studying ancient DNA?
Extracting DNA from people who are long dead is an ethical quagmire. (Zhihu Magazine)
+ DNA frozen for 2 million years has been sequenced. (MIT Technology Review)
8 It’s hard to grasp how big the universe really is
But the work of Henrietta Leavitt gives us a yardstick against which to measure it. (sound)
+ NASA’s return to the Moon is off to a rocky start. (MIT Technology Review)
9 Make way for the prodigy who hosts a podcast
A host just started his own show seven years old. (protector)
10 Don’t Let That Cute Dog Photo Fool You 🐶
Toxic thoughts are easily overshadowed by images of animals online. ($ slate)
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“It’s all the same criminals, they’re just repainting their getaway cars.”
— Bill Siegel, CEO and co-founder of cyber-extortion response firm Coveware, reflects on how a core group of hackers underpins the vast majority of ransomware attacks, Bloomberg reports.
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