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The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to search out you at the moment’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.

1 Chipmakers are already scrapping for the $52 billion CHIPS funding
While the money is a great addition to the business, the battle is much from over. (FT $)

2 The software program that manages organ transplants is dangerously outdated
Exasperated transplant medical doctors say the system is endangering lives. (WP $)
+ The UK’s well being service will use AI to detect and deal with folks vulnerable to hepatitis C. (The Guardian)
+ A brand new storage method might vastly increase the variety of livers out there for transplant. (MIT Technology Review)

3 Covid dealt Americans’ well being a savage blow
The extent of which is simply now changing into clear. (WSJ $)
+ Anti-aging medicine are being examined as a strategy to deal with covid. (MIT Technology Review)

4 Elon Musk is countersuing Twitter
But particulars are being stored below wraps. (CNBC)
+ Here’s what might occur subsequent. (NY Mag $)
+ Musk has recommended that interactions between Twitter accounts have dropped. (Insider $)

5 Data brokers are promoting information on billions of probably pregnant folks
While the true variety of people is unclear, it has chilling implications in a post-Roe world. (Gizmodo)

6 Top livestreamers are being harassed and stalked offline
Obsessive followers are exploiting the intimacy that has develop into the celebs’ calling card. (NYT $)
+ China needs to manage how its well-known livestreamers act, converse, and even gown. (MIT Technology Review)

7 Part of China’s strongest rocket crashed again to Earth
NASA was unimpressed by the nation’s failure to situation a warning concerning the falling particles. (NBC)
+ The group is sending a few helicopters to Mars. (Spectrum IEEE)
+ Here’s what you may need missed from these James Webb Space Telescope footage. (BigThink)

8 True crypto believers are protecting the religion
They’re protecting calm and carrying on, even when different traders aren’t. (WSJ $)
+ Bitcoin’s restoration month was quick and candy. (Bloomberg $)
+ It’s secure to say recommendation from these “cryptovoyants” needs to be taken with a mountain of salt. (Sifted)
+ Forget breakfast, Tiffany is entering into NFTs. (CNET)
+ Crypto bros are offloading their expensive Rolexes after the crash. (NY Mag $)

9 These scientists wish to use AI to speak to animals
The drawback is, a variety of animal communication is rooted in bodily motion. (The Guardian)
+ It’s a lot simpler for AI to indicate us what traffic-free cities seem like. (Motherboard)

10 VR’s greatest drawback? It doesn’t stink sufficient
While scent might make it much more immersive, it may be an entire lot extra disgusting. (Wired $)

Quote of the day

“I can’t management the worth of eggs or milk. If it goes up it simply goes up. I nonetheless want it.”

—Shannon Villa, who works in an Amazon warehouse, describes how he and his household are being pressured to deal with rising costs for customers throughout the US to the Washington Post.