MIT Technology Review
An AI can simulate an economy millions of times to create fairer tax policy
MIT Technology Review
4 min · · Deep reinforcement learning has trained AIs to beat humans at complex games like Go and StarCraft. Could it also do a better job at running the economy? · Shared by 375, including Gregor B. Rosenauer, Helen Yu, Pip Morris, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Nicolas Babin, Tamara McCleary, Martin Ford, Christian Surchi, Nige Roberts-Willson, Mike Butcher, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, John Nosta, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Bob E. Hayes, Jeff Heuer, Marcos, Jonathan Kogan, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz
Rolling Stone
Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87
Rolling Stone
7 min · · Pianist-singer behind “Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly” and “Long Tall Sally” set the template that a generation of musicians would follow · Shared by 211, including Esther Schindler, Lord Travis Wright, Steve Silberman, Michael Gass, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Joshua Benton, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Carl Zimmer, TonyParisi.eth, Dr. David Ballard, Jeff Atwood, Geraldine @everywhereist@mastodon.social, Neil Hart 💙, John Tasioulas, Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Matt Zoller Seitz
The New York Times
Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start
The New York Times
9 min · · Downloads of the $1.8 billion short-form streaming app, meant for phones, are paltry. “I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus,” Mr. Katzenberg said. “Everything.” · Shared by 115, including Anne Thompson, Farnoosh Torabi 🙋🏻♀️, Sachin Rekhi, BenYT, David V. Johnson, Tadhg Kelly (also tiedtiger on BSky and Threads), Bjorn Larsen, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Joshua Benton, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Peter Steinberger, Merlin Mann, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Vikram Dutt, DHH, Tony Haile, Mathew Ingram, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Eghosa Omoigui, Mike Davidson
WIRED
The Confessions of the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
WIRED
Summary · 2 min · · At 22, Marcus Hutchins put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story. · Shared by 914, including Mathew Ingram, Chris Skinner, Mark Kaigwa, SwiftOnSecurity, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Zain Fathoni, Adrienne Fichter, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Michael Seemann, Simo Ahava, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Luca Hammer, Leo Polovets, Cope, Chris Isak, notsofast, CyberCodeTwins, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Backchannel
Los Angeles Times
FBI serves warrant on senator in investigation of stock sales linked to coronavirus
Los Angeles Times
2 min · · Warrant marks a major escalation of the investigation of stock trades by lawmakers as the coronavirus spread. · Shared by 135, including Peter Kazanjy, Mike Rundle, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🗽🌹, Kevin M. Kruse, emma best @NatSecGeek@kolektiva.social 🏳️🌈🏴, Steve Markowitz, A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR, Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Xeorge Xonway, Esther Schindler
Financial Times
Inside Trump’s coronavirus meltdown
Financial Times
19+ min · · What went wrong in the president’s first real crisis — and what does it mean for the US? · Shared by 342, including Mathew Ingram, Edward Tufte, Scott Monty, @augieray@mastodon.social, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Matthew Herper, Follow me on Bluesky or Mastodon (see below), Pete Skomoroch, hakan, Robin Wigglesworth, Ezra Klein, Jay Rosen, Joshua Benton, Steve Silberman, Jennifer Ouellette, Erin Kissane, but gone, Eric Topol, Chris Skinner, Andrea Kuszewski 🧠, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈
The New York Times
‘I Wish I Could Do Something for You,’ My Doctor Said
The New York Times
6 min · · Young, healthy people like me are getting very, very sick from the disease caused by the coronavirus. · Shared by 139, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Brian Stelter, Kara Swisher, Charlie O'Donnell, Xeorge Xonway, Martin Steiger 🦈, Alice Wong 王美華, Karen Yourish, Vala Afshar, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Kainaz Amaria, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Ted Coiné, Emily Badger, Geraldine @everywhereist@mastodon.social, Carl Zimmer, dj patil, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Jen Simmons