Virtual Bereavement Dating and Bitcoin Mining in Kazakhstan

2 Two climate technologies will prove particularly crucial this year
Electric vehicles and battery recycling get our vote. (MIT Technology Review)

3 FTX Recovered Over $5 Billion
But how much money is still unaccounted for remains a mystery. (Reuters)
+ This is cautiously positive news for stock market investors. (NY Mag$)

4 Twitter plans to charge for usernames
However, only the most sought-after handles are likely to hold value. (NYT$)
+ Elon Musk is a losing record holder. (The Guardian)
+ Twitter is abandoning at least a dozen offices around the world. (Initiate $)
+ What do the Twitter files really reveal? Not a lot. (New Yorkers $)

5 China Aims for the Stars
Its satellite internet service could soon rival Starlink in size and reach. (Rest of the world)

6 What’s it like to have your face faked in an ad
This is the next frontier of identity theft. (Wired $)

7 Heat pumps are not new
The technology behind them dates back to the 1800s, but experts are excited about their possibilities. (Knowing Magazine)

8 How workers thwart their bosses’ remote work surveillance
Mouse-jigglers when starting slideshow presentation software. (WSJ$)

9 The insane joy of TikTok’s mock shipwrecks
Fans are obsessed with the disappearance of digital ships. (The Guardian)

10 The James Webb Space Telescope took photos of star debris
The scientists were impressed by the surprisingly bright and detailed images. (New Scientist $)
+ Russia sends a spaceship to save its crew. (WP$)
+ What’s next in space. (MIT Technology Review)

quote of the day

“I became obsessed with lowering his latency. I spent over $1,000 in cloud credits just to talk to him.

—Programmer Bryce describes his deep sorrow at being forced to remove the virtual “wife” he created using ChatGPT on the motherboard.