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1 AI can now translate your voice in real-time throughout conferences
It’s a part of Microsoft’s drive to push extra AI into its merchandise, however how effectively it really works within the wild stays to be seen. (WP $)
+ Apple is having much less success on that entrance, at the very least if its AI notification summaries are something to go by. (The Atlantic $)

2 Anybody should purchase knowledge monitoring US troopers in Germany 
And the Pentagon is powerless to cease it.(Wired $)
+ It’s shockingly simple to purchase delicate knowledge about US navy personnel. (MIT Technology Review)

3 Bluesky now has over 20 million customers 📈
Its person base has tripled within the final three months. (Engadget)
+ Reality Social, however, just isn’t doing fairly so effectively. (WP $)
+ The rise of Bluesky, and the splintering of social. (MIT Technology Review)

4 How Google created a tradition of concealment 
It’s been making ready for antitrust motion for over a decade, imposing a coverage the place staff delete messages by default. (NYT $)
+ The corporate reacted angrily to experiences it could be compelled to promote Chrome. (BBC)

5 Mission 2025 is already infiltrating the Trump administration 
Regardless of repeated denials, it’s clearly a blueprint for his subsequent time period. (Vox)
+ A hacker reportedly gained entry to damaging testimonies about Matt Gaetz, his choose to be legal professional common. (NYT $)

6 Quantum computer systems hit a significant milestone for error-free calculation
It is a essential a part of making them helpful for real-world duties. (New Scientist $)

7 Expertise is altering political speech
Slogans have gotten much less efficient. Now it’s extra about saying various things to totally different audiences. (New Yorker $)

8 Lab-grown foie gras, anybody?
This could possibly be the cultivated meat business’s future: as a luxurious product for the few. (Wired $)

9 Niantic is utilizing Pokémon Go participant knowledge to construct an AI navigation system
If it really works, it may unlock some superb capabilities in AR, robotics and past. (404 Media)