Ive combed the internet to find you todays most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.

1 Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billionHes unlikely to enjoy owning it as much as he thinks he will.(The Atlantic $)+ Heres a recap of the past fortnight: a rollercoaster ride from beginning to end. (FT $)+ Musk claims that open sourcing Twitters algorithm will make it more transparent. (NYT $)+ Trump says he wouldnt rejoin, but his advisers arent convinced. (WP $)+ Musk thinks people might be willing to pay for Twitter. Good luck with that. (Protocol)+ Its prompting people to finally face up to their Twitter addictions. (Input)

2 How China wrote the playbook for censoring covid informationIts inspired many other countries to impose restrictions in the name of public health. (New Yorker $)+ A new covid outbreak in Beijing is heightening fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown. (NYT $)+ Fences have been erected in Shanghai to prevent residents from leaving their homes. (BBC)

3 Instagram hackers stole $3 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTsThey managed to compromise the official Instagram account then use it to post a phishing link. (Bloomberg $)+ Of course theres a social network for NFTs in the works. (Quartz)+ Chinese NFT platforms dont want you to trade NFTs anymore. (TR)

4 Conspiracy theories are nothing to do with evidenceAnd everything to do with how they make us feel. (Wired $)+ We are living in an age of misinformation. (Vox)

5 The US is fighting back against Chinas chip dominanceBy keeping its most advanced chipmaking tools to itself. (The Economist $)+ The great chip crisis threatens the promise of Moores Law. (TR)

6 The crypto industry is on a lawyer hiring spreeTo go mainstream, you need legal smarts. (WSJ $)+ Dogecoin, Elon Musks favorite cryptocurrency, is surging after his Twitter purchase. (Bloomberg $)+ A deep dive into the mysterious subcultures of cryptocurrency obsessives. (SCMP)+ Its okay to opt out of the crypto revolution. (TR)

7 The metaverse is a vile quagmire of racism, rape jokes and assaultAnd theres next to no recourse for offenders, either. (The Guardian)+ It doesnt help that were struggling to define what the metaverse even is. (Wired $)+ Facebook is opening its first physical store to try to sell its metaverse-related gadgets. (WP $)

8 Europes wind energy companies are being targeted by cyberattacksRenewable energy is an increasingly attractive target for criminals as attention turns to oil and gas alternatives. (WSJ $)

9 Coders want to relieve low-income families of the burden of adminApplying for benefits is needlessly complicated. (The Atlantic $)

10 Adapting video games for TV is so difficult to get rightBut makes for great watching when it works. (The Guardian)+ Nintendos animated Super Mario Bros. movie has been delayed. (The Verge)

Link:
The Download: Fertility for trans men, and a Q&A with CRISPR's co-creator - MIT Technology Review

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