A profile of, and interview with, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on AGI, “not moving fast and breaking things”, launching the Sparrow chatbot in 2023, and more (Billy Perrigo/TIME)

Billy Perrigo / TIME: A profile of, and interview with, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on AGI,…

An aviation expert explains how the FAA’s critical NOTAM safety system works

Enlarge / An air traffic control tower is seen at JFK airport on January 11 in…

How All-In, a podcast moderated by Jason Calacanis and his billionaire pals that often tops tech-podcast charts, gives an insight into Twitter under Elon Musk (Nitish Pahwa/Slate)

Nitish Pahwa / Slate: How All-In, a podcast moderated by Jason Calacanis and his billionaire pals…

Meta sues “scraping-for-hire” service that sells user data to law enforcement

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Meta said it’s suing “scraping-for-hire” service Voyager Labs for allegedly using fake…

A look at Tencent’s short-video service WeChat Channels, called “the hope of the company” by founder Pony Ma, as the tech giant tries to build its own TikTok (Josh Ye/Reuters)

Josh Ye / Reuters: A look at Tencent’s short-video service WeChat Channels, called “the hope of…

Vulnerability with 9.8 severity in Control Web Panel is under active exploit

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Malicious hackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability in unpatched versions of…

Chinese social media becomes consumed by a debate on “zero Covid” ending, challenging government censors’ efforts to control the narrative without overstepping (New York Times)

New York Times: Chinese social media becomes consumed by a debate on “zero Covid” ending, challenging…

Hundreds of SugarCRM servers infected with critical in-the-wild exploit

Enlarge For the past two weeks, hackers have been exploiting a critical vulnerability in the SugarCRM…

How Section 19a of Germany’s Competition Act gives antitrust authorities the power to divest and sanction Big Tech, as the EU slowly rolls out its enforcement (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: How Section 19a of Germany’s Competition Act gives antitrust authorities the…

A fifth of passwords used by federal agency cracked in security audit

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than a fifth of the passwords protecting network accounts at the…