Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher’s Conduct

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 06.02.22   CHIP SHOTS Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher's Conduct BY TOM SIMONITE Google employees claim a senior researcher fired earlier this year sought to undermine two more junior AI researchers by suggesting their results were wrong or even falsified.   PRODUCT REVIEW BMW's Slick E-Motorbike Is Scary Fast BY ANDREW DIPROSE This sci-fi-worthy electric ride has gone from cool concept to the street almost unchanged.   PRODUCT REVIEW This Wireless Surround System Is the Future of Home Audio BY PARKER HALL Platin's tiny, wireless surround sound system effortlessly outperforms your basic soundbar setup, without making you drill into your walls.   ACCEPT, REJECT, BLOCK What Do Those Pesky 'Cookie Preferences' Pop-Ups Really Mean? BY DORRI OLDS We asked the engineer who invented cookies what they mean and how to handle them. GET WIRED Memorial Day Sale. Give yourself the gift of information. Get the print edition of WIRED and Gideon Lichfield's exclusive subscriber-only column for just $29.99 $5. Subscribe now.   CRITICAL UPDATE You Need to Update iOS, Chrome, Windows, and Zoom ASAP BY KATE O'FLAHERTY Plus: Google patches 36 Android vulnerabilities, Cisco fixes three high-severity issues, and VMWare closes two "serious" flaws.   GEAR ROUNDUP Finding a PlayStation 5 Is About to Get Easier BY MICHAEL CALORE Plus: Google Assistant comes to the Samsung Galaxy Watch4, and a new virtual space for streaming 360-degree audio invites you to jack in.   BRB It's Time to Bring Back the AIM Away Message BY LAUREN GOODE The live chats of the past are now in our pockets and inescapable. We need better boundaries.   CHIP TRICK Companies Are Hacking Their Way Around the Chip Shortage BY WILL KNIGHT The supply chain issues have no end in sight, so manufacturers are being forced to improvise.       Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.