via @DigitalTrends

Using a new machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful antibiotic that can kill a wide range of species of pathogenic bacteria, including some that are resistant to all known antibiotics. #science #AI

Twitter is testing its own version of Stories. The company announced today it will begin to trial a new sharing format called “Fleets,” starting in Brazil, which will let users post ephemeral content to its social network for the first time. Unlike Tweets, Twitter’s new Fleets can’t receive Likes, Replies or Retweets. And they’ll disappear

HT @BISG via @computerworld Creating an immutable ledger to track metadata associated with published content shows promise as a method for identifying authentic news. #blockchain

Google’s AI tool for developers won’t add gender labels to images anymore, saying a person’s gender can’t be determined just by appearance. The company emailed developers about the change to its Cloud Vision API tool, which developers use to analyze images and identify faces, landmarks, explicit content, and other recognizable features.

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish on Wednesday signaled book publisher Simon & Schuster is up for sale.

Behold the value of #metadata: While the typical digital article carries 600 to 800 tags, a Meredith article is tagged with about 12,000 words each.via @digiday #Advertising

RT @ThadMcIlroy Fascinating @HarvardBiz article on the (dramatically) successful return of print catalogs

via @goodereader

via @thdigitalreader

Amazon, now a part owner of the New York Yankees cable network, will stream 21 of the team’s games to Prime subscribers this season via @technology #Amazon

RT @diversebooks We Need Diverse Books is pleased to announce the launch of two new internship grants that will support interns from diverse backgrounds working in adult publishing, thanks to a generous donation from award-winning author @pronounced_ing

Allbirds has partnered with a design academy to offer a three-week master class on sustainable design, for free.

ICYMI #NoExcuses #Vote

HT @nycmedialab