Microsoft switched to the same tech running Chrome for Edge browser (no more IE), Google dropped 3rd party cookies. Browser Wars aren’t about fastest/best, they’re about whose services you want and whose data policies you trust via @Verge

Xenobots are first-ever living robots & entirely new life-forms created out of living cells taken from frog embryos & turned into machines that can be programmed. The completely biological machines could be used to transport medicine around the body or clean up pollution from the oceans.

Using a display the size of a grain of sand to project images onto the retina, this startup could help everyone from firefighters to people with poor vision.

Sounds like SciFi, but it’s true: Scientists have achieved quantum teleportation between two computer chips for the first time, sending information between them without being physically or electronically connected. The feat opens the door for quantum computers and quantum internet.

As lawmakers consider facial recognition regulation and express a growing sense of urgency, Microsoft and Amazon have been top of mind.

ICYMI Fans of popular shows are converging on Facebook to talk about what they hear, and pretty much everything else too. #podcasts

via @mrmagazine

Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Glenda Bailey will step down from her role after a whooping 19 years.

While self-help books are on the rise, overproduction in the category is predicted. With journaling books alone rising from fewer than 50,000 units in 2015 to 700,000 in 2019, NPD BookScan reports growing sales of self-help books. via @pubperspectives#booktrends

An explanation of diverse author mentoring and look at three organizations providing writers from underrepresented communities mentor opportunities.

@karlajstrand @MsMagazine #BestBooks#FeministBooks #ReadWomen

Although no details are yet available, attorneys for Audible and seven major publishers have told the court that they have resolved their issues. via @publisherswkly

via @lithub #ScreenToFilm #ReadTheBook1st

Facebook is backing away from efforts to sell ads in WhatsApp, in a retreat from a controversial plan that drove the creators of the popular messaging service to resign more than 18 months ago. #WhatsApp #Advertising

RT @thebookseller @TransworldBooks launches a volunteer award to honour the memory of Sophie Christopher, who died aged 28 last year— @penguinrandom will partner with @pandpvolunteer for the Award, in tribute to @_TheFlip co-founder.

A Missouri bill would give small boards power to censor books from local libraries. Violations could lead to their funding being stripped.

RT @Center4Fiction The deadline to apply to our 2020 Emerging Writer Fellowship is Friday, January 31! The 1-year fellowship supports early-career writers who are at a critical moment in their creative development.

RT @sarahcnyt The international data journalism awards are BACK as the @sigmaawards with simpler categories. Applications open for the next month. Its winners convene at the @journalismfestin Perugia! Thanks to @reginaldchua and @pilhoferfor continuing it.

Looks like a cool field trip.

via @CrainsNewYork #NYC #HarryPotter