I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 The White House is sharing tasteless deportation memes
Its digital strategy revolves around boosting policies for cheap laughs. (WP $)
+ Trump’s immigration raids are a rapid escalation of his deportation tactics. (Vox)
+ The administration is revelling in the outraged reaction to its actions. (The Atlantic $)
+ But New Yorkers are fighting back. (New Yorker $)
2 New York is asking companies to disclose when AI contributes to layoffs
It’s the first official step towards measuring AI’s impact on the labor market. (Bloomberg $)
+ People are worried that AI will take everyone’s jobs. We’ve been here before. (MIT Technology Review)
3 Regeneron isn’t buying 23andMe after all
A non-profit controlled by its cofounder has made a higher bid. (WSJ $)
+ Anne Wojcicki says she has the backing of a Fortune 500 company. (FT $)
+ How to… delete your 23andMe data. (MIT Technology Review)
4 RFK Jr has filled the CDC’s vaccine committee with allies
Robert Malone, one of the appointees, has encouraged the public to embrace the term anti-vax. (The Atlantic $)
+ Here’s what food and drug regulation might look like under the Trump administration. (MIT Technology Review)
5 Americans are commissioning animal torture videos
The US government has revealed details of residents accused of paying people in Indonesia to abuse helpless monkeys. (Ars Technica)
6 China has conducted its first brain implant clinical trial
Making it only the second country to do so, after the US. (Bloomberg $)
+ Brain-computer interfaces face a critical test. (MIT Technology Review)
7 The US Navy wants your startup
It’s more open to partnerships than ever before, apparently. (TechCrunch)
+ China is stockpiling intercontinental ballistic missiles. (Insider $)
+ Generative AI is learning to spy for the US military. (MIT Technology Review)