Ars Technica
In a surprising twist, Trump nominates an actual public health expert to lead the CDC, creating a fascinating conflict with his own administration's anti-vaccine leadership.
UN News
The UN says the real crisis isn't fewer babies, but the economic insecurity and inequality that's causing it, and that panic-driven policies are the wrong solution.
BBC World
Teddy Afro's new song 'Das Tal,' a mournful critique of the government, hits over seven million YouTube views, proving music remains a potent, if risky, form of protest in Ethiopia.
TechCrunch
Airwallex's founder turned down a $1.2 billion buyout from Stripe to grind out 90 financial licenses, proving that sometimes the hardest path - involving biometric scans and seven-year waits - is the…
SpaceNews
The Artemis 2 crew gives Orion a five-star review, with special praise for the toilet and a stated willingness to illegally park on the moon if only someone had lent them the keys.
BBC World
Madonna showed up at Coachella to vogue with Sabrina Carpenter, marking a 20-year anniversary and confirming a new album, because the desert clearly needed more star power.
The Verge
A delightfully designed camera that prints AI poems instead of photos proves charming to look at and frustrating to use, making one long for the simple art of picture-taking.
The Verge
After being called a national security menace, Anthropic hopes its new cybersecurity AI can get the government to stop yelling and start buying again.
Phys.org
New research confirms the bleakly obvious: the trauma of war doesn't stop at the battlefield, but follows kids home to haunt their domestic lives.
BBC World
The iconic French actress, a four-time César winner and star of over 80 films, has died at 77, prompting a national outpouring of very French grief.
Ars Technica
A Tennessee man who hacked Supreme Court systems and bragged about it on an Instagram account called @ihackedthegovernment gets probation after telling a judge he 'made a mistake.'
Wired
The EU's high-tech solution for keeping kids safe online can be defeated with a photo and a video call, proving once again that digital security is hard.
The Verge
Dairy Queen is installing Presto's AI drive-thru chatbots to speed up service and sell you more food, a system that may involve remote human helpers.
SpaceNews
NASA has chosen a Falcon Heavy to launch a European Mars rover it's trying to cancel in its own budget, because why make things simple?
Phys.org
Research finds social media can cure or cause loneliness, depending on whether you use it to talk to friends or just to watch their lives miserably.
TechCrunch
Because a $25 million deepfake scam wasn't a fluke, Zoom is now making you prove you're human with a three-point check and a badge.
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