Stephen Ornes Both of the subscriber-only stories above are from the next edition of our print magazine, which is all about relationships. Subscribe now to get a copy when it lands on February 26! The must-reads Ive combed the internet to find you todays most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 US disease monitoring capabilities are disappearing DOGE just fired half of a critical disease detective team at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. (CBS)+ A measles outbreak in Texas is spreading rapidly. (NBC)+ Louisiana said itll stop promoting mass vaccination programs, on the same day RFK Jr was sworn in as health secretary. (NYT $)+ Why childhood vaccines are a public health success story. (MIT Technology Review)2 Who is Elon Musk accountable to?When youre the worlds richest man, it seems the answer is: no one. (WSJ $)+ Musk is using X to spread misinformation about DOGEs targets. (WP $)+ A Musk-linked group offered $5 million for proof of voter fraud. It couldnt find any. (The Guardian)3 South Korea removed DeepSeek from app storesQuite a few countries have done this now, citing privacy concerns. (BBC)+ Baidu and OpenAI are responding to DeepSeek with new launches. (CNN)+ E-scooter brands are among many companies in China racing to integrate DeepSeek AI. (South China Morning Post $)+ Four Chinese AI startups to watch beyond DeepSeek. (MIT Technology Review)4 Inside the USs fragile nuclear renaissanceTech companies are betting that it can help meet AIs energy demands. But huge challenges lay ahead. (The Information $)+ Why Microsoft made a deal to help restart Three Mile Island. (MIT Technology Review)5 OpenAIs board rejected Elon Musks offer to buy it for $97.4 billionUnanimously. (WSJ $)+ Musk did it to try to chuck a grenade into OpenAIs process of transitioning from a research lab to a for-profit company. (Vox $)6 A new system can clone your voice from just five seconds of audio And the end result is scarily good. (The Register)+ Motor neuron diseases took their voices. AI is bringing them back. (MIT Technology Review)7 People who lost money on crypto are furious with Argentinas PresidentHes facing impeachment calls over allegations he promoted a classic pump and dump scam over the weekend. (CNN)8 How musicians are using AI toolsAI makes it easy to do traditionally tricky engineering tasks like isolating and extracting sounds. (The Next Web)+ A Disney director triedand failedto use an AI Hans Zimmer to create a soundtrack. (MIT Technology Review)9Meta is working on humanoid robotsIts hoping it can combine its experience in both hardware and AI to win in this increasingly crowded category. (Bloomberg $)+ Chinas EV giants are betting big on humanoid robots. (MIT Technology Review)10 How Diablo hackers uncovered a speedrunning scandalThis makes me wonder just how endemic cheating could be in the gaming community. (Ars Technica)