This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon Later this month, Intuitive Machines, the private company behind the first commercial lander that touched down on the moon, will launch a second lunar mission. The plan is to deploy a lander, a rover, and hopper to explore a site near the lunar south pole that could harbor water ice, and to put a communications satellite on lunar orbit. But the mission will also bring something thats never been installed on the moon or anywhere else in space beforea fully functional 4G cellular network. Read our story to learn why. Jacek Krywko How to have a child in the digital age Before journalist and culture critic Amanda Hess even got pregnant with her first child, in 2020, the internet knew she was trying. She saw pregnancy ads way before a doctor. Hesss experience is pretty typical these days, but still raises some big questions. How do we retain control over our bodies when corporations and the medical establishment have access to our most personal information? What happens when people stop relying on friends and family for advice on having a kid and instead go online, where theres a constant onslaught of information? In her new book, Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age, Hess explores these questions while delving into her firsthand experiences with apps, products, algorithms, online forums, advertisers, and moreeach promising an easier, healthier, better path to parenthood. Hess asks: Is that really what theyre delivering? Read our interview with her. Alison Arieff This subscriber-only story is 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! Inside Chinas electric-vehicle-to-humanoid-robot pivot James ODonnell While DOGEs efforts to shutter federal agencies dominate news from Washington, the Trump administration is also making global moves. Many of these center on China, which is leading the world in electric vehicles, robotaxis, drones, and with the launch of DeepSeek, perhaps AI soon too. Now a new trend is unfolding within Chinas tech scene: Companies that were dominant in electric vehicles are betting big on translating that success into developing humanoid robots. I spoke with China reporter Caiwei Chen about what it might mean for Trumps policies. This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter all about the latest in the world of AI. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Monday. How will generative AI change search? Generative AI search, one of MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2025, is ushering in a new era of the internet. Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the worlds knowledge. Join editor in chief Mat Honan and executive editor Niall Firth at 1.30pm ET today for a subscriber-only Roundtable conversation exploring how AI will alter search. Sign up here to attend, and if you havent already, read Mats feature about it too. The must-reads Ive combed the internet to find you todays most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DOGE is on the cusp of accessing US taxpayer data What theyre planning to do with it is anyones guess. (CNN)+ FDA staff reviewing Musks company Neuralink were fired by DOGE last weekend. (Reuters $)+ A top official at the Social Security Administration just left after refusing DOGEs request to access sensitive records. (NBC)+ Can AI help DOGE slash government budgets? Its complex. (MIT Technology Review)2 DeepSeek may be shifting towards monetizing its AI modelsRight now, theyre open source and free. How long can that last? (South China Morning Post $)+ How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbookand why everyones going to follow its lead. (MIT Technology Review)3 Were inching closer to a norovirus vaccinePlenty of people might welcome this, especially after this winters nasty rash of infections. (Scientific American $)4 The war on diversity and inclusion initiatives is a smokescreenAnd the people waging it will go much further, if we let them. (The Verge)5 Some states claim zero abortionsWhich is impossible, and hints at something worrying: official statistics are being politicized in the US. (Undark)6 China is looking for its own ways to protect data from quantum computersIts spurning algorithms created in the US in case they contain secret back doors. (New Scientist $)+ Chinese President Xi Jinping met some of the countrys top tech execs yesterday. (The Information $)7 Reddit moderators are fighting to keep AI slop off the platformIts an important battle to manybut its only going to get harder and harder. (Ars Technica)8 Meta has wasted $70 billion on the metaverse. This advert shows why.This must presumably be the best they could do, and yet its just embarrassingly bad. (Forbes)9 Working from home has turned us into office weirdosBut hey, maybe this is our chance to carve out some better, kinder office etiquette. (Business Insider $)+ To be fair, we still dont know how to behave on Slack or Zoom either. (NYT $)10 Are noise cancelling headphones causing hearing problems? Audiologists say excessive use may interfere with the way teens learn to process speech and noise. (BBC)Quote of the day People do not feel safe speaking out in this country against the government. Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, tells the Washington Post that Elon Musk and President Trumps keenness to take vengeance on people who criticize them is having a chilling effect. The big story What is AI? JUN IONEDA What is AI?July 2024 Artificial intelligence is the hottest technology of our time. But what is it? It sounds like a stupid question, but its one thats never been more urgent. If youre willing to buckle up and come for a ride, I can tell you why nobody really knows, why everybody seems to disagree, and why youre right to care about it. Read the full story. Will Douglas Heaven We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or skeet 'em at me.)+ Love these glitzy, cheerful photos taken behind the scenes of last nights BAFTAs. + Meet Victorian Londons cats meat men.+ Led Zeppelin fans rejoice: the bands first official documentary is out.+ Want to feel happier? Let Dr Laurie Santos from Yale explain what you need to do.