This is todays edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whats going on in the world of technology.Three questions about the future of US climate tech under TrumpDonald Trump has officially been in office for just over a week, and the new administration has already issued a blizzard of executive orders and memos.Some of the moves could have major effects for climate change and climate technologiesfor example, one of the first orders Trump signed signaled his intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the major international climate treaty.The road map for withdrawing from the Paris agreement is clear, but not all the effects of these orders are quite so obvious. Theres a whole lot of speculation about how far these actions reach, which ones might get overturned, and generally what comes next. Here are some of the crucial threads that Im going to be following. Read the full story.Casey CrownhartThis article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Reviews weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here.This quantum computer built on server racks paves the way to bigger machinesThe news: A Canadian startup called Xanadu has built a new quantum computer it says can be easily scaled up to achieve the computational power needed to tackle scientific challenges ranging from drug discovery to more energy-efficient machine learning.Why it matters: Xanadu envisions a quantum computer as a specialized data center, consisting of rows upon rows of these servers. This contrasts with the industrys earlier conception of a specialized chip within a supercomputer, much like a GPU. But this work is just a first step toward that vision. Read the full story.Sophia ChenVote for the 11th breakthroughEarlier this month, we unveiled our annual list of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2025, encompassing everything from promising stem-cell therapies to robots that learn quickly. Now, were asking you to help us choose the 11th honorary technology we should keep an eye on over the next 12 months.Cast your vote for one of the four extra exciting breakthroughs before 1 April. Readers of The Download will be among the first to know once we announce your pick.The must-readsIve combed the internet to find you todays most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.1 Trump advisers were blindsided by Elon Musks teams offer to federal workersOfficials werent consulted about plans to induce civil service workers to resign. (WP $)+ The radical sweeping measures are just the beginning. (Vox)+ The email workers received cribs from Musks controversial Twitter memo. (Ars Technica)+ If Musk gets his way, the US government could end up like X. (NY Mag $)2 Meta has agreed to pay Trump $25 millionTo settle the censorship lawsuit Trump brought against it back in 2021. (CNN)+ Mark Zuckerberg predicts 2025 will be a big year for Metas government relations. (Insider $)+ Facebook is still focused on winning over creators to make it cool again. (The Information $)3 How tech workers are quietly fighting the rise of MAGAWhile their employers are shifting rightwards, workers are resisting. (NYT $)4 Microsoft and Meta have defended their AI spendingDeepSeeks success has raised serious questions about Big Techs AI budgets. (Reuters)+ Zuckerberg claims not to be worried by the Chinese startups rapid rise. (The Verge)+ How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions. (MIT Technology Review)5 Mr Beast is getting serious about buying TikTokThe YouTuber is a part of an investor group thats secured more than $20 billion. (Bloomberg $)6 How the US plans to use space lasers to destroy hypersonic missilesIt bears more than a passing resemblance to Ronald Reagans 1983 program. (FT $)+ How to fight a war in space (and get away with it) (MIT Technology Review)7 Waymos autonomous taxi service is expanding to new US citiesSan Diego, Las Vegas, and Miami are on the list. (WSJ $)+ Self-driving Tesla taxis will hit Austins road in June, apparently. (TechCrunch)+ EV batteries boast an incredibly long lifespan. (IEEE Spectrum)8 The perfect cryptographic machine is possibleIts just a bit of a pain to build. (IEEE Spectrum)+ Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem. (MIT Technology Review)9 This mobile game is helping scientists identify new deep-sea speciesVerifying ocean creatures can take decades, but AI and gaming speeds up the process. (Bloomberg $)+ Theres an incredible amount of life down in the depths. (Quanta Magazine)10 How the internet fell in love with capybarasThe worlds largest rodent is a social media sensation. (New Yorker $)Quote of the dayHold the line! Dont resign!US federal workers rally together on Reddit to protest the Trump administrations offer for them to take deferred resignation.The big storyThe race to fix space-weather forecasting before next big solar storm hitsApril 2024As the number of satellites in space grows, and as we rely on them for increasing numbers of vital tasks on Earth, the need to better predict stormy space weather is becoming more and more urgent.Scientists have long known that solar activity can change the density of the upper atmosphere. But its incredibly difficult to precisely predict the sorts of density changes that a given amount of solar activity would produce.Now, experts are working on a model of the upper atmosphere to help scientists to improve their models of how solar activity affects the environment in low Earth orbit. If they succeed, theyll be able to keep satellites safe even amid turbulent space weather, reducing the risk of potentially catastrophic orbital collisions. Read the full story.Tereza PultarovaWe can still have nice thingsA place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or skeet em at me.)+ Happy birthday to the one and only Phil Collins74 years young today.+ Great news for Britains loneliest bat: he may have found a mate at long last. + After years in the cocktail wilderness, the Black Russian is coming in from the cold.+ Death to members clubs!