1 The Trump administration is slashing billions in biomedical research funding The change, effective immediately, is sending shockwaves through academia. Expect lawsuits. (STAT$)+Scientists are also increasingly alarmed about the fact that federal health data is disappearing. (Undark)+A prominent US scientific society is facing a backlash from members after removing references to diversity on its website.(Nature)2 Computing experts are seriously alarmed by DOGEs behaviorThe systems theyre tinkering with are immense, they are complex, and they are critical. (The Atlantic$)+Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper Problem.(MIT Technology Review)+A federal judge blocked DOGE from accessing Treasury records. (AP)+Secrecy is becoming one of DOGEs defining traits. (NBC)3 OpenAIs agent can spend your money without your consentAll the reviews of Operator seem to indicate its been launched way before its ready. (WP$)+ Anthropics chief scientist on 4 ways agents will be even better in 2025.(MIT Technology Review)4 Theres a growing measles outbreak in one of Texas least vaccinated countiesThe saddest thing about this is how totally avoidable it is. (Ars Technica)+To tackle vaccine hesitancy, first we should measure it.(MIT Technology Review)5 The US Transportation Department suspended its EV charger program Tesla is one of its biggest beneficiaries, so Musk cant be too thrilled about this. (Insider$)6 DeepMinds AI can tackle math problems on a par with top human solversAlphaGeometry 2 can reportedly surpass the average gold medallist in the International Mathematical Olympiad. (Nature)+Its a major step forward from even just one year ago.(MIT Technology Review)7 What DeepSeeks success tells us about Chinas AI talentIts top researchers are just as educated as in the US. But they operate under huge constraints. (NYT$)+How China stands to benefit from the USs retreat from soft power.(New Yorker$)8 Location-sharing is increasingly a deal-breaker in relationshipsBut is it really reducing peoples anxiety? Or is it fuelling it? (WSJ$)9 Heres an idea for how to make the Vision Pro even less appealing Add crocs! (The Verge)10 Inside the fraught US-Soviet hunt for extraterrestrial lifeNow thats a frontier of the Cold War you dont hear as much about. (New Yorker$)Quote of the day Red states have universities too. An anonymous Trump official worries to theWashington Postabout blowback after the sudden withdrawal of National Institutes of Health research funding.