Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government 01. August 2025 (12:30) Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power.(Wired)
The Best Mouth Tape (2025) 01. August 2025 (12:02) TikTokkers and biohackers are fast to recommend mouth tape for better sleep. But it’s not a solution for everyone.(Wired)
Uber’s Drive to Become the Kleenex of Robotaxis 01. August 2025 (12:00) It doesn’t matter who makes the tech—when you call a robocar, Uber’s mission now is to make sure you use its app.(Wired)
Mary K. Gaillard, 86, Physicist Who Probed the Subatomic Universe, Dies 31. July 2025 (21:50) Although she faced discrimination from her mostly male colleagues, she did groundbreaking work that showed experimentalist physicists where and how to look for new particles.(New York Times)
States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines 31. July 2025 (20:53) As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations.(Wired)
