The Trump administration is flipping language about inclusion and diversity on its head to the advantage of white Americans as a requirement to receive federal grants.
Why it matters: The move follows the administration'sdramatic change to the government's interpretation of Civil Rights-era laws to focus on "anti-white racism" rather than discrimination against people of color.
Leading tech and health companies including Amazon, Apple, Google, and OpenAI committed on Wednesday to working with the Trump administration to make electronic patient records more accessible across the health care system.
Why it matters: Patient health information is now scattered across multiple disconnected systems, leading to inefficiencies, medical errors and wasted time and money.
An estimated 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula Wednesday, triggering widespread tsunami warnings and evacuation orders along coastal areas in Japan and Hawai'i.
The big picture: Following one of the biggest quakes ever recorded, tsunami waves topping 5 feet were detected at Kaua'i Island, Hawai'i, and waves exceeding well over a foot were reported in several parts of California, where a tsunami warning remained in effect for the northern coast on Wednesday morning.
The current military model for trying and buying weapons and technology is the "biggest risk" to the U.S. and its friends abroad, according to Portal Space Systems CEO Jeff Thornburg.
"The allied nations, Five Eyes, AUKUS, NATO, take your pick — the acquisition process is too slow and broken. Requirements development process? Broken," he told Axios in an interview.
"It's taking too long to field systems the warfighters need right now, or they needed years ago."
Why he matters: Thornburg is an industry veteran. He led development of SpaceX's Raptor engine and has ties to Stratolaunch, Ursa Major and Amazon's Kuiper.
The U.S. Space Force will experiment withlaser communications and quantum sensing aboard a secretive Boeing-made spaceplane slated for launch this summer.
Why it matters: Much of the work executed by the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is classified.
A single photo of the Earth from space taken by an onboard camera caused a defense-media frenzy in February.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said Tuesday he's issuing draft plans to overturn the agency's 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health and welfare — a move guaranteed to spark litigation.
Why it matters: It'sPresident Trump's most direct effort to rip out climate regulations root and branch — and make it harder for a successor to impose new ones.
A new startup offering an AI-enabled threat-hunting platform is emerging from stealth today with backing from Bain Capital Ventures, the company first shared with Axios.
Why it matters: Cyber defenders are in a race against malicious hackers to embrace AI tools before automated attacks become the norm.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, like many tech executives, is pushing the idea that humans and AI bots will soon work side by side, despite current turbulence.
Why it matters: Tech leaders are hedging their bets on AI: promising an eventual utopia in which everyone is productive and fulfilled, while at the same time reducing hiring, cutting jobs and voicing a range of near-term concerns.
