Axios

From get-ready-with-me vlogs to reviews of dating app prospects in the Olympic Village, Paris 2024's athletes took fans inside the Games.

Why it matters: Younger athletes gave viewers a less polished, more personal behind-the-scenes of the global stage.

Former President Trump posted multiple times Monday on the social media platform X for the first time in nearly a year, hours before he's set to sit for an interview with the platform's owner, Elon Musk.

Why it matters: Trump and Musk have forged an alliance, with the Tesla CEO throwing his formal support behind the former president.

Several venture capital funds, including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures, have received letters from the SEC over their involvement with decentralized crypto exchange operator Uniswap Labs, per multiple sources.

The big picture: Uniswap Labs has raised over $170 million in VC funding, most recently in late 2022 at nearly a $1.7 billion valuation.

The Biden administration on Monday outlined new proposals to make it easier for Americans to cancel unwanted subscriptions.

Why it matters: The initiatives are a part of a broader effort by the administration to eliminate the "unnecessary headaches and hassles" that consumers face, including by getting rid of junk fees.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm wants you to know her agency is doing everything it can to prepare the country to meet rising demand from energy-guzzling AI data centers.

Why it matters: After years of flattish demand growth, the power sector is confronting a skyrocketing thirst for power.

Generating a plausible deepfake video that swapped my face for Meghan Markle's took about 10 seconds and showed how easy it would be to pretend to be someone else in a live video.

Why it matters: The deepfake experiment on the sidelines of the DEF CON hacker conference also came with a silver lining: Technology is getting better at detecting deepfakes, too.

In the absence of federal guardrails on artificial intelligence in health care, state governments are figuring out their own rules of the road.

Why it matters: Artificial intelligence is health care's biggest wild card. But it's drawing hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, and health providers and drug developers are already using it — essentially without oversight.

French IT giant Atos has spent the last three years preparing the computer systems needed to handle accreditation, schedule volunteers and distribute results for this year's Olympics.

Between the lines: Last week, in the middle of the Paris Games, Axios was able to peek inside the Technology Operations Center where Atos brings all the technology vendors together to jointly address issues as they crop up.

A first-in-the-nation bike-sharing program specifically offering cargo e-bikes recently launched in the Boston area.

Why it matters: Bike-share services — like Bluebikes in Boston, Citi Bike in New York City and Divvy Bikes in Chicago — have proven remarkably popular, offering people an alternative transportation option in big cities without the hassles of bike ownership.

Locking up merchandise at drugstores and discount retailers hasn't curbed retail theft but is driving frustrated consumers to shop online more, retail experts tell Axios.

Why it matters: Retail crime is eating into retailers' profits and high theft rates are also leading to a rise in store closures.

News of a reported cyberattack at the Trump campaign is likely just the beginning of what promises to be a hectic, unpredictable cybersecurity run-up to November's election.

Why it matters: Since 2016's Russian-backed pilfering of the Hilary Clinton campaign's private emails, the specter of foreign meddling in U.S. elections has returned every four years, fueling mistrust in the political process.