Sexual misconduct allegations have tanked one of President-elect Trump's most high-profile Cabinet picks, Matt Gaetz, but other choices to staff his administration have also been accused of participating or overlooking sexual misconduct.
Why it matters: While the first Trump administration's staff also included members who faced sexual misconduct allegations, Trump's picks the second time around are set to fill much more prominent and influential roles.
Public figures, high-ranking executives and activists will soon be able to purchase a phone and use a cell network that will collect as little information about them as possible.
AI safety experts from around the world are convening in San Francisco this week to compare notes on how to evaluate and mitigate the risks posed by artificial intelligence.
Why it matters: Governments are looking to gain from AI's potential benefits, but officials are also worried about potential risks.
The Department of Justice is pushing for Google to sell its Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling found the tech giant had illegally abused its search monopoly.
Why it matters: The proposal for a partial breakup of Google and an overhaul of the running of its Android mobile operating system, among other changes, would mark the biggest antitrust action in the U.S. in decades if it's approved.
The incoming administration will face stark fiscal arithmetic: Most federal dollars go to direct transfers to Americans, disproportionately located in the very places that propelled President-elect Trump back to the White House.
Why it matters: If the Elon Musk/Vivek Ramaswany-led Department of Government Efficiency is to achieve anything approaching the $2 trillion in annual cost savings they've floated, slashing bureaucrats from the federal payroll or payments to well-heeled contractors wouldn't be enough.
Not enough people are paying attention to economics and its consequences for U.S. national security, according to Gecko Robotics CEO Jake Loosararian.
"It's our debt, it's our energy production and reliance on very old infrastructure, as well as the same statement for manufacturing," he said in an interview with Axios.
Pentagon watchers are getting more detail about the high-stakes, hush-hush Replicator project and its growing emphasis on assembly line prowess — not just fancy blueprints.
Why it matters: Amid interrogations about production levels and stockpile health, Replicator promises to set the pace for cheap, fast, proliferated weapons.
President-elect Trump's Cabinet increasingly resembles a European-style coalition government, staffed with a dizzying array of ideological rivals united — for now — by a grand MAGA vision.
Why it matters: The incoming administration has a little something for everyone: isolationists and hawks, populists and bankers — even a couple of lifelong Democrats who ran for president against Trump.
The Department of Justice is expected to present proposals today to limit Google's power in the wake of an August court ruling that the giant abused its search monopoly.
Why it matters: Google's leaders will continue to be at least distracted, and potentially immobilized, by the government's antitrust assault just as the firm faces the greatest challenge in its history from the OpenAI/Microsoft alliance.
