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The must-reads

I combed the internet to find it today of fun/most important/most frightening/fascinating stories about technology.

1 How Trump's foreign cuts violate people's health in people's health
The world will have difficulties dealing with the loss of the support of the United States. (VOX)
+ Hundreds of thousands of people are likely to lose their lives. (New Yorker $)
+ The cuts could cause tuberculosis to be untreated again. (The Atlantic $)
+ Top scientific universities are forced to lower jobs. (The guard)
+ Pregnant women can die due to cuts in reproductive care. (With Technology Review)

2 left -wing Americans leave Tesla
And conservatives are about to climb to close the sales gap. (Nyt $)
+ The company returns to the typical Pro-EV buyers who are successful. (Wp $)

3 VC companies hurry to invest in Israeli startups
They rely on the fact that companies will probably do future business with the United States. (Wsj $)
+ Here is defense technology at the center of US help for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. (With Technology Review)

4 NASA is said to return the two stranded astronauts on Tuesday
A new crew arrived to relieve them of their duties over the weekend. (NPR)
+ Let's see if you can make it home this week or not. (ARS Technica)
+ The space travel is very hard for the human body. (Wp $)

5 Baidus new argumentation -KI model should challenge deepseek
It claims that Ernie X1 offers the same performance at half price. (Insider $)
+ Deepseek's shock success triggers a new wave of AI investments. (Bloomberg $)
+ Four Chinese KI startups that go beyond Deepseek. (With Technology Review)

6 Alphabet has big plans for its laser -based internet project
Taara was turned into the real world from his moon bulb -linkator. (Ft $)
+ It is a rival of Musks Starlink network. (The Verge)