1 The Trump administration has laid off thousands of federal health workersIt’s blaming the government shutdown—but labor unions are suing. (WP $)+ Sora was downloaded over a million times in less than five days—a rate even faster than ChatGPT. (MIT Technology Review)7 What happened after schools in Australia banned phones? (MIT Technology Review)9 Climate change is creating new hybrid speciesThe “grue jay” is half-blue jay, half-green jay. (MIT Technology Review)10 How people gamify Hinge to get the dates they wantIt puts people’s most promising matches behind a paywall—but they’re finding workarounds.