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Tech

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.

1 Ukraine is unleashing regular drone attacks on Moscow
Some seem to have been intercepted—but not all. (NYT $)
+ Mass-market military drones have changed the way wars are fought. (MIT Technology Review)

2 Biden signed a measure limiting US investment in Chinese tech
The order targets advanced semiconductors and quantum computers. (WSJ $)
+ China’s internet giants are rushing to stockpile billions of dollars worth of chips ahead of potential restrictions. (FT $)
+ The US-China chip war is still escalating. (MIT Technology Review)

3 Inside the race to rescue the world’s DNA 

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