Adi Robertson

Despite no public announcement yet on the expected tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and maybe China, Canadian officials tell reporters they’ve been notified President Donald Trump is imposing a 25 percent tariff on most goods and a 10 percent tariff on energy products (i.e. oil). Tariffs were supposed to go into force today, but they’re now apparently supposed to hit Tuesday, at least in Canada. A response from Canada is expected later today.

This Texas Monthly piece on the Dune Express is a really interesting infrastructure story, but I’m not gonna lie, I mainly want to post this paragraph:

Many SFF readers know of Harlan Ellison’s development-hell anthology The Last Dangerous Visions, which was posthumously released to tepid reviews last year. Paul Kincaid’s recent essay delves into the cultural impact of Ellison’s earlier Dangerous Visions books and the broader transformation of science fiction — as well as how Ellison’s own (checkered, though it’s not a major theme here) position in the genre shaped both.

Ars Technica explains why even as off-the-cuff maybe-trolling, Musk’s recent comments about the ISS crew put a strain on NASA. Here’s the crux:

You know the phrase “a scrambled egg makes all happy”? No? Neither did game maker Neven Mrgan when Apple’s search bar suggested it, maybe because it doesn’t exist. A couple of followup posts get to the bottom of this little data artifact mystery — or you can skip to the answer right away.

As The Verge’s policy editor, I know how exhausting the Trump administration news firehose can be. There’s truly need-to-know stuff like the future of the Paris climate agreement and the TikTok ban. But we’re now collecting some updates in a stream whose posts won’t all appear on the front page, so readers get a break from the full weight of Trump’s random off-the-cuff proposals and his regulators’ antics. That said, we’re entering a new era in tech policy, so I hope you’ll periodically check it out!

He’s reinstated three complaints against broadcasters that former chair Jessica Rosenworcel dismissed as attempts to influence news coverage:

Nothing says protecting the First Amendment like Elon Musk’s congressional DOGE liaison threatening reporters for describing a physical gesture. Musk has previously used a friendly judge in Texas to fight being associated with the far right. But when you’ve got a White House office and a congressional subcommittee to fight your battles, who needs lawsuits?

USDS was founded under President Barack Obama to revamp healthcare.gov and do other White House tech consulting work. A Trump executive order renames it to the United States DOGE Service (the United States Department of Government Efficiency Service, if you unpack the nesting acronym) and orders it to “improve the quality and efficiency” of government software and other IT services.