May 2025

At least 20 states have reportedly lost digital equity grant funding

Within days of President Donald Trump announcing on social media that he was ending the federal digital equity grant program, it looks to be consigned to history.

Elon Musk Says He's Cutting Back Political Spending (Wall Street Journal)

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Daily Digest 5/20/2025

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Daily Digest 5/20/2025 (Robert Edwin Smylie)

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Gen Z's new side hustle: selling data

Selling data is becoming the new selling plasma. Many young people are more willing than their parents to share personal data, giving companies deeper insight into their lives. Generation Lab, a youth polling company, is launching a new product,

Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds (Guardian, The)

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Transfers Ownership of Cantor Fitzgerald to His Children (Wall Street Journal)

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Delete Yourself, Part 2: Your Personal Data on the Dark Web (Wall Street Journal)

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Go Delete Yourself From the Internet. Seriously, Here’s How. (Wall Street Journal)