🚨🚨🚨🚨 GENE DREAM CRASHES: 23ANDME FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY 🧬📉 Once the toast of Silicon Valley, 23andMe — the buzzy DNA test startup that promised to unlock your ancestry and health risks for under $100 — just filed for bankruptcy. Its CEO is out. Its stock has cratered. And now, the real question is: who ends up owning your genetic code?
—> WHAT HAPPENED: Founded on the idea that your spit could be the key to your health future, 23andMe built a global genetic database from over 15 million people. But here's the catch: most people only take the test once. With no recurring revenue, mounting losses, and failed pivots into pharma and subscriptions, the company ran out of runway. Now it’s looking to sell itself — and its data.
—> WHY YOU SHOULD CARE 🧠 That DNA data? It's yours. And it’s deeply personal — family secrets, disease risks, even your biological future. Now that the company’s bankrupt, it could be sold to the highest bidder. California’s Attorney General is urging users to delete their genetic data ASAP, warning that your most intimate info could fall into unknown hands.
—> THE FUTURIST TAKE: In 2025, your data is your identity. And your genetic blueprint is the most valuable dataset of all. What happens when companies go bust in the era of bio-data? Who safeguards the digital you? 23andMe’s collapse isn’t just a business story — it’s a wake-up call about how we store, sell, and surrender our biology in a tech-driven future.
Source: WSJ, Reuters, California AG
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FUTURES
WALL STREET BOUNCES ON TARIFF HOPES 📊🕊️ Markets rallied Monday as investors bet that Trump’s next round of tariffs — slated for April 2 — might be more surgical than scorched-earth.
—> BIG GAINS: The S&P 500 popped 1.8%, snapping out of a 4-week funk. The Nasdaq soared 2.3%, and the Dow rose 1.4%.
—> WHAT’S CHANGED: Comments from administration insiders hint at “off ramps” and “targeted” tariffs, calming fears of a full-on trade war that could squeeze growth and juice inflation.
—> WHY IT MATTERS: The S&P is still down 1.9% in 2025 — a reminder that this market is living and dying by the tariff headlines. April 2 is the next big test. Will the White House go easy, or hit hard?
CRYPTO
CRYPTO CLIMBS AS TRUMP SOFTENS TARIFF STANCE 💰📈 Bitcoin bounced above $88K and Ethereum cleared $2K Monday morning, riding a weekend wave triggered by President Trump hinting at “flexibility” in his upcoming April 2 tariff plan.
—> WHAT’S HAPPENING: Trump suggested the new reciprocal tariffs may spare certain sectors like autos, pharma, and chips — and some countries might even be excluded altogether. Crypto traders took the news as a green light: less economic chaos = more risk appetite.
—> WHY IT MATTERS: Markets hate uncertainty. Trump's shift cooled fears of a full-blown trade war — just enough to give Bitcoin bulls a boost. Ethereum followed. And the Fed’s Powell added fuel, saying tariffs may only cause “transitory” inflation and hinting at a rate cut later this year.
—> WATCH APRIL 2 🗓️ That’s when tariff changes kick in — including the expiration of Trump’s pause on Canadian and Mexican goods. Whether it’s a slap or a shrug could decide where crypto goes next.
Source: Investor’s Business Daily
SPACE
NASA’S NEXT LAUNCH IS AWESOME — LITERALLY 🚀🌌 NASA is launching three rockets into the aurora-lit skies of Alaska to figure out what's really going on when the northern lights ripple through our atmosphere. The mission’s name? AWESOME — short for Auroral Waves Excited by Substorm Onset Magnetic Events — and it's about to challenge decades of science.
—> WHAT THEY'RE DOING: For years, scientists believed auroras stirred up the upper atmosphere with vertical convection (think: air moving straight up and down). But a new theory says the real culprit might be acoustic-buoyancy waves — waves that spread out like ripples in a pond, traveling sideways and up through the sky. To test it, NASA’s launching rockets packed with colorful vapor tracers that will glow pink, blue, and white — like a giant highlighter streaking across space. These glowing clouds will help researchers see how waves move in the sky.
—> WHY YOU CARE: If NASA confirms this new theory, it could transform how we predict space weather — which affects everything from GPS signals to satellite operations and astronaut safety. In short: fewer disruptions, better forecasting, and smarter systems.
Source: Daily Galaxy
QUANTUM // ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
DARPA BUILT THE FUTURE — AND YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT: THE F-47 IS HERE ✈️🇺🇸 America’s next great warplane just dropped — and you’ve got DARPA to thank. After a decade of top-secret testing, the U.S. Air Force unveiled the F-47, the world’s first sixth-generation fighter jet, powered by stealth, AI, and futuristic tech that DARPA quietly spent years perfecting.
—> WAIT, WHAT’S DARPA AGAIN? DARPA is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — basically the U.S. military’s future science division. These are the folks who helped invent the internet, GPS, and stealth aircraft. Now they’ve pulled off another moonshot with the F-47.
—> A DECADE UNDER WRAPS: Since 2014, DARPA’s been quietly building and flying secret “X-planes” with Boeing and Lockheed Martin. These prototype jets logged hundreds of hours of flight time, testing cutting-edge systems and radical new designs. All of it laid the groundwork for what just became America’s most advanced warplane.
—> WHY YOU CARE: In a world where China is racing to build stealth jets and claim airspace, DARPA just proved the U.S. is still way out front. The F-47 will fly farther, hit harder, and adapt faster than anything else in the skies — all while being easier (and cheaper) to maintain than today’s fighters. It’s the future of air power, built in silence by the one U.S. agency that never misses.
—> AIR DOMINANCE, GUARANTEED: The Air Force says this isn’t just an upgrade — it’s a leap forward. And with DARPA behind it, the F-47 wasn’t designed for today’s threats. It was built to own the skies for the next 50 years.
Source: DARPA and The War Zone.
ONE MORE THING
🚨 SUPERPOWERS ON PAWS: BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER STAR: A SUPERDOG? DC’s “Summer of Superman” is going to the dogs… and that dog is Krypto, the white-furred, red-caped alien pup with superpowers, heartbreak, and a journey that might just make him 2025’s most emotional on-screen hero.
—> WHO’S A GOOD BOY?
mKrypto: The Last Dog of Krypton hits comic shelves June 18 — one month before the eagerly anticipated movie hits the Box Office. The five-part series follows the OG space dog who crash-lands on Earth after a failed test flight on Krypton. Separated from his best friend Kal-El (aka Superman), Krypto wanders the world with no words—just barks, snuggles, and some seriously expressive body language—as he searches for home in a place that feels anything but.
—> WHY YOU CARE: This is a story about loyalty, resilience, and hope—with a super-sniff and a side of intergalactic trauma. As the loneliness epidemic lingers and screens dominate everything, Krypto reminds us what it means to love, protect, and stay.
—> LIVE-ACTION DOG GOES GLOBAL JULY 11. James Gunn’s Superman hits theaters July 11, and yes—Krypto’s in it. Early trailer buzz shows fans are obsessed. If there’s a surprise breakout this summer… it might just have four legs and a cape. 🐾💥
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Kev
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