Good morning. Almost 600,000 federal workers were furloughed yesterday after the U.S. government shut down in the wake of an impasse over federal spending.
Some things that won’t be happening until the government returns: new defense contracts, new education grants, new environmental permits, food facility inspections, agricultural data collection, satellite and water data collection, new small business loan applications, new financial regulations, and most civil litigation (big tech antitrust, anyone?).
Best of luck to readers caught in the crosshairs. Today’s tech news below. —Andrew Nusca
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Meta will use users' AI chatbot conversations to personalize adsWhite House AI and crypto czar David Sacks (left) with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 4, 2025. Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg/Getty Images
