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Trump queues up participation trophies for tech execs at Thursday’s “Golden Age” White House summit.

Tomorrow’s event will announce more than $1 billion in commitments for the Trump admin’s “Genesis Project” AI push and investments from the NSF and Energy Department, reports Axios, including $100 million in credits from something called National Compute. Meanwhile, Fox News and Bloomberg report Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and Lisa Su, while Michael Dell and Satya Nadella are in line for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. It’s the first time Trump has ever given out the awards, which usually don’t go to well-known tech execs, judging by previous recipients. [Link: The tech-broification of American science has officially begun | https://www.theverge.com/science/970534/genesis-mission-ai-science-funding-trump-grants | The Verge]

The FTC is sending money to people affected by GOAT marketplace’s “deceptive” policies.

In 2024, the FTC alleged that GOAT didn’t mail “some priority processing orders as fast as promised” and didn’t have a system in place to honor its “Buyer Protection” policy that promised full refunds for products found to be incorrect. Last year, GOAT settled with the FTC and refunded more than $736,000, and today, the FTC is distributing payments totaling more than $100,000 to 6,205 customers who haven’t gotten money from GOAT yet. [Link: FTC Issues Redress Payments to Consumers Impacted by GOAT’s Deceptive Shipping, Refund Policies | https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/10/ftc-issues-redress-payments-consumers-impacted-goats-deceptive-shipping-refund-policies | Federal Trade Commission]

Watchdog: Trump administration illegally withheld federal research funds

The Trump administration violated federal law by withholding tens of millions of dollars in research grant funding Congress had appropriated for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), according to a federal watchdog report. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday found the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) violated the Impoundment Control…

Florida asked a judge to order Meta to remove kids under 14 from its platforms.

A new filing calls for Meta to make several changes for teen users in Florida, like limits on who can message them and a two-hour time limit across Meta’s apps. As Reuters reports, Florida is continuing its lawsuit against Meta rather than accepting a settlement, which AG James Uthmeier called “a slap on the wrist.” [Link: Florida asks court to force Meta to change Facebook, Instagram for teens | https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-asks-court-force-meta-change-facebook-instagram-teens-2026-10-07/ | Reuters]

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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