Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida
www.theguardian.com
Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs
  • Fredselfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    232·
    4 days ago

    We sure? Do we want to trust Google with this? Why is Google involved at all. Feel a conspiracy with this.

    • edible_funk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      I do not trust Google with this. If there’s any way this could ever be possibly weaponized it will be. Best case scenario it’s another wildly successful google product that they straight up abandon for no reason after like 3 years.

    • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafeEnglish
      182·
      3 days ago

      Cynicism about anything evil corp does is well founded, but this has actually has a solid basis.

      I assume they do it for reputation-washing -> look at this one good thing we do and ignore all the other evil stuff

    • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
      162·
      4 days ago

      Google is involved in all kinds of things, this is one of hundreds of “surprising” projects they have running.