Lawmakers are constantly at odds with Big Tech over how much control it’s got over the rest of the world. It’s not difficult to see why, either. Every day, it seems like there’s a new story about some weird way companies like Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) are obtrusively getting involved in industries or problems they know nothing about — and that’s where Google’s latest bright idea enters the fray.
A few weeks ago, the tech giant asked for federal permission to release 32 million mosquitoes into the skies over Florida and California. There’s no punchline here, and that’s not the plot of a B-list 1950s sci-fi movie. This is an actual initiative Google is pumping loads of money into, and it’s probably the most sophisticated example of “bio-hacking” that any organization has ever tried to pull off in America.
