Much of the coverage of this story has credulously repeated the company's marketing press release without any sort of critical appraisal of the actual significa

Much of the coverage of this story has credulously repeated the company's marketing press release without any sort of critical appraisal of the actual significance of the announcement (read: not much) or of the stated goal, which is misguided in the extreme. I found this (older) article about the "de-extinction" project [1] to be much more informative. The same journalist covered the new announcement last week [2] (submitted to hn here: [3]). [1]: https://defector.com/what-kind-of-future-does-de-extinction-promise https://defector.com/what-kind-of-future-does-de-extinction-... [2]: https://defector.com/do-not-be-bamboozled-by-the-new-fluffy-mouse https://defector.com/do-not-be-bamboozled-by-the-new-fluffy-... [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43302625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43302625