The biggest news this week is inarguably the Trump administration's baffling tariffs, which have rattled the global economy, impacting everything from the US tech industry to literal penguins, leaving most of the world wondering what comes next. But if you're looking for a mystery that doesn't feel quite so, well, existential, look no further than Indiana University. On March 18, the FBI raided the homes of Xiaofeng Wang, a data privacy professor and researcher who worked at the IU for more than 20 years. The same day, according to a termination email viewed by WIRED, Wang was fired from his job, and people soon noticed that he and his wife seemed to have disappeared. A WIRED investigation found that the university was looking into whether Wang received unreported research funding from China prior to his position being terminated.

Less than a month before Donald Trump returns to office, two of his most ardent allies have plunged into a fierce online debate over immigration, specifically the government's visa program that allows American companies to hire so-called "highly skilled" foreign workers. The clash started on Monday with Laura Loomer, the far-right social media character known for her virulent racism, condemning Trump's decision to name Sriram Krishnan, a tech investor who was born in India, as a senior adviser on artificial intelligence. Tech leaders, including Elon Musk, weighed in to defend the practice of hiring foreign workers, specifically through the government's H-1B visa program. The debate has since devolved into a relentless string of petty insults--Loomer likened tech billionaires to "termites" at Mar-a-Lago; Musk called Loomer a troll--as well as accusations of censorship on X as retaliation. At a different point, Vivek Ramaswamy chimed in to register his support for hiring foreign workers.