Missing Tech Tree beyond Planetology, Influence bug?

If the hotfix restoring Planetology tech to Silicone/Synthetic is going to be delayed.... any easy editing I can do to restore this to the game?

Right now I can trade for the techs but get no functionality.   Some of them remain eligible for trade even though I  already acquired them.

Rather game breaking for the races both to play and as an opponent to be at such a disadvantage.

Also, I am not sure if an artifact is doing it, but  computer opponents are getting 10,000 influence at once  on newer worlds right at the edge of my territory,   I can see 1,000 through an artifact or event but 10,000 is a little excessive.   I am having entire empires suddenly swallowed in foreign influence from multiple opponents.