#wired.com. The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did. Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#wired.com. Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program. The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations, according to a memo obtained by WIRED.
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#aljazeera.com. US judge delays Trump buyout offer meant to thin out public servants. Trump and allies such as billionaire Elon Musk have carried out blitz campaign meant to thin the government workforce.
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#huffpost.com. Musk Uses His X Ownership And White House Position To Push Trump Priorities, Intimidate Detractors. As a White House adviser, Elon Musk is using one of the world’s most powerful information platforms to sell the government’s talking points while threatening its detractors.
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid. Elon Musk-led razing of US foreign aid agency led strong-arm rulers in Hungary, Belarus and elsewhere to celebrate
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#wired.com. USAID Workforce Slashed From 10,000 to Under 300 as Elon Musk’s DOGE Decimates Agency. The US government’s primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency’s lifesaving work to screech to a halt.
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#techcrunch.com. Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America | TechCrunch. Battery factories are popping up across North America. Here's where they are and how the Inflation Reduction Act influenced the boom.
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. Trump repeats rightwing claim that USAid subscriptions to Politico were ‘payoffs’. As Elon Musk dismantles the agency, Trump claims subscription fees to the outlet could be ‘biggest scandal of them all’
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#techcrunch.com. Keyboard maker suspends US shipments over Trump tariffs on Chinese goods | TechCrunch. The mechanical keyboard maker Qwertykeys announced Wednesday that it has suspended all U.S. product shipments owing to new tariffs levied by the Trump
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#wired.com. The Untold Winners of the Trump Memecoin Frenzy. When US president Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency, he sparked a trading frenzy. A constellation of little-known crypto platforms quietly profited.
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#theguardian.com. Republican support for Elon Musk fell significantly, poll finds. Republicans who want Musk and Doge to have ‘a lot’ of influence dropped from 47% post-election to 26%
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#wired.com. More Than Mezcal: A Dive Into Oaxaca’s High-End Cocktail Scene. Using local ingredients like hoja santa, huitlacoche, insects, and a variety of mercurial spirits, bartenders in the Mexican city are testing the boundaries of flavor and presentation.
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#techcrunch.com. Pendulum's AI-driven platform helps enterprises better predict supply and demand | TechCrunch. Pendulum's AI-driven approach to predicting supply and demand has already garnered interest from commercial customers and the U.S. government.
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#linuxinsider.com. 30 Lines of Code Could Cut Data Center Power Use by 30%. Researchers at the University of Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science in Canada found that modifying just 30 lines of code in the Linux kernel could cut data center energy consumption by 30%
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations. Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#wired.com. Tariff Uncertainty Taxes the Auto Industry. For some in the car industry, the uncertainty surrounding a US-border trade war is almost worse than the tariffs themselves. If the tariffs go through, the costs might get passed down to buyers.
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#wired.com. DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers. Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
#Feb.06.2025 ×
#bbc.com. DEI: Google joins US firms abandoning diversity recruitment goals. U-turn by former the diversity champion comes as major companies face pressure to drop the policies.
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#wired.com. US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China. Consumers and small businesses are already feeling the impact of President Donald Trump's new tariffs, which eliminated a key trade exemption for parcels worth less than $800.
#Feb.05.2025 ×
#techcrunch.com. Sonos lays off 200 ahead of rumored set-top box release | TechCrunch. Sonos announced that it has laid off 200 people in a letter posted to its site Wednesday. The news follows a 100-person layoff in August. Both rounds
#Feb.05.2025 ×
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. The MAGA Coalition Provisional Authority Has Plunged The Country Into A Constitutional Crisis. If you run the government into the ground, the consequences are much bigger than a “fail-whale” message.
#Feb.05.2025 ×
#wired.com. This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all NOAA Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
#Feb.05.2025 ×
#techcrunch.com. As GLP-1s boom, dietician startups Berry Street, Fay each nab $50M rounds | TechCrunch. For decades, the U.S. healthcare system has struggled to address the diet-related chronic illnesses affecting nearly half of all adults. That changed in
#Feb.05.2025 ×
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. Ilhan Omar Mocks Elon Musk For Embarrassing Mistake: 'You Should Brush Up On Our Laws'. Musk shared a misleading video Tuesday, falsely claiming that it showed the Minnesota Democrat "breaking the law."
#Feb.05.2025 ×
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