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Elon Musk appeared alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday to defend the cuts being made by DOGE. Read more ›
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Trump's executive order said agency heads will have to work with Elon Musk's DOGE to reduce the size of the federal workforce. Read more ›
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Apple is in the process of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and changes are already being made to the Apple Maps app. When searching in the Maps app for Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico name is shown or the name is blank, but tapping into the area shows the "Gulf of America" wording. According to Bloomberg, Apple is rolling out the Maps change... Read more ›
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DeepSeek matches ChatGPT at just 10% of typical development costs. Dramatic shift in AI development could democratise the technology but raises security concerns A dramatic shift in open-source AI development is emerging from China, where startup DeepSeek fundamentally challenges how artificial intelligence evolves. By making its technology freely available for anyone to download, modify, and... Read more » Read more ›
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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, focused on cutting government waste and spending, has more than doubled its own spending. Read more ›
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Disney told employees in a memo it was shifting DEI efforts to prioritize business goals and company values. Read more ›
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The shopping center from George A. Romero's 1978 anti-consumerism zombie tale is now owned by the big-box behemoth. Read more ›
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Apple is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its Maps app. The company started rolling out the name change for US users this afternoon, and Bloomberg reports that it will soon display the name for users globally, too. Google Maps started showing the “Gulf of America” for users in the […] Read more ›
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed the complaint on behalf of US federal workers, arguing that DOGE’s data access is illegal and should be cut off. Read more ›
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U.S. District Judge John Bates granted a temporary restraining order restoring the lost webpages, which included information on HIV. Read more ›
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with multiple federal employee unions, have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) agency to block their access to sensitive and identifying information on millions of Americans. Specifically, the plaintiffs are looking to block them from being able to access data stored by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and to delete any information they've collected so far. The... Read more ›
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A leading cybersecurity firm has filed a lawsuit alleging Elon Musk and DOGE of breaching the security of Americans. Read more ›
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Marvel Studio's latest starring, Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford, opens February 14. Read more ›
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Google users noticed cultural holidays have been disappearing from their calendars, as the company moves to recognize only public holidays. Read more ›
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Exact timing for the debut of the fourth-generation iPhone SE remains up in the air, with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reporting in a tweet tonight that the device "should be announced by next week." Last week, Gurman indicated that it could arrive as early as this week and later claimed that it would be arriving this week, but there once again appears to be some uncertainty about the timing. Interestingly, Gurman... Read more ›
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Google says it began removing observances from its calendar in mid-2024. The removals recently sparked online discourse amid other Google changes. Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Shopify shut down the Yeezy store run by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) after it listed shirts with swastikas for sale. Ye advertised the site in a commercial shown during the Super Bowl on Sunday. It previously sold things like sneakers and t-shirts, but on Monday, the only item for sale was […] Read more ›
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The Trump administration brought webpages back online, meeting a court-ordered deadline at 11:59PM on February 11th. Doctors for America (DFA), which represents physicians and medical students, filed suit last week against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Department of […] Read more ›
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If you have two Apple Accounts with multiple digital purchases between them, Apple now has a way for you to consolidate the accounts by migrating content from one account to another. As noted by Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels, Apple today published a support document that provides instructions for moving purchases from a secondary Apple Account to a primary Apple Account. Apps, music, books, TV shows, and movies that have... Read more ›
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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. Read more ›
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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. Read more ›
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From the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX. Read more ›
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Elon Musk and DOGE are moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken. Read more ›
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At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned. Read more ›
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Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director told senators he has no plans to divest his shares, which his financial disclosure form says were received in exchange for consulting services. Read more ›
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“He’s getting too big for his britches,” says one Trump world source. Read more ›
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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. Read more ›
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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. Read more ›
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The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up. Read more ›
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