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For decades, the path toward federal government employment has involved a long and winding journey for full-timers and contractors alike. The Department of Government Efficiency, the pseudo-governmental entity run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, is doing things differently.
Recruitment to join DOGE, as the Musk-Ramaswamy group has styled itself, often starts with a message like this one sent by Shahed Khan, a co-founder of video-messaging startup Loom who is part of an informal network of techies lending
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Marriott kicked guests out of Sonder properties abruptly on Monday. It is now advising customers to contact their credit card companies for refunds. Read more ›
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More than a month after the first season’s finale aired, FX has finally confirmed that Alien: Earth will get a second run of episodes, ending some sleepless nights for this reporter / Alien obsessive. No release date has been set for the second season yet, though it will film some time next year. Showrunner Noah […] Read more ›
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The hot, new places for baby boomers to spend their golden years: their own home. Read more ›
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FFmpeg, the open source multimedia framework that powers video processing in Google Chrome, Firefox, YouTube and other major platforms, has called on Google to either fund the project or stop burdening its volunteer maintainers with security vulnerabilities found by the company's AI tools. The maintainers patched a bug that Google's AI agent discovered in code for decoding a 1995 video game but described the finding as "CVE slop." The confrontation... Read more ›
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Tired of At a Glance? Google may finally let you hide it from your home screen completely. Read more ›
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Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, and Alex Lawther star in the FX series created by Noah Hawley. Read more ›
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This Switch emulator update finally gets the most out of Snapdragon 8 Elite phones. Read more ›
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Trump wants to give some of the tariffs you paid back to you, but he would need Congress approval and the government may not be able to afford it. Read more ›
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In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists found that bumblebees can tell the difference between short and long light flashes, much like recognizing Morse code. The insects learned which signal led to a sweet reward, demonstrating an unexpected sense of timing. This ability may stem from a fundamental neural process, suggesting that even tiny brains have complex time-tracking mechanisms relevant to evolution and AI. Read more ›
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Android users with a Matter hub can control compatible Matter devices locally with this update. Read more ›
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Aticco, a leading company in the coworking sector, continues to expand in Spain and has announced a new shared workspace in Barcelona. With a total surface area of 20,000 m² and capacity for more than 2,200 people, the building will become the largest coworking space in Spain and the biggest in southern Europe. The new ... Read more ›
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Get 30% off, 20% off, and free shipping with our Design Within Reach coupon codes, plus up to 50% off furniture with November 2025 special discounts. Read more ›
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Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin is riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle back to Washington, DC, to vote on ending the government shutdown. Read more ›
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But Google only allows certain users to access it. Read more ›
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Eric Schmidt warned that a majority of countries could end up using Chinese AI models because they are free. Read more ›
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Hungary’s MeOut Group has acquired EU-Startups, a news platform based in Barcelona, to extend its presence across Europe’s startup network. Barcelona-based EU-Startups, a European news outlet, has been acquired by Hungary’s MeOut Group. The move follows the 15th anniversary of EU-Startups and aims to expand its reach across Europe’s startup ecosystem. MeOut Group, based in ... Read more Read more ›
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Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film. Read more ›
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Decagon, which develops AI for automating customer service, is discussing raising equity funding from new investors at a valuation of $4 billion to $5 billion, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal. The discussions come just five months after the company announced financing at a $1.5 billion valuation. The deal discussions suggest investor interest is still high for one of the most promising and increasingly crowded fields... Read more ›
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Chinese companies are launching open-source AI models built to power coding assistants as cheaper alternatives to those available from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Late last month, Shanghai-based AI startup MiniMax launched M2, a new open-source large language model developed primarily for coding and AI agents. In a post on X, MiniMax noted that the price of M2 is just 8% of that of Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model. (M2 costs $1.20... Read more ›
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On a quiet September morning, Alex Leithiser was out in the woods somewhere in the South on a secret mission: to break into a data center. First, he slipped through a small gap in the facility’s barbed wire fence, and as soon as he hit the ground, he switched clothes, pulling a fresh set from a small backpack. With cameras and alarms all over the data center, Leithiser hoped to... Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he doesn’t want the government to bail them out if the company fails. “If we screw up and can’t fix it, we should fail, and other companies will continue on doing good work and servicing customers,” Altman said in an X post on Thursday. Altman also said that OpenAI ... Read more ›
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I’ve been hearing a lot about how intense competition is for Series A investments lately. Investors that typically look to invest in more mature startups, say at the Series B or above rounds, are crowding into Series A rounds for fear of missing the next major winner.Like much else these days, artificial intelligence gets the credit (or blame) for this new dynamic. Venture capitalists are watching revenues triple or quadruple... Read more ›
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Apple is delaying the release of the second-generation iPhone Air to work on a redesign of the device and make it more appealing to consumers, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The redesign could include a second camera lens, an attempt to address one of consumers’ main ... Read more ›
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We’ve finally learned the result of a controversial, long-awaited vote that’s generated reams of punditry and put Wall Street on edge. No, I’m not talking about the mayoral election in New York City—I’m talking about the Tesla shareholder vote on Elon Musk’s gigantic compensation package. Musk won with over 75% of the vote, Tesla said at its annual meeting at the company’s Gigafactory in Texas on Thursday. The package will... Read more ›
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The White House has told others in the federal government it won’t allow Nvidia to sell its latest scaled-down AI chips to China, despite President Donald Trump’s hints over the summer that he might allow the company to do so, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The decision is a major blow to the AI chip giant, which has seen its revenue from China shrivel this year... Read more ›
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said Wednesday that government guarantees for financing artificial intelligence chips could help the U.S. stay competitive globally. “We’re looking for an ecosystem of banks, private equity, maybe even governmental, the ways governments can come to bear,” she said at a ... Read more ›
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Before Sequoia Capital’s leader Roelof Botha announced he was stepping down from the position, partners Alfred Lin, Pat Grady and Andrew Reed came to him to talk about his time at the firm. Botha had only held the top-most job at the firm for three years, taking over from long-time leader Doug Leone just as startup valuations were convulsing from a historic series of rate hikes. Botha, after talking to... Read more ›
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