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Members of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are being forced to choose between staying at their jobs or taking a government buyout, NPR reports. The buyout program is one of several methods the current administration is deploying to shrink the federal government under the guidance of the "Department of Governmental Efficiency" (DOGE), an advisory group lead by Elon Musk.
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An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.” Read more ›
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Over 385,000 people voted in Elon Musk's poll, with 78% supporting rehiring the former DOGE staffer. 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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Ben Solo's new Marvel series, Legacy of Vader, highlights what divides the man that became Kylo Ren from the man that became Darth Vader—and what will ultimately unite them. Read more ›
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Marko Elez has been linked to an account that tweeted things like "normalize Indian hate." Read more ›
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China’s YTMC showcases a 294-gate chip design with Xtacking4.0 technology. Marks advancement US trade restrictions. Positions YMTC as a pioneer in hybrid bonding technology, challenging Samsung and SK Hynix. For the second time in two years, YMTC, China’s leading memory chip maker, has proven that US trade restrictions have done little to slow its technological... Read more » Read more ›
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Judge Carl Nichols blocked Donald Trump and Elon Musk's attempted USAID shutdown days after the American Foreign Service Association filed a lawsuit. 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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There's no way you can turn back time, but at least you can delete a bad word before someone sees it. Read more ›
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As Musk's group heads to more agencies, more legal challenges are cropping up. Read more ›
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A lawsuit filed against the Education Department accused it of giving DOGE access to student-loan borrowers' personal information. Read more ›
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“As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one USDS employee said about the DOGE team. Read more ›
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DOGE head Elon Musk changed his X bio to "White House Tech Support" amid concerns that he can access systems containing sensitive information. Read more ›
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Military personnel and veterans just uncovered more of the U.K.’s most important Iron Age hoard. Read more ›
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Peter Thiel-chaired group has Washington and Westminster network that helped secure around $3bn in official contracts Read more ›
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The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE's access to sensitive personnel data. Read more ›
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It turns out Gemini didn't hallucinate a fake stat, Google just copied a website's existing text instead. Read more ›
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Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet forecast more than $300bn in capital expenditure despite investor concerns about returns and DeepSeek Read more ›
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For those who love Pixar's Luxo Jr., Apple's engineers developed a lamp that swivels with excitement as it obeys your every whim. Read more ›
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Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario and a former staunch supporter of President Trump, has announced that the Canadian territory will be “ripping up” a $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink. The contract was signed in November of last year and tasked Starlink with providing internet service to remote parts of the province. This comes after Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on nearly all Canadian imported goods. This... Read more ›
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On Saturday evening, Trump signed executive orders to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), with a White House fact sheet claiming the move is meant to hold the US’ largest trading partners “accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.” The orders put 25 percent additional tariffs on imports... Read more ›
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Reddit has temporarily banned the subreddit r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk complained about the community. The subreddit is currently inaccessible with a message from Reddit stating that the community has been banned for 72 hours due to “a prevalence of violent content.” The popular subreddit is known for posting funny tweets and memes from X. On Monday, an X account called “Reddit Lies” posted screenshots from a thread on r/WhitePeopleTwitter in... Read more ›
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Members of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are being forced to choose between staying at their jobs or taking a government buyout, NPR reports. The buyout program is one of several methods the current administration is deploying to shrink the federal government under the guidance of the "Department of Governmental Efficiency" (DOGE), an advisory group lead by Elon Musk. CISA was creating during the... Read more ›
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Nintendo is caught between its eight-year-old Switch console and the next-gen Switch 2 — a purgatory that usually hits sales. Sure enough, the company announced that it now expects to sell just 11 million consoles this fiscal year instead of the 12.5 million it originally forecast. That's in light of a fairly dismal holiday period that saw sales and profit drop by a third from last year, with consumers likely... Read more ›
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In recent years, the push to ban smartphones in schools has picked up, with advocates citing everything from improving focus to creating a safe environment. Now, a new study out of the UK investigates the effectiveness of these policies on social media use and overall well-being with interesting results. The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe journal, included 1,227 individuals aged 12 to 15 from 20 schools... Read more ›
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Researchers from Kaspersky have identified malware being distributed within apps on both Android and iOS mobile storefronts. Dmitry Kalinin and Sergey Puzan shared their investigation into a malware campaign, which they have dubbed SparkCat, that has likely been active since March 2024. "We cannot confirm with certainty whether the infection was a result of a supply chain attack or deliberate action by the developers," the pair wrote. "Some of the... Read more ›
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Typically when we think of Apple and "invites," it's because the company is about to show off some new gear at a splashy product launch. But this time around, the product in question is a new invites-feature. The idea behind the new Apple Invites app is that you can create and share custom invitations for any event or occasion. You can use your own photos or backgrounds in the app... Read more ›
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After President Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on nearly all Canadian imported goods (and Canada announced its own 25 percent tariff on American imported goods), Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario — and a former supporter of President Trump — announced the Canadian territory would be “ripping up” a $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink. The contract was signed in November last year. Musk, boss of Starlink and... Read more ›
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Less than a year into his tenure at the company, OpenAI co-founder John Schulman is leaving Anthropic. The startup confirmed Schulman’s departure after The Information, Reuters and other publications reported on the exit. "We are sad to see John go but fully support his decision to pursue new opportunities and wish him all the very best,” said Jared Kaplan, Anthropic's chief science officer, in a statement the company shared with... Read more ›
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