Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk and Trump’s relationship was cemented on July 13, 2024, when a would-be assassin came within inches of killing the ...
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These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration
The SSA did not respond to a request from WIRED about what the DOGE operatives are working on inside the ...
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USDS Engineering Director Resigns: ‘This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve’
The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE ...
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Not Even DOGE Employees Know Who’s Legally Running DOGE
Before Trump was inaugurated, the USDS administrator was Mina Hsiang. After she left, Ted Carstensen was the highest-ranking legacy USDS ...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know
After months of congressional wrangling that saw the elimination of Ervin’s proposed independent privacy oversight board, President Gerald Ford signed ...
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No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk has repeatedly claimed that his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project had uncovered massive government fraud when ...
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The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess
As well as being insecure, the DOGE website heavily leans on X, the social media platform owned by Musk. DOGE’s ...
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‘TeslaTakeover’ protests are small, but numerous
Today marked a second weekend of scattered protests at Tesla showrooms, following a “TeslaTakeover” hashtag that has been trending on ...
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Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
This morning, workers at the US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) received an email announcing that Tom ...
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US Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE From Treasury Department Data
A Manhattan Federal Court judge on Friday extended the temporary restraining order that bars staffers from the so-called Department of ...
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