DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency

At least dozens of workers for the Technology Transformation Services, housed within the US General Services Administration, were fired Wednesday ...
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Sam Altman Dismisses Elon Musk’s Bid to Buy OpenAI in Letter to Staff

Sam Altman is leaving no room for doubt about his views on an Elon Musk-led bid to take control of ...
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An Advisor to Elon Musk’s xAI Has a Way to Make AI More Like Donald Trump

A researcher affiliated with Elon Musk’s startup xAI has found a new way to both measure and manipulate entrenched preferences ...
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US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Over the years, the programs have been effective. For instance, a four-year partnership between the US and the Philippines, which ...
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The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army

The establishment of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) relied on a recruitment campaign carried out, in part, ...
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ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency ...
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From COBOL to chaos: Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper Problem

It’s incredibly hard to protect a system from someone—the evil housekeeper from DOGE—who has made their way inside and wants ...
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The US Government Is Not a Startup

And savings. They want savings. Specifically they want to subject the federal government to zero-based budgeting, a popular financial planning ...
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USAID Workforce Slashed From 10,000 to Under 300 as Elon Musk’s DOGE Decimates Agency

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gutted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), taking a team ...
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Pronouns Are Being Forcibly Removed From Government Email Signatures

Following a White House edict effectively banning federal employees from disclosing their personal pronouns in email signatures, sources within multiple ...
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