Published on: 2025-06-03 19:00:44
As his time in DC disintegrated this week, Musk intimated to the Washington Post that he was very surprised by what he saw in American government — but not as surprised as he was by everyone's reaction. "The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized," the billionaire told the newspaper. "I thought there were problems, but it sure is an uphill battle trying to improve things in DC, to say the least." That "uphill battle" apparently included getting people on board with his Dep
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 09:00:00
In my 15 years of reviewing tech, this pellet-firing, story-telling, pretend-urinating robot attack dog is easily the strangest thing I’ve ever tested. Arriving in a slightly battered box following a series of questionable decisions on Temu, I’m immediately drawn to the words “FIRE BULLETS PET” emblazoned on the box. And there, resting behind the protective plastic window with all the innocence of a newborn lamb, lies the plastic destroyer of worlds that my four-and-a-half-year-old immediately
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is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Elon Musk appeared alongside President Trump for a press conference in the Oval Office Friday, perhaps for the last time, with a noticeable black eye that he says he got from his young son. ”I said, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face.’ And he did,” he said. Musk has been feeling the blows, too. Sources in the Trump administr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 20:49:48
President Donald Trump held a bizarre press conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, ostensibly to wave goodbye to the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But both Trump and Musk essentially admitted that the billionaire oligarch wasn’t really going anywhere, at least when it comes to his influence on the federal government. “This is not the end of DOGE. This is only the beginning,” Musk said, explaining that his time as a Special Governme
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 01:01:11
Elon Musk will not be fully exiting the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—and its activities are only intensifying. On Friday, President Donald Trump threw cold water on the idea that Musk would fully disappear from DOGE and the White House forever. "Elon's really not leaving,” Trump said in a joint press conference with Musk in the Oval Office. “He's gonna be back and forth. It's his baby, he's going to be doing a lot of things." “I expect to continue to provide advice," Mus
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 01:36:22
The chief executive of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) says Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency left the nonprofit’s Washington, D.C., headquarters in disarray, full of water damage, rats, and roaches, according to a new sworn statement first reported by Court Watch. The statement from the executive, George Moose, comes just a few days after a federal judge ruled that DOGE’s takeover of the nonprofit was illegal. And this week, Musk has claimed he is stepping away from D
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 01:28:14
Elon Musk’s four-month blitz through the US government briefly made him Washington’s most powerful businessman since the Gilded Age. But it has done little for his reputation or that of his companies. Musk this week formally abandoned his role as the head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), which has failed to find even a fraction of the $2 trillion in savings he originally pledged. On Thursday, Donald Trump lamented his departure but said Musk “will always be with us,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 15:15:46
Five ways the world's richest man changed the White House 2 hours ago Share Save Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House Share Save A chainsaw, two hats and Lil X: Musk's eventful time at Doge Elon Musk's time in the Trump administration is coming to an end after a tempestuous 129 days in which the world's richest man took an axe to government spending - stirring ample controversy along the way. Earlier this week, the South African-born billionaire, on his social media platform, X, thanked P
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 13:07:54
With Elon Musk and other leaders of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) purportedly on their way out, WIRED spoke with a fired DOGE staffer about his experience, how the group communicates, who appears to be in charge—and what might be coming next. Earlier this week, Sahil Lavingia published a blog post on his personal website detailing his 55-day stint within DOGE. Lavingia, who WIRED first identified as a member of DOGE at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is the C
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 12:13:32
Elon Musk wrote a tweet Wednesday night explaining that his “scheduled time” as a Special Government Employee was coming to an end, leading many news outlets to conclude he was done with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). And while it seems clear Musk has worn out his welcome with President Donald Trump, it’s naive to portray the billionaire oligarch’s announcement as a sign he’s truly “leaving” the U.S. government. “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 01:38:59
Elon Musk has left his role as the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” Musk wrote on X. “The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.” DOGE is a Trump administration initiative with the stated goals of cutting wasteful government spending,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 02:59:03
With his official stint in government coming to an end, Elon Musk thanked President Donald Trump on Wednesday for "the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending." Since joining the second Trump administration at the beginning of the term in January, Musk has led the Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with slashing the size of the federal government. As a so-called special government employee, Musk can work for the administration for 130 days in a calendar year. The end of May marks 130
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 22:49:50
Elon Musk leaves White House but says Doge will continue 11 hours ago Share Save Christal Hayes and Brandon Drenon BBC News Share Save Watch: Elon Musk says he is "disappointed" with Trump's "big, beautiful bill", in interview with CBS Sunday Morning Elon Musk has said he is leaving the Trump administration after helping lead a tumultuous drive to shrink the size of US government that saw thousands of federal jobs axed. In a post on his social media platform X, the world's richest man thanked
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 19:04:00
What just happened? Elon Musk has announced that he is leaving the White House. His 130 days of service as a special government employee are about to end, but the departure comes just as the Tesla CEO said he was "disappointed" with Trump's budget and claimed DOGE had become the "whipping boy for everything." He also lamented the backlash against Tesla since his move into politics. In a post on his X platform, Musk thanked Trump for "the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending." He added that D
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Sahil Lavingia has published a diary recounting his time as a member of Elon Musk’s DOGE workforce. It’s a short read — Lavingia’s DOGE stint lasted just 55 days — but it is does provide new details on the temporary government organization formed by President Trump’s executive order. Lavingia is a well-known name in Silicon Valley from his days as an early employee of Pinterest, to his current gig as founder of Gumroad, a platform where creators can sell their goods. He’s also a well-known seed
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 01:44:32
A federal judge has given Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees access to US Treasury payment systems as long as they meet training and vetting requirements but denied the Trump administration's motion to completely dissolve a preliminary injunction. US District Judge Jeannette Vargas of the Southern District of New York is overseeing a case filed against President Trump by 19 states led by New York. In February, Vargas issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Treasury Dep
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-15 16:55:49
PgDog is a transaction pooler and logical replication manager that can shard PostgreSQL. Written in Rust, PgDog is fast, secure and can manage hundreds of databases and hundreds of thousands of connections. Documentation 📘 PgDog documentation can be found here. Any questions? Join our Discord. Quick start Kubernetes Helm chart is here. To install it, run: git clone https://github.com/pgdogdev/helm && \ cd helm && \ helm install -f values.yaml pgdog ./ Docker You can try PgDog quickly usi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-17 06:09:51
What to make of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency at this stage of the Trump administration? Elon Musk has purportedly stepped away from his government duties. Courts are trying to strike down some of DOGE’s most egregious efforts. It may seem as though the worst excesses of DOGE have passed, replaced by something closer to a stasis. This isn’t true. Not even close. While the image of DOGE most likely burned into your retina is that of Elon Musk wielding a literal chain saw, th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 06:37:16
A lost dog has been reunited with its owner thanks to an AirTag attached to its collar – but the story also serves as a reminder to monitor the battery levels of our tags. The AirTag was out of power, but thankfully the dog chose to wander into the home of a tech writer who had some spare batteries to hand, ensuring that the owner could quickly locate the errant pet … Arstechnica’s Kevin Purdy told the story. I cracked open the door to look out. A dog, not my own, stuck its nose into the door
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 17:31:38
Out of all the books I read for my formal education, one bit, from one slim paperback, has lodged the deepest into my brain. William Blundell's The Art and Craft of Feature Writing offers a "selective list of what readers like." It starts with a definitive No. 1: "Dogs, followed by other cute animals and well-behaved small children." People, Blundell writes, are your second-best option, providing they are doing or saying something interesting. I have failed to provide Ars Technica readers with
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 18:30:00
Indian independent game developer UnderDogs Studio revealed the gameplay for its upcoming PS5 and PC game, Mukti with a new gameplay trailer. Mukti is a first-person narrative adventure in the tradition of Gone Home. The events of Mukti are set against the backdrop of a mid-2000s India, putting players in the role of Arya, a young woman searching for her grandfather in a sprawling museum owned by him. Players will piece together the mystery of his disappearance while uncovering harrowing truth
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Indian independent game developer UnderDogs Studio revealed the gameplay for its upcoming PS5 and PC game, Mukti with a new gameplay trailer. Mukti is a first-person narrative adventure in the tradition of Gone Home. The events of Mukti are set against the backdrop of a mid-2000s India, putting players in the role of Arya, a young woman searching for her grandfather in a sprawling museum owned by him. Players will piece together the mystery of his disappearance while uncovering harrowing truth
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The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. In a memorandum opinion, US district court judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of the former institute board and staff who had sued to be reinstalled at the agency after DOGE affiliates forcibly removed them in March. She also gave a strong rebuke to the defendants in the case, who
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The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. In a memorandum opinion, US district court judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of the former institute board and staff who had sued to be reinstalled at the agency after DOGE affiliates forcibly removed them in March. She also gave a strong rebuke to the defendants in the case, who
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 21:30:00
While Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has taken an axe to the federal workforce, the group itself is hiring. The US DOGE Service, formerly the US Digital Service (USDS), has been interviewing potential candidates in recent weeks and months, even offering salaries on the highest end of the government pay scale. WIRED spoke with one person who made it through part of the DOGE interview process about what it was like. According to the interviewee, there appear to
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 01:06:49
The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. In a memorandum opinion, US district court judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of the former institute board and staff who had sued to be reinstalled at the agency after DOGE affiliates forcibly removed them in March. She also gave a strong rebuke to the defendants in the case, who
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 17:00:00
Elon Musk says he’s stepping back from his role with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to turn his attention to his businesses—most urgently to Tesla, which has faced global sales slumps in recent months. In this episode, we discuss how our understanding of DOGE has evolved over the past five months and what we think will happen when Musk scales back. You can follow Michael Calore on Bluesky at @snackfight, Lauren Goode on Bluesky at @laurengoode, and Katie Drummond on Bluesky a
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Ahead of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the House and Senate established caucuses to ostensibly work with the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. But since its creation, DOGE has regularly shirked safeguards and oversight. Now, one House member says that the DOGE Caucus is dead. But even if that’s the case, DOGE itself sure as hell isn’t. In a recent interview with Politico, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), the House DOGE caucus’s first Democratic member, said, “The
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Federal agencies scrambled to bring back over $220 million worth of contracts after Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency cancelled them, The New York Times reports. However, of those 44 contracts that were cancelled and eventually reinstated, DOGE is still citing all but one of them as examples of the government spending the group supposedly saved on its website's error-plagued "Wall of Receipts." The White House told the NYT that this is "paperwork lag" that will be fixed.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 21:28:03
A Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission is proposing a DOGE-style overhaul of the agency's operations, including large cuts to the Universal Service Fund that subsidizes broadband deployment and access. FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington said the fund should reduce spending on fiber networks and give money to Starlink—helping Elon Musk, the man in charge of President Trump's DOGE initiative. Simington also argued that the FCC is using too many staff hours on reviewing licens
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