Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak blasts Musk's DOGE over 'sledgehammer' approach to government layoffs

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of the technology company Apple. Thomas Banneyer | Picture Alliance | Getty Images BARCELONA — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak criticized the "sledgehammer" approach Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has taken to cut administrative costs and implement mass firings at federal government agencies. The Department of Government Efficiency — or "DOGE," for short — is an initiative President Donald Trump set up to optimize the federal government and cut its administrative spending. "I definitely think that we should look for inefficiencies in government, but pretty much have a huge department that analyzes bit by bit by bit," Wozniak told CNBC on the sidelines of a tech conference on Tuesday. But he added, "Just mass firings … it's not good for a business to run that way," referring to DOGE's deep cuts to jobs at several government agencies."It's really to find out what works and what doesn't, make the changes." He noted that, though addressing adminis ... Read full article.