Last Updated:February 09, 2025, 11:28 IST Musk protested against a US judge’s order halting his DOGE team from accessing personal and financial data stored at the Treasury Department. The DOGE is tasked with cutting federal costs. The Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) is led by Elon Musk. (Photo Credits: x) elonTech billionaire Elon Musk protested…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk-led task force – Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently announced the cancellation of 20 consulting contracts on February 3, primarily related to “strategic communication” and “executive coaching,” resulting in a $26 million savings for taxpayers. Announcing the same on X (formerly known as Twitter), it wrote “This morning, 20 consulting contracts,…
Amid DOGE drama, JD Vance says what he thinks about Marko Elez’s past posts. Vice president JD Vance weighed in on the resignation of Marko Elez, a 25-year-old staff of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whose past social media posts spelt trouble for him and he quit the team. A Wall Street Journal first…
In pursuit of America First, US President Donald Trump is dismantling globalisation which has come to define the world in the post-Cold War era, or at least dislodging America from the pivotal role it has played in globalisation. Under American leadership, the world had got itself global institutions for trade, governance, security and social action….
Last Updated:February 04, 2025, 14:46 IST Elon Musk claims that officials at DOGE work for 120 hours a week, which means they either work 17-hour per day for seven days a week, or work 24 hours a day for five days, without any rest. Elon Musk said that officials at DOGE work for 120 hours…
The chatbot developed by Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI, Grok, will soon be available for Android users as a standalone app. The app, which is not yet available for download, has been listed on the Google Play Store, where users can pre-register for it. This follows a brief beta testing period in which…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the US government responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. Established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, USAID’s mission is to promote global development, humanitarian efforts, and democratic governance. It operates in over 100 countries, focusing on areas like…
The ‘fork in the road’ email sent to federal employees bore resemblance to the mail that Elon Musk sent to Twitter employees in 2022. The Donald Trump administration sent a mail to federal employees offering them payouts for eight months if they choose to resign. The federal employees now have time till February 6 to…
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into OpenAI’s newly released AI agent, called Operator. We also look at where TikTok stands after being resuscitated, whether it’s time to go back to Tumblr, and more! Let’s get into it. OpenAI launched a research preview of Operator, a general-purpose AI agent that can…
A video of a Haitian man screaming, “F**k you Trump, Biden forever”, after being arrested to be deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Boston unit has prompted a reaction from vice president JD Vance. He called the man an “illegal alien”, adding that he has 17 criminal records to his name. Elon Musk…
