‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
Here’s a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its Website
On Tuesday, the General Services Administration (GSA) published a list of more than 400 federal buildings and properties to be sold, including the FBI headquarters, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, and other key federal facilities. Hours later, 123 buildings, including high-profile sites like the J. Edgar Hoover Building and […]
TikTok Stole Our Hearts, but Can It Last?
Zoë Schiffer: Booktok got me fully immersed in the romantasy world. Now I’m incapable of reading normal literature. Thank you. Lauren Goode: I’m going to assume that romantasy is romance and fantasy? Zoë Schiffer: Oh, yes it is. Dragons. There’s fairies, there’s dragons. I’m not proud of this, but I guess I’m not not proud […]
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM records reviewed by WIRED as “experts” at OPM, reporting directly to Amanda Scales, its new chief of staff. Scales previously worked on talent for xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence company, and as part of Uber’s talent acquisition team, per LinkedIn. Employees at GSA tell WIRED that Coristine […]
Shopify CEO commits to ‘buy local’ features for Shop app after criticizing Canada’s tariff response
US, Canada, Mexico first to be featured as Tobi Lütke claims Shopify is “unaffected” by tariffs. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke has pledged to roll out “buy local features” to the Shop app after criticizing the Canadian government’s decision to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports. Lütke announced the features in an X post on […]
Trump says he’ll soon impose tariffs on semiconductors
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will soon impose tariffs on computer chips, semiconductors and other goods imported into America. Speaking at Republican retreat in Miami on Monday, Trump reiterated campaign promises to put tariffs on these kinds of goods, which are predominantly manufactured in Asia. “In the very near future we’re going to be […]
DOGE Will Allow Elon Musk to Surveil the US Government From the Inside
Under the executive order, DOGE teams, which “will typically include one DOGE Team Lead, one engineer, one human resources specialist, and one attorney” will be dispatched to various agencies. They will be granted “access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, and IT systems,” ostensibly with the goal of streamlining data sharing across federal agencies. […]
No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA
Since Donald Trump won back the presidency on November 5, a parade of Silicon Valley luminaries have been engaging in an unseemly grovel-fest, making pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lagoshoveling million-dollar contributions to his inaugural fund, and meddling in the editorial departments of the publications they own in an apparent attempt to gain the new leader’s favor. Yesterday, […]
Trump FCC Pick Brendan Carr Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wants to refashion the broadband regulator into the nation’s speech police on social platforms. As FCC chair, Carr would set the agency’s agenda on issues like broadband deployment, net neutrality, and telecom privacy. But since Carr was nominated as a commissioner in 2017 […]
TikTok Bans, CEO kidnappings, and Canadian tech’s Fast 50
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