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Month: January 2025

Government Tech Workers Forced To Defend Projects To Random Elon Musk Bros

The email is reminiscent of one that Musk sent early in his Twitter days, demanding that employees email a one-page description of what they had accomplished the previous month and how it differed from their goals. Rather than convening with Shedd in these meetings, TTS employees were instead surprised...

What’s Next In The DC Jet Crash Investigation

On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump appeared to place the blame for a midair collision that killed 67 people on the previous administration’s approach to hiring aviation professionals. But experts and investigators involved with the crash, which also involved a military helicopter, say the next few weeks will see...

Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts And Internal Data

“It’s pretty shocking to build an AI model and leave the backdoor wide open from a security perspective,” says independent security researcher Jeremiah Fowler, who was not involved in the Wiz research but specializes in discovering exposed databases. “This type of operational data and the ability for anyone with...

Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over The Office Of Personnel Management

Centibillionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of the former US Digital Service—now the United States DOGE Service—has been widely publicized and sanctioned by one of President Donald Trump’s many executive orders. But WIRED reporting shows that Musk’s influence extends even further, and into an even more consequential government agency. Sources within...

Trump’s ‘Gulf Of America’ Order Has Mapmakers Completely Lost

Altogether, around 10 attempts to change the gulf’s name have been reverted over the past week on OpenStreetMap. Several contributors have contended that OSM should wait for common usage in society to change before making an edit to the main name of the gulf. “OSM’s primary goal is to...

How An Indie Studio Got 400-Plus Games Into A $10 Bundle To Help LA Fire Victims

Since January 7, wildfires have been burning their way through Los Angeles. The aftermath is devastating, with over 16,000 homes destroyed, drinking water contaminated, and more than two dozen people killed. As longtime residents attempt to rebuild, relief has come in all forms, from donations made to the American...

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data To China

The final category of information DeepSeek reserves the right to collect is data from other sources. If you create a DeepSeek account using Google or Apple sign-on, for instance, it will receive some information from those companies. Advertisers also share information with DeepSeek, its policies say, and this can...

This New Designer Kitchen Tool Is Just A Stick. So Why Are We Obsessed With It?

Alongside making steel, brass, and wooden sculptures, Richardt has created minimalist designs for more than a decade for Danish design studio Frama: A day bed, a lounge chair, candle holders, a shelving system, a “very minimalist” lamp for the restaurant Noma. Frama passed on Tool One, though, so Richardt...

How To Use Stolen Device Protection On Apple’s IPhone

If a thief ever steals an iPhone out of your bag or even snatches it from your grasp, panic sets in immediately. You also may have a lot more to worry about beyond just the cost of replacing the phone. What if they saw me enter the passcode and...