A man named Vance Boelter allegedly shot and killed Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state representative, and her husband Mark Hortman at their home at some point early Saturday morning while, according to law enforcement, impersonating a police officer. He also allegedly shot state senator John Hoffman and his wife …
Read More »Senators Warn DOGE’s Social Security Administration Work Could Break Benefits
Democratic senators have concerns that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could break the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) tech infrastructure. In a new letter addressed to SSA commissioner Frank Bisignano, senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden say that DOGE’s plans to “hastily upgrade” SSA IT systems could disrupt the …
Read More »A Google Shareholder Is Suing the Company Over the TikTok Ban
Tan, who declined to say whether he personally supports the TikTok ban, believes the central issue is enforcement. “There is a federal law that says the TikTok app should not be on your store, and I can see TikTok is on the app store,” he says of Google. “Congress passed …
Read More »One, Big, Beautiful Breakup | WIRED
Leah Feiger: Well, I mean, because the safer option. This is the richest man in the world and the President of the United States. I would like to believe that there is thought behind any of this. Zoë Schiffer: 100%. Leah Feiger: And that’s exactly what a bunch of these …
Read More »The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. To Make Their Dreams Come True
In one question and answer session hosted on Zoom related to “curing” cancer with chlorine dioxide last week, which was reviewed by WIRED, Grenon told those listening that chlorine dioxide is “growing worldwide.” In another recent online interview, Grenon claimed a member of his church treated a 4-month-old baby with …
Read More »Elon Musk’s Fight With Trump Threatens $48 Billion in Government Contracts
The data show the US is also on the hook for about $14 billion for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service at numerous offices, such as a Department of Interior facility in Nevada. The data could be outdated or include errors, but many of the listed figures line up with press releases …
Read More »‘100% Stupid’: MAGA World Is Cautiously Turning on Elon Musk
Much of the right-wing media ecosystem appeared unsure how to react to the seeming public implosion of the relationship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on Thursday and into Friday morning. Outlets and influencers that typically react savagely to criticism of Trump played the spat more or less down …
Read More »DOGE Is on a Recruiting Spree
The relationship between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump may have publicly erupted this week, but the billionaire’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is currently on a recruiting spree, WIRED has learned. DOGE appears to be reaching out specifically to technologists who have previously worked for the government, even …
Read More »Conspiracy World Thinks the Musk-Trump Breakup Is a ‘Psyop’
The extremely public and increasingly unhinged breakup of Elon Musk and president Donald Trump has caused chaos in DC, forced Silicon Valley executives to pick a side, and wiped more than $150 billion off Tesla’s market cap. But in the conspiracy theory-addicted corners of the internet, the feud between Musk …
Read More »Silicon Valley Is Starting to Pick Sides in Musk and Trump’s Breakup
Some of Trump’s high-profile backers from Silicon Valley mostly stayed mostly quiet during the Trump-Musk flare-up on Thursday or tried to turn attention to other topics, including Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, two tech industry veterans who are also hosts of the enormously popular All In podcast, which has featured friendly …
Read More »