Sources: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in Washington DC next week to build a “mega API” for accessing all IRS data, with Palantir as a possible partner
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
Sources: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in Washington DC next week to build a “mega API” for accessing all IRS data, with Palantir as a possible partner
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
Current and former FTC staff say the FTC removed 300+ Biden-era business guidance blog posts, including info on AI consumer protection and its Big Tech lawsuits
Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.
President Trump fires the FTC's two Democratic members, threatening the regulatory body's independence in a decision that is likely to face a legal challenge
The decision to fire the two members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent orders the CFPB to stop activities, like rulemaking, communications, and litigation; in November, Musk said to “delete CFPB”
Search by Topic — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside …
Sources: Thomas Shedd, GSA's new Technology Transformation Services director and Elon Musk ally, told GSA workers the agency will pursue an “AI-first strategy”
Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company.”
Meta says it will soon roll back restrictions on Donald Trump's Instagram and Facebook accounts to ensure parity among candidates ahead of the 2024 election
It's making the change to ensure parity among presidential candidates leading up to the 2024 election More on @axios https://www.axios.com/... Forums: r/technology : Exclusive: Met...
Meta says it will soon roll back restrictions on Donald Trump's Instagram and Facebook accounts to ensure parity among candidates ahead of the 2024 election
- While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts …
Slack confirms it is training some of its AI-powered features, but not its generative AI tool, on user content and uploads, with all users opted-in by default
https://slack.com/... What a time to be alive in IT. 🤦♂️ JP Mens / @jpmens@mastodon.social : “Our guiding principle as we build this product is that the privacy and security of ...
President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate passed it by 79-18; the House passed the legislation 360-58 on April 20
The divest-or-ban bill is now law, starting the clock for ByteDance to make its move. The company has an initial nine months …
As “censorship free” social network Parler returns to the iOS App Store, CEO Ryan Rhodes talks new features, moderation, and building “a true open platform”
Shou Chew's answers to hostile questioning did little to calm the bipartisan fury aimed at TikTok, instead giving critics more fuel to insist the US ban the app
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew's appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury directed at the viral video-sharing service.
A recap of TikTok CEO Shou Chew's testimony before Congress, in which he struggled to address national security concerns over ByteDance's ownership of TikTok
“[T]he day was dominated by political grandstanding that failed to acknowledge the real solutions already underway through Project Texas or productively address industry-wide issue...
Sources: Parler's parent company laid off ~75% of its staff and most of its chief executives over the past few weeks, leaving the social app with ~20 employees
Parlement Technologies, the parent company of “censorship-free” social media platform Parler, has laid off a majority of its staff …
Behind the rise of “cozy” games that encourage players to take their time in open worlds devoid of competition and went from niche to video game fixture in 2022
For as long as I had a GameCube, I don't think I ever once beat a game. … It was the one chore needing completion …
Congress leaves out the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act from the US defense spending bill, after intense pushback from industry and advocacy groups
but this version of the legislation was a total trash fire. Good riddance. https://twitter.com/... @evan_greer : BREAKING: Bloomberg, NBC & others reporting that #JCPA is now OUT o...
Elon Musk says Apple threatened to “withhold” Twitter from App Store “but won't tell us why” and calls out Apple's lower Twitter ad spend and alleged censorship
Apple has cut back on its Twitter advertising, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
TikTok expands its political content rules to limit fundraising by politicians and political groups, ahead of a full ban on fundraising
Starting Wednesday, TikTok is expanding its elections rules to make it harder for politicians and political groups to fundraise using the platform — and plans to ban all fundraisin...
Parler restructures as Parlement Technologies after raising a $16M Series B and acquires Dynascale to offer “uncancelable” cloud services for online businesses
oh wait, they have and it ends like you'd expect. https://en.wikipedia.org/... https://twitter.com/... Russell Brandom / @russellbrandom : This makes a lot of sense — Parler has be...
Zuckerberg responds to the mockery of the Horizon Worlds selfie, saying it was taken quickly to celebrate a launch and promises major updates to avatar graphics
Earlier this week was supposed to be a celebratory time for the folks at Meta, as its reality-devouring project Horizon Worlds was now available in more countries.