On Friday, staff at what was formerly the United States Digital Service and is now part of Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative met with Stephanie Holmes, who identified herself as a part of the DOGE team and as the staff’s new HR representative. Throughout the meeting, which started at noon ET, dozens of USDS employees lobbed
Several government websites have been taken down, including the USAID.gov, ForeignAssistance.gov, NeglectedDiseases.gov, and ChildrenInAdversity.gov. A WIRED analysis of more than 1,000 federal .gov websites found that at least seven sites linked to a USAID server went offline in a two-hour span on Saturday afternoon. On Friday, Reuters reported that word of sites being taken offline
A senior U.S. lawmaker says representatives of Elon Musk were granted “full access” to a U.S. Treasury payments system used to disperse trillions of dollars to Americans each year, and warned that Musk’s access to the system poses a “national security risk.” Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon and ranking member of the
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re looking at DeepSeek’s major boost in the U.S.; Elon Musk admitting he was wrong about FSD; teens losing trust in Big Tech; and more! Let’s do it. DeepSeek went viral this week after its AI models led Wall Street analysts and technologists to question whether the
Growth stocks are companies that investors expect to outperform industry peers or the broader market in earnings, revenue, and share price increases. Unlike more established firms, which may return these profits to shareholders in the form of dividends or use them to buy back stock, growth stocks tend to reinvest these gains in expansion, research
Key Takeaways Uber is set to report fourth-quarter earnings before the bell Wednesday, with revenue projected to have grown year-over-year but profit to have declined. Analysts are bullish on Uber’s stock, with the consensus price target tracked by Visible Alpha above all-time highs. Analysts said that the caution around autonomous vehicles that hurt Uber’s stock
Just this week Warner Brothers announced that it would shut down Multiversus, its platform fighting game featuring characters from a wildly diverse array of movies, shows, and games owned by the media giant. The fifth season of Multiversus will be its last. The game will still be available to play offline, but the servers for
Key Takeaways On Saturday, the White House implemented 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% tariffs on items from China. Economists said these tariffs could raise already stubborn inflation, and consumers could pay more for everyday items. This could be just the first round of tariffs that the Trump administration could implement.
Dividend stocks are shares of companies that distribute a portion of their profits to shareholders on a regular basis in the form of dividends. Dividend payments, typically distributed quarterly, can be a source of passive income for investors and a sign of the continued financial well-being of the distributing company. Key Takeaways Dividend stocks are
Several government websites have been taken down, including the usaid.gov, foreignassistance.gov, neglecteddiseases.gov, and childreninadversity.gov. A WIRED analysis of more than 1,000 federal .gov websites found that at least seven sites linked to a USAID server went offline in a two-hour span on Saturday afternoon. On Friday, Reuters reported that word of sites being taken offline
X is now suing more advertisers in an antitrust lawsuit focusing on what the company’s CEO Linda Yaccarino has claimed is a “systematic illegal boycott.” The company formerly known as Twitter first filed the lawsuit against the World Federation of Advertisers and its brand safety initiative known as the Global Alliance of Responsible Media in
In Brief Posted: 10:38 AM PST · February 1, 2025 Image Credits:Steve Jennings / Getty Images Adobe’s chief strategy officer Scott Belsky announced this week that he will be joining A24, the independent movie studio behind “Civil War,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” and many more titles. Belsky first joined Adobe in 2012 through the