Elon Musk Should Take a Hard Look at One Agency Truly Wasting Taxpayer DollarsThe Department of Agriculture is exactly the kind of dysfunctional behemoth that Elon Musk and DOGE should reform.
How “Severance” Makes a Fetish of the OfficeIn its second season, the show continues to indict the corporate workplace while secretly longing for it.
The Hometown Magic of 2025 Pritzker Prize Winner Liu JiakunProjects in the Chinese city of Chengdu show 2025 Pritzker Prize winner Liu Jiakun’s unique approach to social architecture.
A Great Idea Means Nothing Without the Right Market — Here’s How to Find ItBuilding momentum without an existing user base is hard. But if your business is going to succeed, it has to be done.
The Hollywood Exec Who Proved Speaking Out Can Be Good BusinessThe founding President of Warner Bros. serves as an example of how to a grow business while exercising political savvy.
DOGE wants to lay off the ‘vast majority’ of CFPB workers, employees sayThe Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to fire the “vast majority” of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), agency employees — some using pseudonyms for fear of retaliation — told a federal court in sworn declarations.
Trump-Musk’s Chainsaw Promotes the Same Old Cruel Right-Wing IgnoranceAt the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Elon Musk appeared on stage in oversized sunglasses, a black gothic MAGA hat, a thick gold chain around his neck—and wielding a chainsaw. Ha ha.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to knowAn organization is calling for a national boycott in the form of an "economic blackout" on Friday, urging Americans not to shop for 24 hours.
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damagesBEIJING (AP) — Zhang Yazhou was sitting in the passenger seat of her Tesla Model 3 when she said she heard her father’s panicked voice: The brakes don’t work! Approaching a red light, her father swerved around two cars before plowing into an SUV and a sedan and crashing into a large concrete b
These Are the SpaceX Engineers Already Working Inside the FAAEngineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED.
How the Biggest Crypto Heist in History Went DownOn the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction. His company was moving a large amount of Ether, a popular digital currency, from one account to another.
The Moron FactoryApril 20: Sometimes feel life stinks, everything bad/getting worse, everyone doomed. Then day like today occurs, reminding one that yes, although life stinks, does not always stink to same extent, i.e., variation can occur in extent to which life, from day to day, may stink.
This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking AboutIn the months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, political ethics watchers, an endangered breed, worried about the increasing number of ways in which Donald Trump seemed to be for sale.
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A Chill Sets In for Undocumented Workers, and Those Who Hire ThemThe railroad tracks that slice through downtown Freehold, N.J., used to be lined by dozens of men, waiting for work.