Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management

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  Elon Musk Tells Friends He’s Sleeping at the DOGE Offices in DC

  In a move straight out of the Twitter and Tesla playbook, Elon Musk is apparently camping out just steps away from the White House.
  
  Wired - 9h
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  Inside Elon Musk’s growing influence as Trump takes office again

  Elon Musk, who is routinely praised by Donald Trump, has growing influence in Washington as he pledges to cut the annual federal budget as part of his role in the Department of Government ...
  
  NBC News - Jan. 20

• Moon over Mars? Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk’s space dream.

  The Trump ally wants the U.S. to forgo the lunar surface for the red planet. He faces one problem: Congress.
  
  Politico - Jan. 13
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  Canada’s election is about to have an Elon Musk problem with Trudeau’s exit

  The world’s richest man looks to move Canada to the right as the beleaguered prime minister prepares to depart. The decision by the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau , this week to resign ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 12
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  EU Commission urged to act over Elon Musk’s ‘interference’ in elections

  MEPs say enforcement of Digital Services Acts has been ‘too slow’, as Musk plans livestream with German far-right politician. The EU executive has been too slow in enforcing a major law intended to ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 8
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  Is Elon a Musk-Have for Nigel Farage?

  Reform’s former communications director is on
  
  BBC News - Jan. 5

More from Wired

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  Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA

  Bringing forward the return of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would leave just a single astronaut operating the US portion of the International Space Station.
  
  Wired - 5h
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  Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data

  China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.
  
  Wired - 7h
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  Elon Musk Tells Friends He’s Sleeping at the DOGE Offices in DC

  In a move straight out of the Twitter and Tesla playbook, Elon Musk is apparently camping out just steps away from the White House.
  
  Wired - 9h
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  Federal Spending Freeze Threatens Ecosystems and Public Safety

  A White House memo ordered a halt to federal assistance and a review to align spending with Donald Trump’s priorities. Many legal experts say the order is unconstitutional.
  
  Wired - 11h
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  Review: Mammut Crag IN Jacket

  Thanks to a unique recycling process, the secret to this high-performance puffer is repurposed climbing kit.
  
  Wired - 12h

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  DeepSeek helps speed up threat detection while raising national security concerns

  DeepSeek and its R1 model aren't wasting any time rewriting the rules of cybersecurity AI in real-time. Enterprises can't ignore this risk.
  
  VentureBeat - 3h
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  Dario Amodei challenges DeepSeek’s $6 million AI narrative: What Anthropic thinks about China’s latest AI move

  Amodei says the breakthrough actually cost billions, emphasizing that AI development remains resource-intensive despite engineering gains.
  
  VentureBeat - 4h
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  Pig API: Give your AI agents a virtual desktop to automate Windows apps

  How PigAPI enables AI agents to interact directly with graphical user interfaces (GUIs) within virtual Windows desktops hosted in the cloud.
  
  VentureBeat - 4h
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  Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA

  Bringing forward the return of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would leave just a single astronaut operating the US portion of the International Space Station.
  
  Wired - 5h
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  Game Pass "Doesn't Hurt Game Companies," Says Doom Co-Creator

  There's an ongoing debate as to whether Microsoft's Game Pass hurts or helps sales of titles that are available on the service. But as far as id Software co-founder and Doom co-creator John Romero ...
  
  GameSpot - 5h