08 Feb The Best Samsung Galaxy S25 Cases and Accessories (2025), Tested and Reviewed You just spent a lot of money on a new Samsung phone. Keep it safe with these cases and screen protectors.
08 Feb ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.
08 Feb Trump’s FBI Pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock from Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director told senators he has no plans to divest his shares, which his financial disclosure form says were received in exchange for consulting services.
07 Feb Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi The chatbot is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.
07 Feb E3’s Organizers Are Back With a New Event. This Time, Doctors Are Invited Too The days of trailers and demos are done as the ESA broadens its horizons. The newly minted “iicon” conference will bring together the many industries impacted by video games, from Hollywood to health care.
07 Feb The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.
06 Feb NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’ An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”
06 Feb US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China Consumers and small businesses are already feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, which eliminated a key trade exemption for parcels worth less than $800.
06 Feb This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force access to all of the agency’s Google sites by the end of business on Wednesday.
05 Feb State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to abruptly leave their posts.
