The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
The establishment of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) relied on a recruitment campaign carried out, in part, by young software engineers fanning out across online chat groups and Discord servers, according to three sources and chat logs…
Trump ends legal battle over Twitter ban
President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the company formerly known as Twitter appears to be over. Trump sued the social media platform for banning him in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, when Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. While a…
iOS 18.3.1 Release Expected Within the Next Few Weeks
The first incremental update to Apple’s iOS 18.3 may drop next week, both 9to5Mac and MacRumors predict. Both sites monitor the devices used by their visitors to track waves of updates. It’s normal for Apple to release minor fixes after…
‘Football Manager 25’ canceled not long before it was supposed to come out
American football is on everyone’s minds right now thanks to the impending Super Bowl, but fascinating things are afoot in the world of association football, too. According to a statement released by game developer Sports Interactive, Football Manager 25 will…
8 Best Water Leak Detectors (2025), Tested and Reviewed
First Alert L1 Wi-Fi Water Leak and Freeze Detector Photograph: Simon Hill Other Leak Detectors We Like First Alert L1 Wi-Fi Water Leak and Freeze Detector for $62: This large flood sensor, branded First Alert, works with First Alert or…
Autodesk CTO Raji Arasu calls for diversity in the teams building AI
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. Raji Arasu, the CTO of Autodesk,…
Top Cloud Storage Providers in 2025
Cloud storage services are designed to address a variety of data-related needs. Whether it’s accessing files from multiple devices, backing up and restoring your important data, or sharing files across teams for work — utilizing a cloud storage solution is…
NYT Strands hints, answers for February 8
If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters —…
ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have seized control of a number of federal computer systems that house data tightly restricted under federal statutes. In…
Anthropic CEO says DeepSeek was ‘the worst’ on a critical bioweapons data safety test
Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei is worried about competitor DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company that took Silicon Valley by storm with its R1 model. And his concerns could be more serious than the typical ones raised about DeepSeek sending user data…
