“Chaos” at state health agencies after US illegally axed grants, lawsuit says
Nearly half of US states sued the federal government and Secretary of Health and Human…
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FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he's keeping an eye on 23andMe's bankruptcy proceeding…
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DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access "to a payroll system that…
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Even Trump may not be able to save Elon Musk from his old tweets
A loss in the investors' and SEC's suits could force Musk to disgorge any ill-gotten…
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France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking
A typical ATT pop-up asks a user whether to allow an app "to track your…
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Big brands are spending small sums on X to stay out of Musk’s crosshairs
According to data from Emarketer, X’s revenue will increase to $2.3 billion this year compared…
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy,…
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.
Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming…
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Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI
Elon Musk today said he has merged X and xAI in a deal that values…
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Ex-FCC chairs from both parties say CBS news distortion investigation is bogus
The Federal Communications Commission's news distortion investigation into CBS drew a public rebuke from a…