Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), described his role at President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, calling himself a “humble tech support,” as his agency has been at the center of controversy over mass firings and a sweeping email directive to federal employees.When President Trump asked Elon Musk to … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday heaped praise for tech billionaire Elon Musk as they discussed his leadership of the department of government efficiency (DOGE), space exploration, and their longstanding relationship.In a joint interview with Musk on Fox News, trump praised musk for his intelligence and claimed that he couldn’t have found someone smarter to … Read more
A federal judge rejected an emergency request on Tuesday to stop billionaire Elon Musk and his department of government efficiency (DOGE) from firing federal employees and accessing agency data.This move bolstered US President Donald Trump’s plan to cut government spending, as he called for large-scale reductions across several departments and agencies. Thousands have already lost … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former chief election commissioner (CEC) SY Quraishi dismissed claims that a US agency funded efforts to raise voter turnout in India, calling the reports “baseless” and “malicious.” His response follows an announcement by the US department of government efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, which claimed to have cancelled $21 million in funding … Read more
Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Donald Trump administration on Sunday announced a series of expenditure cuts including the cancellation of $21 million intended for “voter turnout in India.”Sharing a post on X, the official DOGE handle outlined the list stating that, “US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the … Read more
The TOI correspondent from Washington: With backing from President Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance, Government Efficiency major-domo Elon Musk announced on Friday that he is re-hiring a young DOGE staffer who resigned earlier this week after being outed for racist social media posts that trashed interracial marriages, derided Indians H1B workers, and sought to … Read more
Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) is facing another controversy. This time over the resignation of a staff member. Marko Elez, a member of Elon Musk‘s DOGE team has reportedly resigned after racist social media posts linked to him surfaced. The controversy emerged when archived posts from a now-deleted Twitter account, believed to be … Read more
Luke Farritor isn’t your run-of-the-mill tech wunderkind; he’s the audacious young maestro orchestrating a symphony of silicon, code, and sheer brilliance. In 2024, he catapulted into the limelight by doing something that had stumped historians for centuries—deciphering a 2,000-year-old charred papyrus scroll from Herculaneum using artificial intelligence. Picture this: an ancient relic, blackened by the … Read more