Trump signs an EO creating the National Design Studio to improve “websites and physical sites”; sources say he's tapping Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to lead it
Powell's last speech: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to give … Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : Florida man orders beautification of America after gold-plating the White House Mallory Wi...
Similarweb: UK traffic fell 47% for Pornhub, 47% for XVideos, and 39% for xHamster from July 24, the day before age verification rules took effect, to August 8
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Duolingo's “AI-first” announcement highlights the unfolding AI jobs crisis, with attrition in creative fields, hiring cuts, declining freelance incomes, more
On Monday, April 29th, Luis von Ahn, the billionaire CEO of the popular language learning app Duolingo … Bluesky: @bcmerchant , @bcmerchant , and @bcmerchant Mastodon: @MissConstrue@mefi.social , @eli...
How Elon Musk targeted 18F, as former employees say the GSA group focused on increasing bureaucratic efficiency through tech, similar to what DOGE claims to do
Rightwing campaign propelled by tech billionaire accuses General Services Administration's 18F of being a far-left cell Bluesky: @montgomery , @angelacolter , @ronbronson.com , @metacurity.com , and @...
The US GSA eliminates 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their tech, including the IRS' Direct File, impacting about 90 employees
The General Services Administration deleted 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their technology, early Saturday morning.
Elon Musk's goal seems to amount to a coup over the US administrative state; Musk said the 18F Direct File tax program was “deleted”, but that may not be true
Elon Musk has an uncanny ability to sort out which of America's rules are real.
Sources: PayPal is closing its San Francisco office, which houses its Xoom unit, as it evaluates its global footprint; staff from the office will work virtually
Good morning! People are skeptical of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover … Jordan Parker Erb / Insider : 10 Things in Tech: Earnings week woes ABC7 : PayPal to shut down San Francisco office starting June ...
Profile of Corey Quinn, a “cloud economist” who consults for AWS clients like WaPo and Epic on cloud computing costs and often lampoons Amazon on Twitter
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VAMS, a CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M to manage rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, has been abandoned by states due to bugs and problems
mission comes second, profit comes first. And that comes at a cost: vaccines delayed, loved ones lost. https://twitter.com/... Lawrence Mower / @lmower3 : Unreliable registration, problems that lock s...
Gov IT vendors air grievances to Congress about White House's 18F and USDS over opacity, recommend pausing 18F's integration into new gov modernization efforts
Tech lobbying groups are looking for more transparency from 18F, the group working to increase competition and decrease the costs of high-profile tech projects.