Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old who has gone by “Big Balls” online and was one of the first technologists hired as part of DOGE, has resigned
www.wired.com/story/big-ba... Anna Holmes / @annabookwriter : Lol happy trails, Big Balls, this is what happens when you throw your lot in with dudes who famously screw over their contractors [embedde...
Memo: the Trump admin pauses new student visa interviews as it mulls requiring all foreign students applying to study in the US to undergo social media vetting
Social Media Posts Could Block Your Entry Jennifer Hansler / CNN : State Department orders embassies to pause new student visa appointments as it moves to expand social media vetting Ed Morrissey / Ho...
Viral influencer Haliey Welch's Hawk Tuah memecoin sparks outrage across social media after pumping to a $490M market cap and then dumping 90%+ in three hours
A smart mark is still a mark. [embedded post] @kosso.co.uk : Memecoins on Solana are very much designed for young teenagers to spaff all their wallets. — I thought the Binance chain and Ethereum me...
The US could be on the cusp of a chipmaking boom, with 50+ projects announced since the CHIPS Act, but officials worry the industry could face a worker shortage
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times : LinkedIn: Anthony Johnson and Bridget Altenburg Tweets: @congressmanraja , @rweingarten , @nytimesbusiness , and @crampell LinkedIn: Anthony Johnson : The New York Ti...
As schools adopt remote learning or hybrid reopening models, US students face a laptop shortage, particularly of low-cost Chromebooks popular at K-8 schools
American students are facing a shortage of laptops, particularly low-cost Chromebooks popular in K-8 schools … Tweets: @crampell , @samharrelson , and @jessedamiani Tweets: Catherine Rampell / @crampe...
Amazon employees share their views on Amazon's global impact, from climate change to “enabling Palantir and ICE to surveil and separate” families at the border
and in stark defiance of—Amazon's newly updated PR policy discouraging employees from talking about the company's climate policy Here are each of their statements: https://medium.com/... https://twitt...
Interviews with 49 people illuminate Wisconsin's disastrous deal with Foxconn, championed by Trump, that saw $4.5B in promised incentives with little return
all interns —into a room to say they should seek other jobs because there wasn't enough work...” http://www.bloomberg.com/... Catherine Rampell / @crampell : A report from the Wisconsin Legislative Fi...