Meet Steve Davis, Elon Musk’s Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE

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Elon Musk declared last month that the federal government was engaged in “utterly insane” activity, claiming without evidence that it had distributed $100 billion to people without Social Security numbers. Two days after Mr. Musk’s comments, one of his key lieutenants, Steve Davis, began pressing the Social Security Administration for information. Mr. Davis called the […]


SoftBank to acquire chip designer Ampere in $6.5 billion deal

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The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025.  Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images SoftBank Group said Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a startup that designed an Arm-based server chip, for $6.5 billion. The Japanese giant expects the deal to close […]


Risking Trump’s Ire, E.U. Accuses Apple and Google of Unfair Practices

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European Union regulators on Wednesday ramped up their efforts to force Apple and Google to change key parts of their businesses, despite potential pushback from the Trump administration over the regulation of American tech companies. The European Commission, the executive branch of the 27-nation bloc, said Apple and Google had violated a law passed in […]


Google-Wiz deal ‘litmus test’ for Trump admin handling of Big Tech

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The Wiz logo on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Seven months ago, Alphabet lost a marquee case against the Biden administration’s Justice Department, which accused the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly in search. Weeks earlier, Google’s pursuit of cybersecurity vendor […]


Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex

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Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is now accessible across the White House campus. It is the latest installation of the Wi-Fi network across the government since Mr. Musk joined the Trump administration as an unpaid adviser. It was not immediately clear when the White House complex was fitted with Starlink […]


Startup Rippling sues competitor Deel, claiming a spy stole sales data

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Co-founder & CEO of Rippling Parker Conrad speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 2022 Kimberly White | TechCrunc | Getty Images Human resources software startup Rippling sued competitor Deel in federal district court on Monday, claiming that “Deel cultivated a spy” to orchestrate a trade-secret theft. The employee […]


How Generative A.I. Complements the MAGA Style

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A man who looks like Musk, only 20 years younger and better rested, eats hummus before another cut to belly dancers with large breasts, shapely hips and full beards. This jarring sequence brings us to the chorus: “Trump Gaza, shining bright/golden future, a brand-new light/feast and dance, the deed is done/Trump Gaza, No. 1.” As […]


The U.S. is falling behind China in nuclear fusion, needed to power AI

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China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. leadership, China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record speed. Often called the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion creates four times more energy per kilogram of fuel […]


Can Trump and Musk Convince More Conservatives to Buy Teslas?

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After climbing into a Tesla Model S last week, President Trump pledged to buy one. The next day, the Fox News host Sean Hannity said he had bought a Model S Plaid to support the embattled company, saying a Tesla “has more American parts in it than any other car made in our country.” In […]


Y Combinator startups are fastest growing in fund history because of AI

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Silicon Valley’s earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence. Startup accelerator Y Combinator — known for backing Airbnb, Dropbox and Stripe — this week held its annual demo day in San Francisco, where founders pitched their startups to an auditorium of potential venture capital investors. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan told […]