DOGE’s Misplaced War on Software Licenses
Because agencies sometimes get bulk or government-specific discounts, it can also be more affordable to buy software licenses on behalf of their private contractors. “It’s a...
The SEC Is Abandoning Its Biggest Crypto Lawsuits
In July, on the campaign trail, Trump promised a crowd of bitcoiners that he would fire previous SEC chair Gary Gensler if reelected. “I didn’t know...
Elon Musk Threatens FBI Agents and Air Traffic Controllers With Forced Resignation if They Don’t Respond to an Email
Elon Musk is once again leaving his fingerprints on official communications from the federal government. In an email to staff Saturday afternoon, the Office of Personnel...
What Elon Musk Got Wrong About Why Federal Retirement Is Still Managed out of a Limestone Mine
Along with the Civil Service Commission, other federal agencies, including the National Archives, the Office of Civil Defense (the precursor to the Federal Emergency Management Agency),...
Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government
Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is already rolling out the Twitter...
Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Order Has Mapmakers Completely Lost
Altogether, around 10 attempts to change the gulf’s name have been reverted over the past week on OpenStreetMap. Several contributors have contended that OSM should wait...
Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Internet ‘Monopoly’ You’ve Never Heard Of
US senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and congressman Jerry Nadler of New York have called on government bodies to investigate what they allege is the “predatory...
Trae Stephens Has Built AI Weapons and Worked for Donald Trump. As He Sees It, Jesus Would Approve
When I wrote about Anduril in 2018, the company explicitly said it wouldn’t build lethal weapons. Now you are building fighter planes, underwater drones, and other...
US Sues to Break Up Ticketmaster and Live Nation, Alleging Monopoly Abuse
In the second case, a class action brought in 2022 on behalf of Ticketmaster customers in the US, Live Nation and Ticketmaster were accused of abusing...
TikTok’s Creator Economy Stares Into the Abyss
The US Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that allows the government to ban TikTok within a year if it doesn’t make meaningful progress toward separating...