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Around 40% of DOGE's Cancelled Contracts Is Money That's Already Been Spent

The Department of Government Efficiency’s “Wall of Receipts” is a litany of failure. According to reporting from the Associated Press, a full 40% of the federal contracts won’t save America any money at all. The AP’s report came the same day the Government Accountability Office, a 103-year-old institution, published its own report on the places …

You Should Download Your Kindle E-Books Now, Before It’s Too Late

This week, Amazon is eliminating the “Download & Transfer via USB” option for Kindle users. If you own a vast library and hope to take your reading elsewhere, this may be your last opportunity. Amazon has stated in a note on users’ library management page that, starting Wednesday, Feb. 26, it was eliminating “Download & …

Europe’s New AI Weather Model Is Faster, Smarter, and Free—Here’s What to Know

The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) just launched an AI-powered forecasting model, which the center says outperforms state-of-the-art physics-based models by up to 20%. The model is dubbed the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS). According to an ECMWF release, the new model operates at faster speeds than physics-based models and takes approximately 1,000 …

There Are Too Many Damn Problems With Nvidia's $2,000 RTX 5090

There’s an issue with some of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards, and it’s down to the very components inside the GPU. Nvidia said it has identified a “rare issue” with a small number of RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards that makes them run at a lower performance than they should. …

Why Does This iPhone 17 Air Render Look Like a Google Pixel?

The good people on the Chinese social network Weibo have done it again. A leaked image of CAD renders of the iPhone 17 lineup is making the rounds, and it’s got people eager to see what’s what’s to come from Apple’s flagship lineup. By people, I mean me. From what I’m skimming on Reddit and …

Larry Ellison's $500 Million Vertical Farming Startup Is Struggling to Grow

Larry Ellison is probably best known for being the founder and CEO of Oracle and a close confidant of President Trump. But he’s also spent years quietly building a vertical farming startup. And after a lot of time and nearly $500 million in investment, the company is still struggling to take off, with its early …

It’s a Republic of Shitposters, If We Can Keep It

Lost in the general turmoil of the moment is news that, over the weekend, the President of the United States posted a Spongebob Squarepants meme. CNN reported it as part of its coverage of the email Elon Musk had sent out to all federal employees demanding to know what they were up to. We live …

IRS Employees Told They Must Respond to Musk's Bizarre Email by Midnight

Federal workers at the U.S. Treasury, which includes the IRS, received an email Monday signed by a former Heritage Foundation analyst instructing them to answer Elon Musk’s bizarre email demanding to know what they’ve been working on. The deadline for responding is midnight tonight, and workers at several agencies have been told not to respond, …

Trump Sucks Elon Musk's Toes in AI Video Played on Federal Agency TVs

We might never get the alleged Donald Trump pee tape, but thanks to generative AI and someone with access to displays in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), we now have the feet tape. An AI-generated video depicting Donald Trump absolutely smothering Elon Musk’s weird feet with his whole mouth with a text …

Analysts Notice Microsoft Quietly Cancelling Data Center Leases

TD Cowen noticed Microsoft doing something strange on Friday. The Open AI partner and tech giant appeared to be cancelling data center leases. According to the market analysts, this is part of a wider pattern. TD Cowen said Microsoft had an “oversupply” problem. It’s another datapoint that points to Big Tech’s nervousness around its big …

The M4 MacBook Air Could Be Here in a Matter of Weeks

The M4 MacBook Air was as inevitable as the sunrise. Now, a new report claims it’s close to release. It may not be the dawn of any real MacBook Air revitalization. We suspect it could be nearly as powerful as the M4 MacBook Pro, but at the very least, we can all but guarantee that …

The CIA Is De-Woke-ifying Itself

We have good news for all you freedom-loving patriots out there: our long national nightmare is over, the woke mind virus is dying, and the Central Intelligence Agency will no longer suffer under the yoke of oppressive diversity, equity, and inclusion training videos. In short: Trump is saving our country! Yes, the CIA is planning …

DOGE Staffer Known as 'Big Balls' Reportedly the Grandkid of a KGB Spy

Look, sure it’s not ideal that decisions that the federal government is being gutted agency by agency, stripped of purpose, funding, and staffing by Elon Musk and a team of 20-something-year-old edgelords who were sourced from a network of tech bro crypto-fascists and boost the messaging of white nationalists in their free time, but at …

U.S. Government Removing EV Chargers From All Federal Buildings Because They Are "Not Mission Critical"

As part of its continued efforts to own the libs, or get rid of anything President Trump does not like or understand, the General Services Administration is moving to remove electric chargers from all federal properties nationwide. The agency says the hundreds of chargers and estimated 8,000 plugs available for federal workers to charge their …

Minnesota Grad Student Expelled for Allegedly Using AI Is Suing School

Haishan Yang, a Ph.D. student enrolled at the University of Minnesota, was expelled last year for allegedly using artificial intelligence tools to write his essays. He denies the accusations, claiming that his professors are engaged in a “conspiracy” against him, according to local Minneapolis NBC affiliate KARE11, and is suing the school over its decision, …