Billionaire Elon Musk’s effort to rid the government of purported “waste and fraud” has been a dismal failure. With his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, the richest man in the world has done little to actually save money, cutting his ambitions from an originally promised $2 trillion in savings to a mere $150 billion earlier… Continue reading Elon Musk Accidentally Wasted a Vast Sum of Taxpayer Money Due to His Staggering Incompetence
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Katy Perry Struggling to Sell Tickets After Disastrous Rocket Launch
The hits just keep coming for pop star Katy Perry, who’s struggling in the wake of her cringey Blue Origin space trip to get audiences to shell out for her tour. When perusing Ticketmaster seat maps for Perry’s “Lifetimes” tour, which kicked off this week in Mexico City and will come to the US in… Continue reading Katy Perry Struggling to Sell Tickets After Disastrous Rocket Launch
Trump Is Learning a Hard Lesson About China
Three weeks out from “liberation day” — when Donald Trump announced severe tariffs on US allies and adversaries alike — the president is reeling from a hard lesson about the global economy in 2025: that China, not the United States, is holding the leash on international trade. After a series of confusing financial escalations and… Continue reading Trump Is Learning a Hard Lesson About China
Elon Musk Has Reportedly Cut Off a Bunch of People From Their Rightful Social Security
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency is cutting off Americans from the Social Security benefits they’re supposed to be receiving by writing them off as dead — even though they’re very much among the living, the Daily Beast reports. “We have people who did not receive benefits come in every day with their ID… Continue reading Elon Musk Has Reportedly Cut Off a Bunch of People From Their Rightful Social Security
Hot Take Argues Why You Should Say Please and Thank You to ChatGPT
After OpenAI CEO Sam Altman bemoaned the massive additional costs of people saying “please” and “thank you” to ChatGPT, one New York Times reporter is making the case that it’s worth the price. In a new piece, NYT culture writer Sopan Deb acknowledged that the financial and environmental toll of those additional few words can be… Continue reading Hot Take Argues Why You Should Say Please and Thank You to ChatGPT
Elon Musk’s DOGE Has Been a Dismal Failure
It may have felt like a whole lot longer, but we’re less than 100 days into billionaire Elon Musk’s grand experiment of trying to shave trillions of dollars from the United States government’s budget. And judging by the absolute chaos that has unfurled, his Department of Government Efficiency experiment has been nothing short of a… Continue reading Elon Musk’s DOGE Has Been a Dismal Failure
Elon Musk Has a Huge Problem With His Republican Fans: They’re Ditching Their Teslas
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s well-documented shift to the far right has proven disastrous for the carmaker’s brand. On Tuesday, the company revealed that its net income had plummeted by an astonishing 71 percent. Sales have plummeted across the globe as consumers are becoming wary of being associated with the highly divisive personality. And as The… Continue reading Elon Musk Has a Huge Problem With His Republican Fans: They’re Ditching Their Teslas
OpenAI Trying to Buy Chrome So It Can Ingest Your Entire Online Life to Train AI
The government is looking to break up Google’s monopoly over the internet — and OpenAI is ready to swoop in. As Ars Technica reports, OpenAI product head Nick Turley affirmed in the Justice Department’s landmark antitrust case against Google that his employer would, if given the chance, purchase the search giant’s flagship internet browser, Chrome.… Continue reading OpenAI Trying to Buy Chrome So It Can Ingest Your Entire Online Life to Train AI
Billy From Fyre Fest Says He Just Can’t Do it Anymore
Shocking absolutely nobody, the followup to Fyre Fest — the 2017 festival that crashed and burned so hard that it became a metaphor for failed ventures — has turned into an epic dumpster fire as well. The cursed sequel was originally supposed to take place in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in late May. Then last… Continue reading Billy From Fyre Fest Says He Just Can’t Do it Anymore
Elon Musk May Not Be Able to Save Tesla
During a catastrophic earnings call on Tuesday, Tesla revealed that its net income had plummeted by an astonishing 71 percent since the first quarter of last year. To calm the storm, CEO Elon Musk pledged that he’d be pulling back from his side gig of gutting the government to refocus on his EV maker. The… Continue reading Elon Musk May Not Be Able to Save Tesla