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What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.

Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language created in part in the 1950s by computing...

The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Leaders...

Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI

Elon Musk today said he has merged X and xAI in a deal that values the social network formerly known as Twitter at $33...

New Windows 11 build makes mandatory Microsoft Account sign-in even more mandatory

Microsoft released a new Windows Insider build of Windows 11 to its experimental Dev Channel today, with a fairly extensive batch of new features...

Trump can’t fire us, FTC Democrats tell court after being ejected from office

Two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission who were fired by President Trump sued him today, saying their removals are "in direct violation...

Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets

Then, the researchers got data on all the speeding tickets issued in Florida and identified the ones belonging to Lyft drivers. The data showed...

After a spacecraft was damaged en route to launch, NASA says it won’t launch

Three weeks ago, NASA revealed that a shipping container protecting a Cygnus spacecraft sustained "damage" while traveling to the launch site in Florida. Built...

Newer Kindles get a work-around for touchscreen page-turning in new software update

All Kindles that get the 5.18.1 update also gain access to new book summaries for "thousands of bestselling English language Kindle books," aiming to...

ESA finally has a commercial launch strategy, but will member states pay?

Open your checkbook, please ESA's governance structure isn't favorable for taking quick action. On one hand, ESA member states approve the agency's budget in...

RFK Jr. claws back $11.4B in CDC funding amid wave of top-level departures

Those departures follow Kevin Griffis, head of the CDC’s office of communications, who left last week; Robin Bailey, the agency’s chief operating officer, left...

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