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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) canceled more than $180 million in contracts over 48 hours, including a nearly $170,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit.”In the past 48 hours, HHS canceled 62 contract [sic] worth $182 million,” The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced in a Friday social media post. “These contracts were entirely for administrative expenses – none touched any healthcare programs. This included terminating a $168,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit at the NIH Museum.”The news comes as DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has continued to outline vast changes in government spending over…
Amazon is set to release its long-awaited – and delayed – Alexa generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) voice service, said three people familiar with the matter, and has scheduled a press event for later this month to preview it.Once released, it would mark the most significant upgrade to the product since its initial introduction accelerated a wave of digital assistants more than a decade ago.Amazon on Wednesday sent press invites to an event to be held on February 26 in New York featuring the head of its devices and services team, Panos Panay. A spokesperson said the event is Alexa-focused, while…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
A former Tesla software engineer is among those recently chosen by Elon Musk for federal positions related to the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and it’s being reported that he is currently looking into the use of AI to identify potential budget cuts. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla software engineer of seven years, as the Director of the Technology Transformation Services (TTS) group at the General Services Administration (via The New York Times). The group includes around 700 engineering professionals picked by Musk, and Shedd has recently told staffers that…
Another Tesla Cybertruck has been registered in Europe, as was confirmed over the weekend by one of the company’s engineers for the unique electric vehicle (EV). On Sunday, Tesla’s Lead Cybertruck Engineer Wes Morrill reposted an image on X of a Cybertruck driving in the Netherlands with a European license plate. The photo, which was originally posted by X user Dénis van Vliet on Saturday, shows the Cybertruck driving on a freeway in Eindhoven, though he also notes that the EV has an Albanian license plate. “First Cybertruck registered in EU, driving in Netherlands? Someone was bound to figure it…
WASHINGTON — NASA expects to continue using electric vans it acquired to transport astronauts to the pad for Artemis missions even though the vehicles’ manufacturer has gone out of business.NASA awarded a contract to Canoo Technologies in 2022 for three Artemis Crew Transportation Vehicles, vans that the agency plans to use to ferry astronauts to the launch pad for Artemis missions. The vans, with a value of nearly $150,000 under the contract, were delivered to NASA in July 2023.Canoo, however, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Jan. 17, citing the inability to secure capital from a Department of Energy loan…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
San Francisco: Elon Musk on Wednesday said his Neuralink startup is “moving on” to a second test patient as its tech for linking brains and computers improves.Musk and members of the Neuralink team fielded questions during an update streamed on X, formerly Twitter, discussing where it is on the path to making its brain implants commonplace.”We’re only just moving now to our second Neuralink patient,” Musk said. “But we hope to have, if things go well, high single digits this year.”Musk’s neurotechnology company in January installed a brain implant in Noland Arbaugh, which the billionaire head of Tesla and X…
The Boring Company (TBC) officially announced Tesla Giga Texas’ upcoming Cybertunel. Elon Musk’s tunneling company announced that Giga Texas’ Cybertunnel will be online by July 2024. TBC’s Prufrock 3 broke ground at Tesla Texas headquarters recently after months of preparations and weeks of tunneling. In January, the company’s latest tunnel boring machine (TBM), Prufrock 3, was first spotted near Tesla’s Giga Texas. Prufrock-3 has emerged in the @Tesla Giga Texas expansion! Cybertunnel will be online in July. pic.twitter.com/5Q9t4IGzxp— The Boring Company (@boringcompany) June 9, 2024 It took some time for The Boring Company to assemble Prufrock 3, but once it…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Dogecoin (DOGE) is gaining momentum as bullish pressure strengthens, positioning the price for a potential move toward the $0.2677 mark. After facing recent turbulence, buyers are stepping in to reclaim control, signaling a possible shift in market sentiment. This renewed push comes as Dogecoin finds stability above key support levels, allowing bulls to build upward pressure and challenge higher resistance zones. The growing optimism surrounding Dogecoin is driven by increasing trading volume and improved market conditions, which could fuel an extended rally. If the price continues to climb and breaks through critical resistance…