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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that his team has located $20 billion in tax dollars that the Biden administration purposely wasted.”An extremely disturbing video circulated two months ago, featuring a Biden EPA political appointee talking about how they were ‘tossing gold bars off the Titanic,’ rushing to get billions of your tax dollars out the door before Inauguration Day,” Zeldin said in a video posted to X, citing another video from December. “The ‘gold bars’ were tax dollars and ‘tossing them off the Titanic’ meant the Biden administration knew they were wasting it.”Zeldin said the…

Over a year ago, Apple removed its ads from X after Elon Musk backed a series of antisemitic posts from far-right users on the social media platform. Around the same time, a new report found that ads from companies such as Apple were being served on pro-Nazi content on X.However, since November 2023, when Apple stopped advertising on Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, a lot has happened. Namely, Donald Trump was elected president once again, and this time, Musk is essentially operating as his right-hand man.Now, roughly 15 months after Apple halted its ad spend on X, Apple has returned to…

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Tesla is still dealing with Supercharger theft and vandalism at various locations, and it is starting to use some pretty interesting techniques to combat it. Yesterday, we reported on a few techniques it is using at a Supercharger in Seattle, Washington. Tesla is wrapping its Supercharger cables in a new material that is tougher to cut through. Credit: u/1FrostySlime In addition to that, it is also equipping the wrapping with ink packs, which will explode on the perpetrator and make it easy for police to identify a suspect. https://t.co/uJ9z9evFkh — TESLARATI (@Teslarati) February 12, 2025 This is just what we…

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin is laying off 10% of its workforce, or more than 1,000 employees, citing the need to restructure the company and reduce bureaucracy.Dave Limp, chief executive of Blue Origin, notified employees Feb. 13 the layoffs, which he said would be spread across the company, including management.“We grew and hired incredibly fast in the last few years, and with that growth came more bureaucracy and less focus than we needed,” he wrote in an email to employees obtained by SpaceNews, sent after a meeting where he announced the layoffs.“It also became clear that the makeup of our organization…

Este artículo también está disponible en español. As large companies increase their engagement in the cryptocurrency sector, the Cardano ecology is changing dramatically. According to recent data, wallets holding over a million ADA have been rapidly growing since November 2023, amassing an additional 1.41 billion ADA tokens. This significant accumulation, which accounts for 2.35% of Cardano’s total supply, conveys a clear statement about the project’s institutional support. Related Reading Cardano: Whale Activities Signal Market Confidence Whale movements have had nothing less than a remarkable outcome: Santiment’s research reveals a solid 107% price increase since these wallets started their accumulation spree.…

Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays by Natalie Moore | Mission Operations Specialist | MSSS Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 20, 2024 Welcome to the 2024 holiday plan for Curiosity! This year we’re spanning 14 sols to last us through the Earth new year. And this is my fourth year operating Mastcam during the holidays (throwback to 2023 Marsmas!). I already knew to expect a long day, so I got my lunch prepared – blew Mars a kiss in the pre-dawn sky – and headed to work at 0600 Pacific time to start planning prep.…

The CVS pharmacy logo is displayed on a sign above a CVS Health Corp. store in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 7, 2024.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesAfter a dismal 2024, CVS Health could be starting to turn itself around. Some investors seem convinced, especially after the retail drugstore chain on Wednesday posted a big beat on fourth-quarter earnings and a 2025 profit outlook that was in line with expectations. Shares of CVS are now up more than 45% for the year, unlike the company’s main retail pharmacy rival Walgreens, whose stock is up nearly 3%. Shares of other insurers…

Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company. “If OpenAI, Inc.’s Board is prepared to preserve the charity’s mission and stipulate to take the ‘for sale’ sign off its assets by halting its conversion, Musk will withdraw the bid,” lawyers for the billionaire said in a filing to a California court on Wednesday. “Otherwise, the charity must be compensated by what an arms-length buyer will pay for its assets.” Musk and a group of investors made their offer earlier…

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the cancellation of at least 58 contracts on Wednesday, resulting in more than $150 million in savings for the American taxpayer.In a Wednesday evening post on X, the agency headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk said the contracts canceled fell under the media, DEI and consulting categories at various agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation.”58 cancellations with savings of >$150M in categories including Media, DEI, and Consulting. This includes $405K at DHS for ‘resilience, energy, and sustainability management program support services’ and ~4M at DoT for ‘DEIA…