The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.

NEW YORK (AP) — X is teaming up with Visa to soon offer a system for real-time payments on the social media platform — signaling some progress in a yearslong vision from billionaire owner Elon Musk to create an “everything app.”

Musk has promised to trim $2 trillion from the federal budget under the helm of the agency, a sum that constitutes more than Congress has in discretionary spending. Doing so would practically defund the entire executive branch, which doles out funding for the military, national security, and all federal agencies.

Trump on Monday signed an executive order to create Elon Musk's DOGE, with a mandate to improve federal IT systems.

In his new book, Against Platforms, technologist Mike Pepi reveals the hidden ideologies of social apps that aligned Silicon Valley with Donald Trump

The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its potential limits, budget experts said.

Trump has embraced the ultra wealthy as well as tariffs and other policies that could stoke the inflation he criticized as a candidate.

US tech giants are preparing to test the EU’s resolve, emboldened by support from the Trump administration. The EU will need to prepare itself for the inevitable clash to safeguard its democratic and

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The former Republican primary foe departs DOGE after his goal of trimming regulations was overtaken by Musk’s priority of cutting expenditures.

When we saw Elon Musk walking into the Twitter head office with a sink a little over two years ago, did we expect things to escalate this quickly? It is sinking in what an existential threat to democracy we

LONDON — Keir Starmer hopes a tight, tech-focused trade deal with Donald Trump could give the British government a much-needed win. But to land it, the British prime minister will have to confront a host of gripes held by U.S. tech billionaires — including Elon Musk — who have made a concerted effort to cozy up to their country’s president.