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How Trump 'first buddy' Elon Musk fell out with the UK – POLITICO.eu

Keir Starmer may be rueing the British government’s decision to snub the X owner now that he’s joining Donald Trump’s top team.
LONDON — Keir Starmer has managed to play nice with Donald Trump so far. But the British prime minister may have less luck with Elon Musk.
The world’s richest man has already landed a key role in the U.S. president-elect’s administration — asked to lead a government efficiency drive, attending transition meetings, and even playing golf […]
How Trump 'first buddy' Elon Musk fell out with the UK – POLITICO.eu

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Elon Musk is a showman, not an accountant | CNN Business

It’s important, in any political environment, to triage the things you’re freaking out about.

Allow me, as someone whose livelihood depends on chronicling the goings-on of megalomaniacal billionaires, to offer some guidance:

Donald Trump asking Elon Musk to oversee a made-up government “department” named after a crypto token that’s based on a 14-year-old Shiba Inu meme might be concern No. 874 out of 1,000 on a list of things keeping me […]
Elon Musk is a showman, not an accountant | CNN Business

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Artificial intelligence opening doors for people with disabilities – WCVB

AI-powered phone apps, self-driving vehicles and wearable tech are expanding accessibility for all
AI-powered phone apps, self-driving vehicles and wearable tech are expanding accessibility for all
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AI-powered phone apps, self-driving vehicles and wearable tech are expanding accessibility for all
Artificial intelligence is helping to expand access to technology for the disabled community.
“For a long time, it was, ‘The poor […]
Artificial intelligence opening doors for people with disabilities – WCVB

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Doge price: Dogecoin cyrpto value soars after Trump's Musk news – USA Today

Dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency often associated with Elon Musk, soared in value after President-elect Donald Trump greenlit the tech billionaire’s ideas for a new executive department by a similar name.
Trump announced Musk, the world’s richest person according to Forbes, will lead the new Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire who ran against Trump in the Republican primary but dropped out to endorse him. Both were adamant supporters of the […]
Doge price: Dogecoin cyrpto value soars after Trump's Musk news – USA Today

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Elon Musk 'Leaderboard' of Government Spending Is Savvy Marketing – Business Insider

Elon Musk wants to gamify the act of slashing government spending — and experts said it’s a savvy strategy to get people to pay attention to a dry subject.
The Tesla CEO said this week that he plans to post a public “leaderboard for the most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars.”
“This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining,” Musk posted, along with a promise to let the public weigh in on specific potential cuts.
Musk would create the leaderboard as part of a new […]
Elon Musk 'Leaderboard' of Government Spending Is Savvy Marketing – Business Insider

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Elon Musk has turned X into a globally influential media platform – and there's more to come

Professor of Data Science; Director, Adelaide Data Science Centre, University of Adelaide

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Elon Musk has turned X into a globally influential media platform – and there's more to come

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What would 'government efficiency' look like if Elon Musk gets his way? – Los Angeles Times

President-elect Donald Trump has given two wealthy entrepreneurs a mission that has eluded many other occupants of the White House: Make the U.S. government smaller and more efficient.
No one knows much about how Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy plan to accomplish that task, only that they and the president they will serve want big reforms not beholden to precedent.
In naming the space and electric car tycoon and the healthcare entrepreneur to head a new Department of Government Efficiency, Trump […]
What would 'government efficiency' look like if Elon Musk gets his way? – Los Angeles Times

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FinCEN Issues Alert on Fraud Schemes Involving Deepfake Media Targeting Financial Institutions

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert to help financial institutions identify fraud schemes associated with the use of deepfake media created with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools. The alert explains typologies associated with these schemes, provides red flag indicators to assist with identifying and reporting related suspicious activity, and reminds financial institutions of their reporting […]
FinCEN Issues Alert on Fraud Schemes Involving Deepfake Media Targeting Financial Institutions

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Trump taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to head 'Dept. of Government Efficiency' | Globalnews.ca

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” — which is not, despite the name, a government agency.
The acronym “DOGE” is a nod to Musk’s favourite cryptocurrency, dogecoin. Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House “advice and guidance” and will partner with the Office of Management and […]
Trump taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to head 'Dept. of Government Efficiency' | Globalnews.ca