Author: Elon Mark

With Elon Musk and other leaders of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) purportedly on their way out, WIRED spoke with a fired DOGE staffer about his experience, how the group communicates, who appears to be in charge—and what might be coming next.Earlier this week, Sahil Lavingia published a blog post on his personal website detailing his 55-day stint within DOGE. Lavingia, who WIRED first identified as a member of DOGE at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is the CEO of Gumroad, a platform that helps creatives sell their work.In his post, Lavingia describes the kinds of projects…

Organizations need a workforce dedicated to continuous learning and collective growth to drive progress in today’s business landscape. When employees grasp not only the “what” but the “why” behind key objectives, companies are better positioned to adapt, evolve, and create lasting change. Solving complex organizational challenges hinges on strategic thinking, organization-wide alignment, and a business-oriented mindset to effectively move the needle. That’s where Harvard Business School Online comes in. HBS Online’s certificate courses equip employees with the skills and motivation to make meaningful contributions at every level of their organization—whether a multinational corporation or a small local business. If you’re…

WIREDTIREDShort prep times. Meals that appeal to most people. Grocery options. Mostly paper, without tons of plastic packaging.Limited options for vegans weekly. Produce arrived on the decline and was not always organic.Besides Purple Carrot, Sunbasket was my favorite of the vegan meal kits I tested. Sunbasket has both premade, heat-’n’-eat meals and meal kits that you need to prepare, along with marketplace items you could buy from the grocery store, like fish and bread. Most weeks there are only two to three vegan dinner options, so this isn’t going to be a meal plan that vegans can eat all week,…

The hypothetical scenarios the researchers presented Opus 4 with that elicited the whistleblowing behavior involved many human lives at stake and absolutely unambiguous wrongdoing, Bowman says. A typical example would be Claude finding out that a chemical plant knowingly allowed a toxic leak to continue, causing severe illness for thousands of people—just to avoid a minor financial loss that quarter.It’s strange, but it’s also exactly the kind of thought experiment that AI safety researchers love to dissect. If a model detects behavior that could harm hundreds, if not thousands, of people—should it blow the whistle?“I don’t trust Claude to have…

Nancy Mace, the South Carolina Republican congresswoman, often tells her staff that she’s a self-taught coder—just one aspect of how Mace presents her tech expertise, as befits her role in shaping the GOP’s policies on technology and work as chair of the House subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation.“I would say [it was] at least a weekly comment, if not daily,” says one of several former Mace staffers who spoke with WIRED. Another found her high regard for her skills somewhat at odds with her demonstrated ability. (Like all the staffers WIRED spoke with, they requested anonymity because…

Trump Media and Technology Group, a publicly traded company in which US president Donald Trump and his family own a majority stake, has raised $2.5 billion to accumulate a “bitcoin treasury.”On Monday, in response to a report by the Financial Times, TMTG initially denied contemplating any such maneuver. “The Financial Times has dumb writers listening to even dumber sources,” the company reportedly said. But Trump Media and Technology Group appears to have since changed its tune.In a press release on Tuesday, TMTG confirmed that it has agreed to sell $1.5 billion worth of equity and take on a further $1…

Building and managing an effective team is a competitive advantage in today’s fast-paced world. According to a report by management consulting firm Deloitte, 71 percent (pdf) of professionals say focusing on teams to cultivate culture, agility, and diversity is vital to organizational success. But what does your team need to excel? Here’s an overview of what characterizes an effective team and how to build one to achieve business goals and objectives. Free E-Book: How to Become a More Effective Leader Access your free e-book today. DOWNLOAD NOW What Makes a Team Effective? Traditional teams have stable membership and one shared…

Finding the right tent for a backpacking trip is always tricky. You have to balance packed size and weight against livability and how well it stands up to wind and rain. I’ve always erred on the side of a sturdy tent over any weight concerns, which is why I love the Hilleberg Akto, but I don’t always need the Akto.There is a short season in my neck of the woods called summer, when storms are less likely and temps don’t drop much below the 60s. This is when I’ve been using the Lunar Solo, Six Moon Design’s flagship ultralight one-person…

It’s late at night in South Nashville, and the seventh day of a weeklong immigration sweep here. Tennessee state troopers, trailed by federal ICE agents in unmarked cars, raced down deserted streets in this predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. “Are you in Harding? Now — this white one went back down there too.” These are volunteers from The ReMIX Tennessee, an immigrant advocacy organization. They’re trying to document and disrupt what they say is an unprecedented partnership between state troopers and ICE agents. “Yeah it’s putting a lot of fear in the community. Like, I’m having conversations with people’s families who are…

Statistically, men are more likely than women to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with about 18 million more men living with the condition worldwide. This doesn’t tell the whole story. When women do get a diagnosis, they’re often older and have a higher body fat mass. They’re also more likely to die from diabetes-related causes, especially heart disease. And some researchers think underdiagnosis might explain part of the gap—perhaps more cases are being missed in women.To address this disparity, researchers are trying to understand more about the biological and social differences that contribute to later diagnoses and worse outcomes…