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US judge declines to block Elon Musk's DOGE from Labor Department systems
A federal judge on Friday declined to block Elon Musk's government cost-cutting department from accessing the U.S. Department of Labor's systems, an initial setback for the government employee unions resisting his efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy.Reuters
Feb 8, 2025
US judge declines to block Elon Musk's DOGE from Labor Department systems
Feb 7 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday declined to block Elon Musk's government cost-cutting department from accessing the U.S. Department of Labor's systems, an initial setback for the government employee unions resisting his efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy.Reuters
Feb 8, 2025
Trump ends Biden's security clearances, intelligence briefings
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was revoking former President Joe Biden's security clearances and stopping his daily intelligence briefings as there was no need for his predecessor to receive classified information.Reuters
Feb 8, 2025
TikTok to let US Android users download app via kits on its website
TikTok said on Friday it was allowing U.S. Android users to download and connect to the short video app through package kits on its website, in an effort to circumvent restrictions on the popular platform in the country.Reuters
Feb 8, 2025
Affirm soars as strong holiday shopping powers BNPL lender's surprise profit
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Affirm's AFRM.O shares jumped 19.5% on Friday, as a strong holiday shopping season helped the buy now, pay later lender post a surprise quarterly profit and forecast upbeat annual revenue.Reuters
Feb 8, 2025
USDC finally makes full recovery from FTX market crash
USDC, Circle’s once-battered stablecoin, has finally officially pulled off a full recovery from the disaster of FTX’s collapse. Its market cap is back at $56.2 billion, matching what it was before the crypto giant fell apart in November 2022, according to data from CoinMarketCap.Trump says Nippon Steel will invest in US Steel, not buy it
Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel would take the form of an investment instead of a purchase on Friday, even as two sources familiar with the matter said the Japanese steel company had not withdrawn its bid.
Reuters
Feb 8, 2025
Is Dogecoin Massively Undervalued? Analyst Says ‘Now Is The Time’
A newly released video analysis by crypto commentator asif.eth (@asifeth) makes the case that Dogecoin is currently trading at what he calls a heavily undervalued level. He offered an explanation of why he believes the coin’s ongoing correction may have just concluded—a process he interpreted...
Trump says he will announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries next week
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries by Monday or Tuesday of next week, a major escalation of his offensive to tear up and reshape global trade relationships in the U.S.' favor.
US President Trump says Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E will audit the Pentagon
President Donald Trump has unleashed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) on the Pentagon’s $824 billion budget, and honestly, it was about time. The announcement came today during a press conference at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.Cryptopolitan
Feb 8, 2025
Crude grades edge higher as markets worry about tariffs, sanctions
Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. physical crude grades edge marginally higher on Friday, dealers said, as markets worried about tight supplies after new sanctions on Iran's crude exports and threats of tariffs on other countries.
Reuters
Feb 8, 2025
OpenAI reveals “chain of thought” in ChatGPT’s o3-mini model to match DeepSeek’s open-source hype
According to a new announcement by OpenAI, ChatGPT’s o3-mini model now reveals a step-by-step chain of thought. This update comes as OpenAI is facing increasing pressure from rival companies like DeepSeek. Earlier on Thursday, OpenAI announced that the paid and free users of ChatGPT will receive anCryptopolitan
Feb 8, 2025
