Fertnig | E+ | Getty Images If you receive more Social Security benefits than you are owed, you may face a 100% default withholding rate from your monthly checks once a new policy goes into effect. The change announced last week by the Social Security Administration marks a reversal from a 10% default withholding rate […]
Elon Musk’s X suffers multiple outages
Elon Musk’s social media platform X experienced several outages on Monday, leaving some users unable to load the site. Nearly 40,000 users reported problems with the platform around 10 a.m. ET, according to the analytics platform Downdetector, which gathers data from users who spot glitches and report them to the service. Around 28,000 people were […]
‘Another Simple Favor’ director addresses Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick feud
As rumors of a feud between Blake Lively and her “Another Simple Favor” co-star Anna Kendrick continue to circulate online after the duo’s appearance at the South By Southwest film festival over the weekend, the movie’s director is addressing the elephant in the room. On March 7, social media personality Melanie King speculated that Lively […]
DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has deployed a proprietary chatbot called GSAi to 1,500 federal workers at the General Services Administration, WIRED has confirmed. The move to automate tasks previously done by humans comes as DOGE continues its purge of the federal workforce. GSAi is meant to support “general” tasks, similar to commercial […]
What Canada’s new Liberal PM Mark Carney means for crypto
Mark Carney, a Canadian economist and now Prime Minister-designate, is already under the microscope for his previous remarks regarding cryptocurrency. Carney, who replaced former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, took a measured and critical approach to cryptocurrencies, namely Bitcoin (BTC), in a 2018 speech he made at the Bank of England. He also shared concerns over […]