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The story of DOGE, as told by federal workers

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09.25.25

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Meta Platforms, seeking to turn its burgeoning smart glasses into a must-have product unveiled its first version with a built-in screen. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

BUSINESS

Meta Poaches OpenAI Scientist to Help Lead AI Lab

BY ZOË SCHIFFER AND JULIA BLACK | 1-MINUTE READ

Yang Song, who previously led the strategic explorations team at OpenAI, is the new ‘research principal’ of Meta Superintelligence Labs.

Cofounders of Modular, Chris Lattner, CEO, and Tim Davis, President.

BUSINESS

A Former Apple Luminary Sets Out to Create the Ultimate GPU Software

BY LAUREN GOODE | 4-MINUTE READ

Demand for AI chips is booming—and so is the need for software to run them. Chris Lattner’s startup Modular just raised $250 million to build the best developer tools for AI hardware.

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

BY ZOË SCHIFFER, LEAH FEIGER, VITTORIA ELLIOTT, MAKENA KELLY, KATE KNIBBS, DAVID GILBERT, MOLLY TAFT, AARIAN MARSHALL, PARESH DAVE, AND JAKE LAHUT | 17-MINUTE READ

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

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POLITICS

Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details

BY MAKENA KELLY AND VITTORIA ELLIOTT | 6-MINUTE READ

A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists.

Collage of Larry Ellison and Donald Trump within the shape of god's and Adam's hands from %22The Creation of Adam%22

POLITICS

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America

BY JAKE LAHUT | 7-MINUTE READ

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

Jeffrey Epstein, Cloaks, Paperwork, and Office

CULTURE

The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary

BY MANISHA KRISHNAN | 3-MINUTE READ

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.

A photo illustration depicting a robot dog with a chainsaw juxtaposed in front of its legs.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

This AI-Powered Robot Keeps Going Even if You Attack It With a Chainsaw

BY WILL KNIGHT | 2-MINUTE READ

A single AI model trained to control numerous robotic bodies can operate unfamiliar hardware and adapt eerily well to serious injuries.

CRYPTOCURRENCY

Memecoins Are Coming to the Stock Market

BY JOEL KHALILI | 4-MINUTE READ

For the first time, US residents can now invest in memecoins through traditional brokerages. Trading will only get stranger from here.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Google’s Conversational Photo Editor Is the Rare AI Feature People Will Actually Use

BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU | 5-MINUTE READ

Google’s tool greatly simplifies photo editing; just tell your phone what changes you want in the photo, and it'll execute them. It also hints at the coming leap in how we interact with computers.