Trump administration opens the door to politicize government tech executives

The Trump administration is asking agencies to convert the government’s top tech positions from titles reserved for career feds to roles that political appointees can occupy. The Office of Personnel Management sent out a memo on Tuesday recommending that agencies redesignate any chief information officer positions reserved for career senior executive service employees to SES…

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Inside El Salvador's mega-prison where president has offered to hold ‘dangerous’ US citizens and criminal migrants – New York Post

Inside El Salvador’s mega-prison where president has offered to hold ‘dangerous’ US citizens and criminal migrants  New York Post El Salvador offers to house violent US criminals and deportees of any nationality in unprecedented deal  CNN Rubio touts Bukele’s offer to jail U.S. citizens in El Salvador — but it’s mostly illegal  NBC News Trump says he’d deport…

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Trump tariffs may raise avocado costs

Boxes of avocados are seen at the Central de Abastos market in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on Jan. 31, 2025. Ulises Ruiz | Afp | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday that it does not expect costs to rise much if tariffs on key imported ingredients go into effect next month, noting that only…

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Trump proposes permanent displacement of Gazans – POLITICO

Trump proposes permanent displacement of Gazans  POLITICO US officials defend Trump’s call to relocate Gazans from ‘uninhabitable plot of land’  The Times of Israel Will Trump and Witkoff Fall Into the Same Trap That Netanyahu Set for Biden?  Haaretz ‘Unfair’ to tell Palestinians they’ll return to Gaza in 5 years, US Adviser  Al Jazeera English Waltz, Witkoff discuss Gaza…

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AWS, Microsoft, Google, Others Make DeepSeek-R1 AI Model Available on Their Platforms — Campus Technology

AWS, Microsoft, Google, Others Make DeepSeek-R1 AI Model Available on Their Platforms — Campus Technology

AWS, Microsoft, Google, Others Make DeepSeek-R1 AI Model Available on Their Platforms By John K. Waters 02/04/25 Leading cloud service providers are now making the open source DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model available on their platforms. The Chinese startup generated intense interest for its ability to leverage more efficient processing and reduce compute resource consumption, which…

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