Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave DOGE members access to the system on Friday, which “sends out money on behalf of the entire federal government,” according to The New York Times. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has already written a letter to Bessent expressing concerns about the report, saying “any politically-motivated meddling in them risks severe damage to our country and the economy.”
For the past couple of years, Walgreens has been locked in a legal battle with CoolerX, a startup founded by the pharmacy chain’s former CEO, according to a report from Bloomberg. CoolerX replaced glass refrigerator doors with digital screens inside hundreds of Walgreens stores, but frequent glitches reportedly led Walgreens to attempt to exit its 10-year contract.
However, Bloomberg reports that CoolerX responded with a $200 million lawsuit over breach of contract and “secretly cut the data feeds” to dozens of stores, leading customers unable to see what’s inside of the fridges.
The ecommerce giant will spend $16 billion building the two campuses in Jackson, MS — $6 billion more than what it originally planned to invest, according to state documents seen by Bloomberg. The biggest portion of its spending will go toward servers, fiber-optic cable, and other technology equipment, Bloomberg reports.
Meta, OpenAI, and Elon Musk’s xAI are similarly pouring billions into setting up data centers across the US.
