Byron Tau

  • FILE – Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)Politics

    Two of Elon Musk’s top DOGE hires are a married couple who worked at X and lived at Twitter’s HQ with their infant child

    By Byron Tau, Joshua Goodman, and others
  • Elon Musk wields a chainsaw on stagePolitics

    21 tech staffers quit from DOGE en masse, warning Elon Musk’s hires are political idealogues without the necessary skills or experience

    By Brian Slodysko, Byron Tau, and others
  • People protest during a rally against Elon Musk outside the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    Judge temporarily blocks Elon Musk plan offering incentives for federal workers to quit

    By Chris Megerian, Collin Binkley, and others
  • People protest during a rally against Elon Musk outside the Treasury Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    Federal workers ask whether Musk buyout deal is real or a trick as deadline approaches

    By Chris Megerian, Collin Binkley, and others
  • FILE – The smartphone app DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)Tech

    DeepSeek could send sensitive user information to Chinese state-owned telecoms company, researchers warn

    By Byron Tau and The Associated Press