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TNB Tech Minute: Musk Ally Resigns From DOGE After Links to Racist X Posts

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus, a U.S. District Judge limits the sharing of sensitive Treasury data amid a dispute over access granted to Elon Musk’s allies. And Amazon shares fall in postmarket trading after the company released its Q4 earnings. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, February 6th. I'm Pierre Bienname for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.3

A U.S. District Judge has signed off on a temporary agreement that limits the sharing of

0:42.7

sensitive treasury data that comes amid a dispute over access granted to Elon Musk's allies

0:47.9

as he and his Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, undertake a sweeping review of government

0:53.4

spending. The agreement allows two people who have been named Treasury employees, Tom Doge, undertake a sweeping review of government spending. The agreement allows two

0:55.4

people who have been named Treasury employees, Tom Krause and Marco Alese, to continue accessing

1:00.7

a payment system containing the personal and financial data of millions of Americans. But it

1:05.8

prohibits them from sharing sensitive treasury data with anyone outside the agency. The judge also limited them to

1:11.8

only reading records and not altering them. And in other news related to Doge, we exclusively report

1:17.8

that Ales has links to a deleted social media account that advocated for racism and eugenics.

1:23.6

The 25-year-old resigned today after the Wall Street Journal asked the White House about his connection to the account.

1:29.5

Alas didn't respond to repeated requests for comment.

1:33.0

And Amazon shares fell in post-market trading after it projected weaker than expected sales in the first quarter.

1:39.1

The company's Q4 revenue was $187.8 billion, slightly above the sum expected, according to

1:46.1

consensus estimates from fact set. This week, President Trump suspended a trade exemption known as

1:51.3

the de minimis provision, which Amazon competitors like Sheehan and Temu have used to avoid import

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