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DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover

Christopher Sweet, an affiliate of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, requested college credit for his time in government, according to new documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Democracy Forward, a nonprofit legal organization.

Sweet was stationed at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and in emails between Sweet and Scott Langmack, another DOGE affiliate at HUD, it appears that Sweet was looking to frame his work at HUD as an independent study worth three college credits. Sweet joined HUD in the spring of 2025 as an undergraduate college student at the University of Chicago to work on building an AI tool that would crawl through the agency’s rules and regulations and flag them for rescission, or the cancellation of contracts. The tool, called SweetRex, was intended to be rolled out across the federal government.

In an August 26, 2025 email titled “which...

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Automate user-level custom permissions for Amazon Quick | Amazon Web Services

As Amazon Quick environments scale and new AI-powered capabilities expand what users can do, automating user-level custom permissions becomes critical to maintaining the principle of least privilege. To address this, with custom permissions in Quick, you can enforce fine-grained access control by toggling specific features on or off for individual

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Framework is giving some customers a RAM refund

Framework says it found a “limited quantity” of lower-cost RAM for the Laptop 13 Pro that it’s offering to existing preorder customers first. by Stevie Bonifield Sep 9, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things

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Cryptocrook ringleader, 22, who met crew on Minecraft admits role in $245M heist

Stolen funds bought mansions, private jets, and supercars – now he faces up to 20 years The ringleader of a sprawling cybercrime operation has pleaded guilty in the US after helping to steal and launder hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Malone Lam, 22, a Singaporean national and Miami resident,

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UK government says Fujitsu won't use framework places to chase new customers

PUBLIC SECTOR Procurement officials promise to police the scandal-hit supplier's voluntary bidding moratorium The UK government has told MPs that Fujitsu has promised not to pursue contracts with new public sector customers through frameworks potentially worth billions of pounds while its voluntary bidding moratorium remains in place. In

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Automate user-level custom permissions for Amazon Quick | Amazon Web Services

Framework is giving some customers a RAM refund

Cryptocrook ringleader, 22, who met crew on Minecraft admits role in $245M heist

UK government says Fujitsu won't use framework places to chase new customers