https://www.scmp.com/rss/522287/feed The Department of Government Efficiency (Doge): a United States-based governmental body, Doge was established by executive order on 20 January 2025, operating from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington under Elon Musk. It is a rebranded iteration of the United States Digital Service, with a stated mission of modernising federal technology, maximising governmental efficiency and productivity, and significantly reducing regulations and spending. Doge has come under criticism for... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration (GSA) has given the employees – who managed government workspaces – until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by Associated Press. Those who accept must report for duty on October 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid holiday, during which time the GSA in some cases racked up high... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326728/trump-administration-recalls-employees-laid-musks-doge-job-cuts-backfire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326728/trump-administration-recalls-employees-laid-musks-doge-job-cuts-backfire?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:12:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters A US appeal court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration's government downsizing team known as the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans. The Virginia-based 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, said the unions were unlikely to prevail on claims that Doge would violate federal privacy laws by accessing data at the US Department of Education, the Treasury Department, and the Office of Personnel... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321630/us-court-says-trumps-doge-team-can-access-sensitive-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321630/us-court-says-trumps-doge-team-can-access-sensitive-data?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:24:51 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Shares of Palantir Technologies sailed past previous record highs on Tuesday after booking its first US$1 billion sales quarter and raising its performance expectations for the year. The stock rose above US$170 on Tuesday after breaking previous records four times this year in the global artificial intelligence race. The previous closing high for the stock was set this week at US$160.66. Since going public in 2020 when it posted a US$1.17 billion annual loss, the artificial intelligence software... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3320889/palantir-books-its-first-us1-billion-quarterly-sales-and-dodges-doge-axe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3320889/palantir-books-its-first-us1-billion-quarterly-sales-and-dodges-doge-axe?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:40:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Donald Trump and Elon Musk reignited their bitter feud on Tuesday, with the US president threatening to deport the tech tycoon and strip federal funds from his businesses for criticising Trump’s flagship spending bill. The world’s richest person was Trump’s biggest political donor in the 2024 election and became his inseparable ally during his first months back in the White House as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). But the SpaceX and Tesla boss is now threatening to turn... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316551/trump-hints-deporting-musk-over-spending-bill-criticism-well-have-take-look?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316551/trump-hints-deporting-musk-over-spending-bill-criticism-well-have-take-look?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:32:03 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two victories on Friday in cases involving the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), including giving it access to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The justices also separately reined in orders seeking transparency at Doge, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk. The court’s conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in the first Supreme Court appeals involving Doge. The three... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313459/us-supreme-court-allows-doge-access-sensitive-social-security-data-millions-americans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313459/us-supreme-court-allows-doge-access-sensitive-social-security-data-millions-americans?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Jun 2025 01:36:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Elon Musk is criticising the centrepiece of US President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, a significant fracture in a partnership that was forged during last year’s campaign and was poised to reshape American politics and the federal government. The billionaire entrepreneur, who supported Trump’s candidacy with at least US$250 million and has worked for his administration as a senior adviser, said he was “disappointed” by what the president calls his “big beautiful bill”. The legislation... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3312180/elon-musk-criticises-trumps-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3312180/elon-musk-criticises-trumps-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 May 2025 14:25:58 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to block court orders requiring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) to turn over documents about its operations to a government watchdog group. The Justice Department’s latest emergency appeal to the high court concerns whether Doge, which has been central to President Donald Trump’s push to remake the government, is a federal agency that is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The administration argues... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3311281/trump-administration-urges-supreme-court-shield-musks-doge-transparency-orders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3311281/trump-administration-urges-supreme-court-shield-musks-doge-transparency-orders?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 May 2025 16:00:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is calling for Australia to follow the US lead by embarking on Donald Trump-style leadership to cut government largesse while boosting defence spending and energy security, as the country heads to the polls this weekend. A vocal Trump supporter who attended the US president’s inauguration party in Mar-a-Lago in January, Rinehart said that rather than “whine” about Trump and his policies, Australia could benefit from a similar approach. “Australia must reduce its... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3308669/ahead-election-gina-rinehart-wants-australia-stop-worrying-about-trump-copy-doge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3308669/ahead-election-gina-rinehart-wants-australia-stop-worrying-about-trump-copy-doge?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 May 2025 07:25:22 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse In Silicon Valley, they talk about “moving fast and breaking things”. In Washington, these days, they call it Elon Musk doing his job. The one thing even Musk, the richest human alive, is not allowed to obtain under the US constitution is the presidency, because he was not born in the United States. But when Donald Trump charged him with downsizing the entire government, Musk scored a good second best. The South African-born 53-year-old’s official title is the nondescript “special government... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307552/after-3-months-doge-chaos-us-elon-musks-political-rocket-ship-may-be-losing-steam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307552/after-3-months-doge-chaos-us-elon-musks-political-rocket-ship-may-be-losing-steam?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Apr 2025 03:52:05 +0000 Reuters Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday he would cut back “significantly” the time he devotes to the Trump administration from next month and spend more time running the electric-vehicle maker. Tesla shares, which had risen 4 per cent in after-hours trading right before an earnings conference call began, spiked to trade up 5.5 per cent on Musk’s comments. The remarks came as deliveries of Tesla’s ageing line-up of cars have nosedived. Investors have sold off the company’s stock, assailed by doubt... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307519/elon-musk-cut-back-work-trump-and-doge-after-tesla-sales-skid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307519/elon-musk-cut-back-work-trump-and-doge-after-tesla-sales-skid?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:03:23 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa As Elon Musk continues to dominate the news, another man close to the billionaire and Doge chief has come into the spotlight: Steve Davis, widely reported to be Musk’s “right-hand man” and “Musk’s top lieutenant”. The 45-year-old has worked with the world’s richest man for more than 20 years, becoming Musk’s go-to for cost-cutting in his various businesses. He has helped his boss gut diversity initiatives and urged workers to resign; he now effectively leads Musk’s Department of Government... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3304685/who-doge-chief-elon-musks-right-hand-man-steve-davis-he-attended-wharton-school-business-trump-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3304685/who-doge-chief-elon-musks-right-hand-man-steve-davis-he-attended-wharton-school-business-trump-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:00:10 +0000 William Zheng William Zheng While Washington continues its drastic cuts to the US civil service and public spending, the Chinese government is doubling down on its own austerity campaign. On Tuesday, People’s Daily, the Communist Party mouthpiece, published a long front-page article recapping an eight-point code of conduct outlined by President Xi Jinping in December 2012. It said Xi had led by example in the decade-long campaign against wasteful government spending and people who only pay lip service to their work. “The... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3304002/china-doubles-down-austerity-not-trump-style-doge-approach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3304002/china-doubles-down-austerity-not-trump-style-doge-approach?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:00:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management. US District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction in a case filed last month by a coalition of trade unions in federal court in Maryland. Led by the American Federation of Teachers, the plaintiffs allege Trump’s administration violated federal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3303687/judge-blocks-musks-doge-accessing-millions-americans-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3303687/judge-blocks-musks-doge-accessing-millions-americans-data?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:29:03 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A US federal judge allowed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) to remain in control of the US Institute of Peace, an independent non-profit created by Congress, but expressed concern about their conduct. US District Judge Beryl Howell said Wednesday she was offended by Doge staff’s use of threats and law enforcement to gain access to the USIP headquarters and to remove the institute’s president, George Moose, from the building on Monday. But she declined to immediately restore... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3303059/us-institute-peace-board-sues-after-firings-and-doge-staff-gain-access-washington-hq?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3303059/us-institute-peace-board-sues-after-firings-and-doge-staff-gain-access-washington-hq?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:03:59 +0000 Christopher Tang Christopher Tang Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the United States last month, dramatising his intent to slash US federal government bureaucracy as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), a Trump administration initiative. Yet he may well need dramatic measures himself to turn around Tesla’s increasingly precarious position in the US, China and Europe. Unless Musk and Tesla undergo a transformation, the beginning of the end may be upon... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3302710/forget-doge-its-musks-tesla-looks-need-rescue?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3302710/forget-doge-its-musks-tesla-looks-need-rescue?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:15:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters A US federal judge on Tuesday blocked billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from taking any more steps to shut down the US Agency for International Development, saying their efforts to close the foreign aid agency likely violated the US Constitution. In a preliminary ruling, US District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland ordered Musk, a key adviser to President Donald Trump, and the agency Musk spearheads to restore access to USAID’s computer systems for its... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3302913/us-judge-bars-musk-doge-further-efforts-shut-down-usaid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3302913/us-judge-bars-musk-doge-further-efforts-shut-down-usaid?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:46:34 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have entered the US Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency. The organisation’s CEO, George Moose, said: “Doge has broken into our building”. Police cars were outside the Washington building on Monday evening. The Doge workers gained access to the building after several unsuccessful attempts on Monday and after having been turned away... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3302759/us-institute-peace-says-doge-has-broken-its-building?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3302759/us-institute-peace-says-doge-has-broken-its-building?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:41:09 +0000 Faye Bradley Faye Bradley McLaurine Pinover, the communications director at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), has come under fire for posting fashion influencer videos from the government office on social media as thousands of federal workers lose their jobs. The OPM has overseen mass lay offs in recent weeks as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk seek to cut down on the federal workforce. Pinover enraged netizens when she shared over a dozen clips of her modelling different outfits from the OPM office, per... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3302412/who-mclaurine-pinover-government-employee-posting-influencer-fashion-content-amid-doge-lay-offs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3302412/who-mclaurine-pinover-government-employee-posting-influencer-fashion-content-amid-doge-lay-offs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:00:19 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Elon Musk has had a busy year. Apart from running US President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), which has sparked alarm from even the Republican Party, given its broad cuts to the federal civilian workforce, he has come under fire for a purported State Department contract for US$400 million to buy his Tesla Cybertrucks. The document was later edited to read simply, “armoured electric vehicles”. Musk has denied reports of Tesla’s acquiring such a contract, per... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3302053/who-elon-musks-ex-jennifer-gwynne-tesla-billionaire-and-doge-head-allegedly-has-14-children-some?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3302053/who-elon-musks-ex-jennifer-gwynne-tesla-billionaire-and-doge-head-allegedly-has-14-children-some?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:00:18 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A US judge on Monday ordered billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) to release its internal documents, saying the agency’s work to slash the size of government has been marked by “unusual secrecy.” Since his return to the White House in January, US President Donald Trump has launched a vast offensive aimed at cutting public spending and reducing the role of the federal government. To that end, he tapped Musk, a top campaign donor turned senior adviser, to lead Doge,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3301975/us-judge-orders-musks-doge-release-records-unusual-secrecy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3301975/us-judge-orders-musks-doge-release-records-unusual-secrecy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:25:45 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers in the US are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: relatives cheering their firing. The country’s bitterly tribal politics are spilling into text chains, social media posts and heated conversations as Americans absorb the reality of cost-cutting measures directed by US President Donald Trump and carried out by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). Expecting... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3301623/elon-musks-doge-took-their-jobs-now-they-face-humiliation-pro-trump-relatives?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3301623/elon-musks-doge-took-their-jobs-now-they-face-humiliation-pro-trump-relatives?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Mar 2025 07:52:16 +0000 Faye Bradley Faye Bradley A 19-year-old high school graduate and Doge staffer who goes by the nickname “Big Balls” has now been given a “senior adviser” role at the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology, according to The Washington Post. The teenager, who has been identified as Edward Coristine, has drawn backlash and raised further concern about Elon Musk, who has been leading President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). Honored to announce I’ve secured a role at the State... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3300374/who-young-elon-musk-hire-edward-coristine-aka-big-balls-doge-staffer-and-new-senior-adviser-state?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3300374/who-young-elon-musk-hire-edward-coristine-aka-big-balls-doge-staffer-and-new-senior-adviser-state?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:00:10 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa In a recent appearance on ABC’s morning TV show The View, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett shared her opinion of President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office, saying, “Soon you will understand why it’s important to maybe have someone that isn’t loud and ridiculous and maybe sleepy Joe is what we wanted because we could at least sleep at night.” She continued her thoughts, telling the show’s panel, which includes Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3300353/who-jasmine-crockett-who-called-trump-and-musk-idiots-texan-congresswoman-questioned-doge-mission?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3300353/who-jasmine-crockett-who-called-trump-and-musk-idiots-texan-congresswoman-questioned-doge-mission?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:00:11 +0000 Lynn Farah Lynn Farah Joe Gebbia is the latest high-profile name to join US President Donald Trump’s increasingly high-profile administration, which now includes two members of the Kennedy clan and former college footballer – and twice-failed Congress candidate – Bo Hines. Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, will be serving in the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), headed by Elon Musk. According to Newsweek, Gebbia’s background with Airbnb illustrates his experience with disruptive business... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3300080/meet-airbnbs-joe-gebbia-who-trump-appointed-doge-alongside-elon-musk-billionaire-once-lived-monk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3300080/meet-airbnbs-joe-gebbia-who-trump-appointed-doge-alongside-elon-musk-billionaire-once-lived-monk?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:00:18 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Elon Musk is not an official employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and has “no formal authority to make government decisions”, according to a White House court filing. The world’s richest man is widely seen as the de facto head of DOGE, created by US President Donald Trump, which has sought drastically to reduce government spending including with thousands of job cuts. Trump had announced in November that “the Great Elon Musk … will lead the Department of Government... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299198/trump-white-house-says-musk-not-doge-employee-has-no-formal-authority-make-decisions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299198/trump-white-house-says-musk-not-doge-employee-has-no-formal-authority-make-decisions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:45:29 +0000 Reuters Reuters A US judge scheduled a rare holiday court hearing on Monday, in a case brought by Democratic state attorneys general seeking to protect major federal agencies from Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting team known as DOGE. US District Judge, Tanya Chutkan in Washington, on Sunday called the hearing for Monday, the Presidents’ Day holiday when federal courts are closed. She did not say why she ordered the hearing, but on Friday she heard arguments by 13 Democratic state attorneys general for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299026/musks-doge-faces-legal-scrutiny-judge-calls-rare-court-hearing-presidents-day-holiday?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299026/musks-doge-faces-legal-scrutiny-judge-calls-rare-court-hearing-presidents-day-holiday?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:20:43 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Elon Musk made a clear promise after Donald Trump decided to put him in charge of making the US government more efficient. “It’s not going to be some sort of back room secret thing,” Musk said last year. “It will be as transparent as possible”, maybe even streamed live online. It has not worked out that way so far. In the three weeks since the Republican president has been back in the White House, Musk has rapidly burrowed deep into federal agencies while avoiding public scrutiny of his work. He... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3298026/elon-musk-flexes-his-power-washington-doge-shakes-us-government-agencies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3298026/elon-musk-flexes-his-power-washington-doge-shakes-us-government-agencies?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Feb 2025 05:16:11 +0000 Zoey Zhang Zoey Zhang An AI version of Elon Musk reimagined as a Ming dynasty secret agent in a Chinese video clip has gone viral, highlighting the significance of DOGE efficiency through kung fu. Recently, a netizen known as “Dark Tone” created an AI-modified clip of a 2011 Chinese martial arts film and uploaded it to Bilibili, China’s equivalent of YouTube. The first 3D martial arts film in mainland China, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, narrates the tale of a swordsman battling against two secret service agencies... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3288156/ai-elon-musk-ming-dynasty-official-goes-viral-explaining-doge-efficiency-kung-fu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3288156/ai-elon-musk-ming-dynasty-official-goes-viral-explaining-doge-efficiency-kung-fu?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:00:12 +0000 Curation Team Curation Team 1. Dogecoin skyrockets as Trump appoints Elon Musk to lead new DOGE efficiency department Musk’s favourite cryptocurrency, dogecoin, surged in value to nearly 38 cents, up from under 16 cents before the presidential election, on news of the billionaire’s appointment to the Trump administration. The president-elect’s pro-crypto stance and Musk’s fanatical support have helped drive its market value. 2. FTX sues Binance and ex-CEO Zhao Changpeng for US$1.8 billion in wake of Sam Bankman-Fried’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3286735/dogecoin-surges-trump-appoints-musk-ftx-sues-binance-bitcoin-hits-record-high-5-cryptocurrency?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3286735/dogecoin-surges-trump-appoints-musk-ftx-sues-binance-bitcoin-hits-record-high-5-cryptocurrency?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:56:41 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Wow, much bull market. Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency whose mascot is a super-cute dog that muses things like “much wow”, has been surging in value since Donald Trump won the presidential election last week. It is hitting the afterburners now, after Trump named Tesla’s Elon Musk as one of the heads of a new “Department of Government Efficiency”, which is not a government agency but does have the acronym DOGE. All this makes sense and is maybe humorous for anyone who’s chronically online. For... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3286460/dogecoin-soars-trump-names-elon-musk-head-new-doge-efficiency-department?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3286460/dogecoin-soars-trump-names-elon-musk-head-new-doge-efficiency-department?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:53:18 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The Japanese dog whose photo inspired a generation of oddball online jokes and the US$23-billion Dogecoin cryptocurrency beloved by Elon Musk died on Friday, her owner said. “She quietly passed away as if asleep while I caressed her,” Atsuko Sato wrote on her blog, thanking the fans of her Shiba Inu called Kabosu – the face of the “Doge” meme. “I think Kabo-chan was the happiest dog in the world. And I was the happiest owner,” Sato wrote. As a rescue dog, Kabosu’s real birthday was unknown, but... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3263989/japanese-dog-who-inspired-dogecoin-meme-beloved-elon-musk-has-died?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3263989/japanese-dog-who-inspired-dogecoin-meme-beloved-elon-musk-has-died?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 May 2024 11:00:20 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Her fluffy face now frail, Kabosu still flashes the enigmatic smile that made her the go-to meme dog for millennials and inspired a US$23 billion cryptocurrency beloved by Elon Musk. She is best known as the logo of Dogecoin, but to Atsuko Sato, Kabosu is the elderly former rescue puppy who accompanies her every day to work at a kindergarten in Japan. “It felt so strange” to discover her dog was an internet celebrity, Sato says in Sakura, where Tokyo’s eastern sprawl gives way to fields of rice... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3260772/shes-dog-whose-face-launched-cryptocurrency-dogecoin-shiba-inu-kabosus-fans-shes-mona-lisa-internet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3260772/shes-dog-whose-face-launched-cryptocurrency-dogecoin-shiba-inu-kabosus-fans-shes-mona-lisa-internet?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 May 2024 03:15:09 +0000 Business Insider Business Insider The dog who was the face of “Cheems” doge memes has died, his Hong Kong owner announced on social media. Balltze, a Shiba Inu sometimes called by his nickname, Ball Ball, was immortalised on the internet when memes featuring him with a goofy, knowing smile on his face went viral. The dog died at age 12 on August 18 after a fight with cancer, his owner, Kathy, announced to his hundreds of thousands Instagram followers. View this post on Instagram A post shared... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3231805/cheems-hong-kong-shiba-inu-dog-who-went-viral-doge-meme-and-became-face-cryptocurrency-dies-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3231805/cheems-hong-kong-shiba-inu-dog-who-went-viral-doge-meme-and-became-face-cryptocurrency-dies-after?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:15:26 +0000 Lyn Yang Lyn Yang Balltze was just an ordinary Shiba Inu living in Hong Kong. Then, in 2017, his world exploded when a picture of him went viral. Followers started calling him Cheems, and turned him into a meme. He’s now a celebrity in his own right, with more than 400K followers on Instagram.  So what’s a life of fame like for the cute, fluffy dog and his owner? We catch up with them right here in the city and hear how they’re dealing with all the love from their fans across the world. https://www.scmp.com/culture/we-tracked-down-famous-doge-meme-dog-and-hes-real/article/3149903?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/we-tracked-down-famous-doge-meme-dog-and-hes-real/article/3149903?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:41:17 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng TikTok owner ByteDance has opened a new front in its rivalry with social media giant Tencent Holdings: trying to secure trademark rights to its own version of the famous “doge” emoji that has become a symbol of sarcasm when used by netizens. Beijing ByteDance Network Technology Co Ltd, a ByteDance subsidiary, last week submitted a trademark application for a picture of a dog’s head that looks similar to the doge emoji that originated in Japan in 2013, according to updated information on... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3130272/such-doge-chinese-tech-giants-tencent-and-bytedance-race-secure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3130272/such-doge-chinese-tech-giants-tencent-and-bytedance-race-secure?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:00:18 +0000