The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is looking to push out as much as a third of the agency's total headcount, in addition to contract personnel from a major threat hunting team, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Why it matters: The cuts are likely to impact "every single part of the agency," one of those sources told Axios — dealing a huge blow to the country's cybersecurity posture following earlier rounds of layoffs and contract cuts.
President Trump on Friday announced that he again would delay the ban on TikTok, scheduled for tomorrow, despite not having made a deal with the app's Chinese owner, ByteDance.
Why it matters: TikTok is used by millions of Americans, for both entertainment and livelihoods.
Top congressional Democrats on Thursday night spoke out over reports that Gen. Timothy Haugh has been fired as National Security Agency director.
The big picture: The Washington Post first reported that Haugh had been removed from the NSA role and as U.S. Cyber Command chief, along with his civilian deputy Wendy Noble, citing a former U.S. official and two current ones.
Microsoft turns 50 as the company's AI ambitions eclipse its desktop computer origins.
State of play: It's the company's history of pivoting at major shifts that has prepared Microsoft for what's shaping up to be the biggest technology revolution of all, three-decade Microsoft veteran Scott Guthrie tells Axios.
