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A Guardian feature examines how Elon Musk's DOGE team reshaped the US federal government, describing the effort as taking 'a wrecking ball to Washington'. The piece reportedly portrays the young engineers and advisers around Musk, and the quasi-devotional culture surrounding him within the team, and assesses the fallout from the agency's sweeping cuts across federal departments and agencies.

Automotive outlets BGR and Yahoo Autos are publishing explainers on extended range electric vehicles, or EREVs. These are vehicles that drive primarily on electric power but carry a small combustion engine used only as a generator to recharge the battery and extend driving range. The growing coverage reflects rising consumer interest in EREVs as a middle ground between fully electric cars and hybrids.

A developer has launched Viamour, a travel and social connections app that uses AI agents to engineer meetings between people, presenting it on Hacker News as a Show HN project. The post has drawn modest attention from the tech community, where users typically debate the utility of agentic AI in consumer apps and the ethics of algorithmically arranged social encounters.

A Hacker News discussion asks what job title a software engineer should use today, reflecting ongoing confusion in the industry as roles multiply. Titles like developer, engineer, full-stack, staff, and AI specialist increasingly overlap, leaving many unsure how to describe their work on resumes and LinkedIn.

NASA has reportedly asked several former SR-71A Blackbird staff members to help with a secret restart effort, according to an Aviation Week report making the rounds online. The Cold War-era reconnaissance aircraft was retired decades ago, and the idea that NASA would call on its veteran engineers to revive anything related to it has fueled speculation about what classified program may be behind the request.