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Ars Technica Apr 1, 2026 at 19:31 Big Tech

Did Nazis escape on a UFO? Dev who asked the question just built the official White House app.

Did you know that Ohio is a hotbed of UFO activity?

By Cyrus Farivar Original source
Did Nazis escape on a UFO? Dev who asked the question just built the official White House app.

On March 27, the White House announced a “powerful new official mobile app,” calling it “the fastest, most powerful way to stay informed and engaged with the Trump Administration.” While armchair developers and infosec experts have questioned some of the app’s technical design choices, a former FBI intelligence analyst uncovered an unusual fact: The small business owner behind the White House app has a side hobby as a conspiracy theorist. The White House app was created by 45Press, a company based in Canfield, Ohio, a town of fewer than 8,000 people located roughly halfway between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. (Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States.) The company’s website describes it as a “design, development, and DevOps agency” and a WordPress VIP Agency Partner; it lists Amazon, NBC, and Sony as past clients.Read full article Comments

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