Enlarge / Starbucks’ Rewards programs are a key part of their revenue. How the company deals with unspent amounts in that app could change under new Washington state proposals. Getty Images reader comments 93 When you get a Starbucks gift card, or keep reloading one on your phone, you often end up with awkward amounts ..
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Enlarge / Elon Musk at an AI event with Britain Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Getty Images | WPA Pool reader comments 256 After being charged with illegally firing workers who criticized Elon Musk, SpaceX yesterday sued the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a lawsuit that claims the ..
Getty Images | SOPA Images reader comments 82 TurboTax maker Intuit’s tax breaks are being questioned by four US lawmakers who object to the federal research tax credits claimed by the company. A letter sent this week claims that the amount of Intuit’s tax credit could have been used by the Internal Revenue Service to ..
reader comments 85 23andMe is “shamelessly” blaming victims of a data breach impacting 6.9 million users, a lawyer representing victims pursuing a class-action lawsuit, Hassan Zavareei, told TechCrunch. Zavareei shared a letter from 23andMe lawyers that urged users suing to “consider the futility of continuing to pursue an action in this case,” because their claims ..
Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks with members of the media at the AI Safety Summit on November 1, 2023 in Bletchley, England. Getty Images | Leon Neal reader comments 196 SpaceX illegally fired eight employees who criticized CEO Elon Musk in an open letter, a National Labor Relations Board regional director alleged in a complaint ..
Enlarge / A still from a HyperVerse video featuring CEO Steven Reece Lewis. reader comments 138 For years, rumors spread on social media that Steven Reece Lewis, the chief executive officer of a now-shuttered cryptocurrency hedge fund called HyperVerse, was a “fake person” who “doesn’t exist.” After its investigation, The Guardian has confirmed that no organization ..
Enlarge / A marketing image for Vizio’s P-series Q9 TV. reader comments 38 Vizio has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company misled customers about the refresh rates of its TVs. In 2018, a lawsuit [PDF], which was later certified as a class action, was filed against Vizio ..
Getty Images | DNY59 reader comments 234 Fidelity’s latest valuation of its stake in X implies that Elon Musk’s social network is worth about 71.5 percent less than when Musk bought the company in October 2022. Fidelity’s Blue Chip Growth Fund has a relatively small stake in X. A monthly update for the fund listed ..
Enlarge / Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to US President Donald Trump, arrives at federal court in New York on December 14, 2023. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 93 Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, admitted providing fake AI-generated court citations to his own lawyer, who failed to check whether the cited cases were ..
reader comments 69 After FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of seven charges related to wire fraud and money laundering in 2023, the US recently decided not to proceed with a second trial over additional charges in 2024. During the second trial, Bankman-Fried could have been convicted on additional charges of conspiracy to bribe foreign ..
