Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 12, 2021. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 339 with 0 posters participating Share this story Elon Musk began testifying today in the jury trial over whether his false tweets in 2018 about taking Tesla private caused investors ..
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Enlarge / Martin Shkreli, former CEO of Turing, smirked his way through a congressional hearing. reader comments 57 with 0 posters participating Share this story Infamous ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is yet again in trouble with the Federal Trade Commission, which announced today that the convicted fraudster has failed to cooperate with the commission’s investigation ..
reader comments 86 with 0 posters participating Share this story Over the past few days, dozens of tech companies have filed briefs in support of Google in a Supreme Court case that tests online platforms’ liability for recommending content. Obvious stakeholders like Meta and Twitter, alongside popular platforms like Craigslist, Etsy, Wikipedia, Roblox, and Tripadvisor, ..
Getty Images | wragg reader comments 217 with 0 posters participating Share this story Twitter was sued yesterday by a consulting firm that says it was never paid for work it did on the lawsuit that forced Elon Musk to complete his purchase of the company. Charles River Associates (CRA) says it was hired by ..
Enlarge / Here’s the line that Twitter added to its API Developer Agreement on Jan. 19, two days after it cited “long-standing API rules” for why third-party apps may not be working. diffchecker reader comments 148 with 0 posters participating Share this story “Long-standing” can apparently mean “later this week” at Elon Musk’s Twitter, as ..
reader comments 221 with 0 posters participating Share this story Twitter owes $13 billion, and it’s expected to make its first payment against that debt next week, Bloomberg reports. Due to this looming financial burden, CEO Elon Musk has been doing everything he can to cut costs—including directing mass layoffs, skipping rent payments, and slashing ..
Enlarge / Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva kisses a child onstage at the end of a speech to supporters. reader comments 92 with 0 posters participating Share this story “Unearth all the rats that have seized power and shoot them,” read an ad approved by Facebook just days after a mob violently stormed ..
reader comments 86 with 0 posters participating Share this story This story originally appeared on ProPublica. Online pharmacies that sell abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google and other third parties, which may allow law enforcement to prosecute those who use the medications to end their pregnancies, a ProPublica analysis has found. Using a ..
Enlarge / Alex Spiro, attorney for Elon Musk, arrives for the shareholder lawsuit trial at federal court in San Francisco on January 18, 2023. Getty Images reader comments 43 with 0 posters participating Share this story The jury trial in Tesla investors’ class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk proceeded today with opening statements in a San ..
Enlarge / Two birds are enforcing long-standing bird feeder access rules. That may result in some birds not eating. Tony Quinn / EyeEm / Getty Images reader comments 103 with 0 posters participating Share this story Ever since Twitter revoked the API access of prominent third-party clients, developers, dedicated fans, and tech pundits have been ..
