reader comments 62 with 45 posters participating Share this story Media outlets have only just begun digging up all the dirt buried in the so-called Uber files. Gathered by The Guardian, the more than 124,000 confidential files reportedly show precisely how Uber’s greed drove unethical executive decision-making during the ridesharing app’s global expansion. Kicking off ..
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Chris Delmas/Getty Images reader comments 343 with 131 posters participating Share this story Twitter has hired an elite law firm to handle its forthcoming lawsuit against Elon Musk, which could be filed any day now. After Musk pulled out of his deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion on Friday, Twitter Board Chairman Bret Taylor ..
reader comments 79 with 61 posters participating Share this story The same week that a federal judge sentenced ex-cop Derek Chauvin to more prison time for killing George Floyd, Arizona passed a law making it harder to record police by limiting how close bystanders can be while recording specified law enforcement activity. Chauvin was convicted ..
Enlarge / A license plate reader in California. reader comments 115 with 70 posters participating Share this story Since the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, America’s extensive surveillance state could soon be turned against those seeking abortions or providing abortion care. Currently, nine states have almost entirely banned abortion, and ..
Getty Images | SOPA Images reader comments 188 with 100 posters participating Share this story Elon Musk is expected to take “drastic action” to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, The Washington Post wrote yesterday in an article citing “three people familiar with the matter.” The anonymous sources seem to be ..
reader comments 205 with 128 posters participating Share this story After the first child died from self-strangulation while attempting a recommended “Blackout Challenge,” there were many steps that TikTok could have taken to shield other kids from the same fate immediately. Instead, a new lawsuit filed in California says TikTok chose to continue profiting from ..
reader comments 64 with 50 posters participating Share this story Five young people whose resolve was hardened by floods and wildfires recently took their governments to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Their claim concerns each country’s membership of an obscure treaty they argue makes climate action impossible by protecting fossil fuel investors. The ..
Getty Images | Justin Sullivan reader comments 244 with 89 posters participating Share this story Tesla is facing a new racial discrimination lawsuit filed by 15 factory employees who allege that Tesla’s “standard operating procedures include blatant, open, and unmitigated race discrimination.” Racial harassment and discrimination is “rampant” at Tesla, and the company has “done ..
reader comments 70 with 50 posters participating Share this story Imagine an online world where what users want matters, and interoperability reigns. Friends could choose whichever messaging app they like and seamlessly chat cross-app. Any pre-installed app could be deleted on any device. Businesses could finally access their Facebook data, and smaller tech companies could ..
reader comments 162 with 94 posters participating Share this story Google is closing a loophole that has allowed thousands of companies to monitor and sell sensitive personal data from Android smartphones, an effort welcomed by privacy campaigners in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion. It also ..
