Getty Images reader comments 72 with 47 posters participating, including story author Share this story Texans will be paying for the effects of last February’s cold snap for decades to come, as the state’s oil and gas regulator approved a plan for natural gas utilities to recover $3.4 billion in debt they incurred during the ..
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reader comments 50 with 28 posters participating Share this story The Biden administration has found yet another way to tighten restrictions on Huawei and other Chinese companies that the US government has designated as national security threats. Both sides of the political aisle in the US have gone after the smartphone and networking giant, starting ..
Enlarge / The city of Flint Water Plant water tower in Flint, Michigan. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images reader comments 96 with 69 posters participating Share this story Residents of Flint, Michigan, began complaining in 2014 that their water tasted bad, smelled foul, and came out of the tap discolored. The city had switched water supplies to ..
Enlarge / Judge Bruce Schroeder reprimands Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger during cross-examination of Kyle Rittenhouse at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Wisconsin on November 10, 2021. Getty Images | Pool reader comments 151 with 83 posters participating Share this story When Kenosha County prosecutor Thomas Binger cross-examined murder suspect Kyle Rittenhouse yesterday, he wanted ..
reader comments 64 with 40 posters participating Share this story In 2006, Alan Eisenman invested more than $1 million in Theranos, a then-promising medical diagnostic company founded by college dropout Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes had told him that her company was talking with Morgan Stanley about an IPO in 12–18 months and that the company would ..
Enlarge / Gigi Sohn testifies during a Senate committee hearing on June 21, 2012. Getty Images | Alex Wong reader comments 11 with 11 posters participating Share this story Senate Republicans are planning a strong fight against President Biden’s nomination of consumer advocate Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission. “I will do everything in my ..
Enlarge / Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes goes through security after arriving for court at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on September 17, 2021, in San Jose, California. reader comments 47 with 33 posters participating Share this story Around 2016, Theranos’ fourth lab director, Kingshuk Das, noticed a problem. He was analyzing ..
Enlarge / Facebook/Meta wants its metaverse to be at the center of nearly everything, including work. reader comments 32 with 25 posters participating Share this story Facebook/Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the virtual reality-fueled future could bring new privacy risks to our homes and workplaces, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said. Last month, Zuckerberg announced ..
Enlarge / Russian national Yevgyeniy Polyanin remains at large. reader comments 32 with 17 posters participating Share this story US authorities have brought criminal charges against a Ukrainian and a Russian national for their roles in high-profile ransomware attacks as part of a sprawling global crackdown on digital extortion groups. The US justice department on ..
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. reader comments 120 with 61 posters participating Share this story The prosecution had an up-and-down day in court yesterday during the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed medical diagnostic startup ..
