Enlarge / A Smartmatic warehouse. reader comments 103 with 74 posters participating Share this story Voting machine maker Smartmatic yesterday filed lawsuits against Newsmax and the owner of One America News Network (OANN), claiming the conservative news organizations conducted a “disinformation campaign against Smartmatic” and “acted with actual malice and ill will” by falsely claiming ..
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Enlarge / KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA: On July 25, 2021, protesters criticized the Indian government for using Pegasus spyware to snoop on journalists, opposition leaders, and activists. Getty Images | SOPA Images reader comments 56 with 37 posters participating Share this story The US has blacklisted Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group, saying that the Israeli ..
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg reader comments 154 with 87 posters participating Share this story As Theranos burned through cash, founder Elizabeth Holmes was apparently desperate to land a large investment from Walgreens—so desperate that ..
Enlarge / With an image of himself on a screen in the background, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019, in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images reader comments 79 with 61 posters participating, including story author Share ..
Right now, a lot of the methane created or extracted during other activities goes to waste. reader comments 39 with 29 posters participating Share this story The EPA announced new rules today that would slash methane leaks from the oil and gas sector, a significant source of carbon emissions that represents 30 percent of methane ..
reader comments 44 with 28 posters participating Share this story New York took an aggressive stance toward fossil fuels this week, effectively killing the development of new fossil fuel power plants in the state. The Department of Environmental Conservation denied permits for two proposed natural gas power plants, saying they were incompatible with the state’s ..
reader comments 28 with 20 posters participating, including story author Share this story A pirate-website operator named Joshua Streit was charged with hacking into Major League Baseball (MLB) computer systems and trying to extort $150,000 from the league by threatening to publicize security vulnerabilities, the US Department of Justice announced yesterday. Streit also “is alleged ..
Enlarge / At some point, this must stop. A recent congressional hearing left us no closer to figuring out when that point will be reached. reader comments 73 with 44 posters participating, including story author Share this story Thursday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held hearings on the role of oil companies in ..
Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish. reader comments 8 with 8 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission this week urged a court to back the FCC’s approval of SpaceX Starlink satellite launches against a lawsuit filed by Viasat and Dish. With oral arguments scheduled for December 3, final briefs were filed on ..
Enlarge / Facebook? Who is Facebook? My name is Meta! reader comments 229 with 165 posters participating Share this story During his Connect 2021 keynote presentation today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rolled out the name “Meta” as a new corporate identity reflecting the company’s “new north star—to help bring the metaverse to life.” The name, which ..
