Enlarge / Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. reader comments 253 with 107 posters participating, including story author Share this story In the last few years, big technology companies have faced growing pressure from employees to become involved in social justice issues. This pressure intensified this summer with the George Floyd protests. But this week, CEO Brian ..
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Enlarge / The Department of Justice seal as seen during a press conference in December 2019. reader comments 27 with 25 posters participating Share this story Federal authorities have accused two men of hacking the email and social media accounts of multiple athletes with the National Football League and the National Basketball Association and either ..
reader comments 135 with 86 posters participating Share this story European regulators once again have the behavior of the biggest US tech companies—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google among them—squarely in their sights as they move forward with a proposal to reform how digital marketplaces and data sharing operate. An early draft of the Digital Services ..
reader comments 78 with 49 posters participating Share this story After being used as a platform for massive voter-interference campaigns in 2016, Facebook promised this time would be better. The company changed its policies and swore up and down that it would work hard to mitigate the spread of misinformation and support Americans’ rights to get ..
Enlarge / A polling-place worker holds an “I’m a Georgia Voter” sticker during the primary election on June 9, 2020 in Atlanta. reader comments 43 with 35 posters participating Share this story A federal judge in Georgia has ordered election officials to print paper backups of voter data so that voting can proceed even if ..
Getty Images | Caspar Benson reader comments 327 with 164 posters participating Share this story A Maryland judge sentenced a man to one year in jail after finding him guilty of throwing two large parties in violation of a state pandemic order that banned large gatherings. Police were called to the man’s home twice in ..
reader comments 27 with 26 posters participating Share this story Verizon and AT&T have agreed to pay a combined $127 million to settle lawsuits alleging that they overcharged California and Nevada government entities for wireless service. The lawsuit was filed in 2012 and resulted in a settlement approved on Thursday last week by Sacramento County Superior ..
Enlarge / TikTok’s US fate is up in the air, but at least you can still download and patch it. reader comments 195 with 54 posters participating Share this story President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban TikTok from operating inside the United States probably exceeds the authority the president has to do such things, a ..
reader comments 163 with 75 posters participating, including story author Share this story The Internal Revenue Service is considering adding a question to Form 1040—America’s primary income tax form—asking tax filers if they dealt in virtual currency in 2020. It would be the agency’s latest attempt to crack down on underreporting of cryptocurrency profits. If ..
Enlarge / A 2018 Nikola video showed the Nikola One prototype rolling down a shallow hill in Utah. Nikola now says it never claimed the truck was driving under its own power. reader comments 65 with 50 posters participating Share this story The original design for Nikola’s flagship truck was purchased by founder Trevor Milton ..
