Enlarge / Ralph de la Torre, founder and chief executive officer of Steward Health Care System LLC, speaks during a summit in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. reader comments 68 A Senate committee on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to hold the wealthy CEO of a failed hospital chain in civil and criminal contempt for ..
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Enlarge / Starlink satellite dish. reader comments 88 New Starlink customers have to pay a $100 “congestion charge” in areas where the satellite broadband network has limited capacity. “In areas with network congestion, there is an additional one-time charge to purchase Starlink Residential services,” a Starlink FAQ says. “This fee will only apply if you ..
reader comments 19 A mistrial was declared today in the trial of former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza, who was accused of bribing a powerful state lawmaker’s ally in order to obtain legislation favorable to AT&T’s business. “The jury report they have reached an impasse and cannot reach a unanimous verdict. For the reasons ..
reader comments 48 LinkedIn admitted Wednesday that it has been training its own AI on many users’ data without seeking consent. Now there’s no way for users to opt out of training that has already occurred, as LinkedIn limits opt-out to only future AI training. In a blog detailing updates coming on November 20, LinkedIn ..
Enlarge / An image from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where in 1874, the newest thing was not software or genetic compositions, but shutter fastenings from H.L. Norton. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 68 The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider two bills Thursday that would effectively nullify the Supreme Court’s ..
Enlarge / The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC, in May 2023. Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 68 Four more large Internet service providers told the US Supreme Court this week that ISPs shouldn’t be forced to aggressively police copyright infringement on broadband networks. While the ISPs worry about financial liability ..
Enlarge / Warehouse workers at the STL8 Amazon Fulfillment Center marched on the boss Wednesday to demand a $25 an hour minimum wage for all workers. via Justice Speaks reader comments 61 Amazon currently faces disgruntled workers in every direction. Office workers are raging against CEO Andy Jassy’s return to office mandate, Fortune reported—which came ..
reader comments 26 AT&T agreed to pay a $13 million fine because it gave customer bill information to a vendor in order to create personalized videos, then allegedly failed to ensure that the vendor destroyed the data when it was no longer needed. In addition to the fine, AT&T agreed to stricter controls on sharing ..
reader comments 72 Zynga must pay IBM nearly $45 million in damages after a jury ruled that popular games in its FarmVille series, as well as individual hits like Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells, infringed on two early IBM patents. In an SEC filing, Zynga reassured investors that “the patents at issue have expired and Zynga ..
Enlarge / Russia President Vladimir Putin presents flowers to editor-in-chief of Russian broadcaster RT Margarita Simonyan after awarding her with the “Order of Alexander Nevsky” during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 23, 2019. Getty Images | Evgenia Novozhenina reader comments 75 Meta yesterday announced a ban on Russian state media outlets ..
