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Cherry-picking data was routine practice at Theranos, former lab worker says

Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of blood-testing and life sciences company Theranos, leaves the courthouse with her husband Billy Evans after the first day of her fraud trial in San Jose, California, on September 8, 2021. (credit: Nick Otto / AFP) At Theranos, lab techs would regularly omit two “outlier” data points […]

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Amazon argues it’s not liable for product that severely injured toddler

A package is transported on a conveyor belt in an Amazon logistics center. (credit: Ronny Hartmann/picture alliance | Getty Images) Amazon argued yesterday before the Texas Supreme Court that it should not be held liable for defective products sold through its site. Over the years, several customers have been injured by defective products they purchased […]