Enlarge / Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California, on December 17, 2021. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Who is to blame for the implosion of Theranos, the ill-fated blood-testing startup that folded in 2018, and did it amount to scams? That’s the question before […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images) YouTube TV customers have lost access to all Disney-owned channels including ESPN and ABC, as the companies failed to agree on a new contract before the previous one expired last night. YouTube TELEVISION customers will automatically get a $15-per-month discount for as long as the Disney channels remain […]
Enlarge / Frank Huntley, who raises awareness of opiate addiction with his sculpture “Pill Man, ” is among protesters who rallied at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2021, calling upon Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring criminal charges against members of the Sackler family. (credit: Getty Images | Pacific Press […]
Enlarge / Comcast’s xFi Advanced Gateway. (credit: Getty Images | Jeff Fusco ) Comcast says it won’t deploy data caps in the Northeast US in 2022, giving another year’s reprieve to 12 states and a few other areas where Comcast customers don’t face overage fees. “We don’t have plans to implement our data usage plan […]
Enlarge (credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images) The New York City Council voted today to ban natural gas in new buildings, putting the nation’s largest city at the vanguard of national efforts to eliminate the fossil fuel and potent greenhouse gas. The bill prohibits natural gas hookups and oil-burning equipment in new buildings under seven stories starting […]
Enlarge / A Tesla showroom and service center on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Burbank, California. (credit: Getty Images | Kent Nishimura ) Six more women sued Tesla yesterday, alleging that the company failed to stop rampant sexual harassment at factory facilities in Fremont, California, and support centers in the Los Angeles area. The lawsuits […]
Enlarge / People walk out of a Google office building in Taipei, Taiwan, on January 29, 2021. (credit: Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto) Google is giving employees until January 18 to prove that they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 or apply for an exemption, according to a report from CNBC. News of the requirement broke late Tuesday, but […]
Enlarge / Then-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler (L) and FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai talk before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee on March 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla ) Six former chairs of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday criticized the Federal Aviation Administration’s fight against a new 5G […]
Enlarge / A first responder walks among the wreckage of a damaged Amazon warehouse on December 11, 2021, in Edwardsville, Illinois. (credit: Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced yesterday that it is opening an investigation into the deaths of six workers at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois that was […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Chris McGrath ) YouTube TV yesterday warned that it could lose all Disney-owned channels after Friday because of a contract dispute and said it will temporarily reduce its price by $15 a month if that happens. “We’re now in negotiations with Disney to continue distributing their content on YouTube TV […]