Enlarge / Tina Peters. (credit: Tina Peters’ campaign website) The FBI joined state and local authorities in reportedly raiding the homes of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and several associates yesterday as law enforcement agencies continue investigating a voting-machine security breach from Peters’ office. “The FBI carried out a court-ordered search of Peters’ home in […]
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) We’ve noticed a recurring theme in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Sherlock holmes: most of Theranos’ investors didn’t do their homework before writing a check. But yesterday, the particular […]
Enlarge / Amazon fulfillment center and warehouse in Sacramento on August 23, 2019. (credit: Getty Images | Sundry Photography) California’s attorney general yesterday said that Amazon has been hiding COVID-19 case counts from warehouse workers throughout the pandemic and announced a settlement in which Amazon agreed to keep workers up to date on the number […]
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the US District Courthouse in San Jose, California. (credit: Getty | Yichuan Cao ) On Monday, at the particular criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos investor Alan Eisenman walked into the courtroom and held aloft […]
Enlarge (credit: VGG | Getty Images) The British government has launched an in-depth investigation into Nvidia’s takeover of the UK-based technology company Arm on national security grounds, throwing another hurdle in the path of the $54 billion deal. Digital and culture secretary Nadine Dorries has ordered a phase 2 investigation into the transaction on public […]
Enlarge / An Amazon delivery truck drives down a street in Anaheim, California. (credit: iStock) Amazon is currently defending itself against a lawsuit that could determine whether it is liable for the actions of its contract delivery drivers. In March, Ans Rana was going to see his sister’s new house with his father and brother, […]
Enlarge / Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes (R) and AT& T CEO Randall Stephenson (L) at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing about the AT& T/Time Warner merger in December 2016. (credit: Getty Images | Mark Wilson ) Former Time Warner TOP DOG Jeff Bewkes says that he and other board members were surprised that AT& […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Dustin Mitchell was scanning the local news one day when inspiration struck in an unlikely article. The report was on a woman who, in a fit of QAnon mania, had destroyed a display of face masks at a Scottsdale, Arizona, Target store. The woman later explained what brought […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Texans will be paying for the effects of last February’s cold snap for decades to come, as the state’s oil and gas regulator approved a plan for natural gas utilities to recover $3.4 billion in debt they incurred during the storm. The regulator, the Railroad Commission, is allowing utilities to issue […]
Enlarge (credit: Huawei ) The Biden administration has found yet another way to tighten restrictions on Huawei and other Chinese companies that the US government has designated as national security threats. Both sides of the political aisle in the US have gone after the smartphone and networking giant, starting with the Trump administration in 2019 […]