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Facebook “is tearing our societies apart, ” whistleblower says in interview

Enlarge / Fb whistleblower Frances Haugen’s 60 Minutes job interview aired on October 3, 2021. (credit: 60 Minutes / CBS) The Facebook whistleblower revealed her identity last night along with the girl plans to reform the embattled social media company from the outside. Frances Haugen , a data scientist by training and a veteran of […]

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Lordstown Motors now says that it has no binding orders for EV truck

Enlarge / In June 2020, Lordstown held an hour-long election rally for the Trump campaign disguised as an event to unveil the Endurance electric pickup truck. (credit: Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images) On Wednesday, we wrote about how Lordstown Motors stated that the company’s Endurance electric pickup truck would enter limited production later this year. […]

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AT&T broke US law in scheme to beat revenue forecast, SEC lawsuit says

Enlarge / AT&T’s logo and share price displayed on a monitor at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued AT&T and three AT&T executives, saying the wireless carrier leaked nonpublic data about falling phone sales to analysts in order to […]

Business

Corporate whistleblowers can Currently Accumulate more reward Cash

New principles imply company whistleblowers can become even more cash for a benefit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, possibly a lot more–and make it quicker. While the biggest benefits could be lowered below the new rules, they may nonetheless be staggering. Back in October, only weeks after embracing the rules, the SEC granted an […]

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John McAfee Detained, indicted on tax evasion charges, sued for fraud

Expand / John McAfee gesticulating in his yacht out Havana, Cuba, during an interview with AFP at June 2019. (charge: Adalberto Roque | AFP | Getty Images) Noted cybersecurity bizarre John McAfee is under arrest in Spain awaiting extradition to the United States after being indicted on federal tax evasion charges. The Department of Justice […]