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4 weeks ago
Cryptocurrency

Edward Snowden Anticipates Government Acquisition of Bitcoin in 2024

Snowden predicts national government to buy Bitcoin secretly.
El Salvador's Bitcoin bet pays off.
Coindesk
11 months ago
Cryptocurrency

Chelsea Manning: 'I'm Trying to Put the Cryptography Back in Crypto'

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Ian Allison is an award-winning senior reporter at CoinDesk.He holds ETH.Cheyenne Ligon is a CoinDesk news reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy.She has no significant crypto holdings.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Ark Invest on $1.4M BTC, Possible Julian Assange-Linked File on Bitcoin Blockchain Week in Review The Weekly Bitcoin News

The Weekly by Bitcoin.comInvestment management firm Ark Invest has offered three bitcoin price predictions in a new report, including a bull scenario where bitcoin could reach $1.48 million per coin.In other news, a 7zip file possibly linked to activist Julian Assange was reportedly discovered in the Bitcoin blockchain, and billionaire investor Tim Draper has encouraged the government of Sri Lanka to adopt bitcoin.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Binance Publishes Its Proof-of-Reserves System for Bitcoin Holdings, Additional Assets Coming Soon Bitcoin News

On Nov. 25, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily trade volume, Binance, published its bitcoin proof-of-reserves (POR) system using The Merkle approach.At the time of writing, the snapshot provided by Binance shows the firm's onchain reserves equate to 582,485 bitcoin, while the company's customer net balance is roughly 575,742 bitcoin.
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New York Post
1 month ago
Left-wing politics

Tony Bobulinski delivers explosive testimony in House impeachment probe: 'Joe Biden was 'the Brand' being sold'

Former Biden family associate-turned-whistleblower, Tony Bobulinski, testified that Joe Biden was the 'Brand' being sold by his relatives in their lucrative dealings in China and Ukraine.
Bobulinski alleged that Joe Biden was aware of and enabled the CEFC China Energy transaction and had a constitutional responsibility to shut it down.
www.npr.org
1 month ago
US news

Why problems at a key Boeing supplier may help explain the company's 737 Max 9 mess

Production issues at Spirit AeroSystems have led to problems with the Boeing 737 Max.
Workers at the factory felt pressured not to report defects in order to get planes out faster.
UK news
www.independent.co.uk
2 months ago
UK news

Rochdale abuse whistleblower sends message to police after report indicates failings

Failings by senior officers and council bosses allowed paedophile grooming gangs to operate for years in Rochdale.
Whistleblower calls for a radical overhaul of policing and the criminal justice system.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Nadine Dorries says ITV's toxic' This Morning should be axed

Senior Tory Nadine Dorries has said that the toxic and stale ITV programme This Morning should be axed following the Phillip Schofield scandal.The former culture secretary waded in on the furore surrounding former host who quit the show after admitting to an unwise but not illegal affair with a younger male colleague.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Nadine Dorries says ITV's toxic' This Morning should be axed

Senior Tory Nadine Dorries has said that the toxic and stale ITV programme This Morning should be axed following the Phillip Schofield scandal.The former culture secretary waded in on the furore surrounding former host who quit the show after admitting to an unwise but not illegal affair with a younger male colleague.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Home Office investigating claims asylum-seeking children kidnapped' from hotel

The Home Office is investigating reports that dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a hotel run by the department, a minister has said.Conservative frontbencher Lord Murray of Blidworth said the Home Office doesn't know of any cases of kidnap and he understood nothing like that has been reported to it.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Children seeking asylum kidnapped from Home Office hotels', investigation claims

Children seeking asylum are being abducted in their dozens from Home Office hotels, an investigation has claimed.The vulnerable children - who are in the UK without parents or carers- are allegedly being kidnapped from the streets outside of the Brighton hotel, a whistleblower who works for Home Office contractor Mitie told The Observer.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Crush depth rape list': Royal Navy chief orders probe into abhorrent' allegations

The head of the Royal Navy has ordered an investigation into abhorrent allegations of inappropriate behaviour in the submarine service.Admiral Sir Ben Key, the First Sea Lord, said sexual assault and harassment has no place in the Royal Navy, adding that anyone who is found culpable will be held accountable regardless of rank.
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US politics
www.nytimes.com
2 months ago
US politics

U.F.O.s Remain a Mystery to Lawmakers After Classified Briefing

Lawmakers received hedged answers during a closed-door briefing about UFOs, leaving them with more questions than answers.
The confidential nature of the briefing and the inability of lawmakers to discuss what they heard only fueled conspiracy theories surrounding UFOs.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Top Republicans demand FBI document they claim describes alleged criminal scheme' related to Biden

Two top congressional Republicans are demanding internal FBI documents that an unnamed whistleblower claims will show then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national, according to a letter from the Republicans.The unverified allegation is the most explosive claim House Oversight Chairman James Comer and Senate Budget Committee ranking Republican member Chuck Grassley have lobbed at the now-president after both men have devoted significant time to investigating the Biden family's business dealings.
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www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

New Partygate video shows Tories dancing, drinking and laughing at lockdown rules'

A Partygate video appearing to show Tory staff drinking, dancing and joking about bending Covid lockdown rules has emerged, piling further pressure on the party just days after Boris Johnson was found to have lied about rules being followed.The video, said to have been taken on 14 December, 2020, when socialising inside was banned in parts of the UK, shows for the first time, staff joking about their Christmas party at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) in London breaking the rules, according to The Mirror.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

New Partygate video shows Tories dancing, drinking and laughing at lockdown rules'

A new Partygate video, appearing to show Tory staff drinking, dancing and joking about bending Covid lockdown rules has emerged just days after Boris Johnson was found to have lied about rules being followed.The video, said to have been taken on December 14, 2020, when socialising inside was banned in parts of the UK, shows for the first time, staff joking about their Christmas party at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters in London breaking the rules, according to The Mirror.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Downton Abbey actor stuns One Show with brutal attack on 'criminal' Boris Johnson

Actor Dan Stevens shocked viewers by responding to a question about his latest work by launching a savage attack on Boris Johnson, branding the prime minister a "criminal" who shold resign after he was fined for breaking his own Covid laws.
the Guardian
2 years ago
UK politics

Nazanin's ice-cold anger debunks government's happy ending narrative | John Crace

t was standing room only in the Macmillan room of Portcullis House.
The Independent
2 years ago
UK news

Foreign Office accused of cover-up to obscure that PM 'lied' over Afghan dog rescue

Foreign Office chiefs have been accused of a cover-up to disguise that Boris Johnson did order the notorious rescue of dogs and cats from Afghanistan, after a second whistleblower came forward.
the Guardian
2 years ago
UK politics

Foreign Office IT issues hampering UK's response to Ukraine crisis, say insiders

Out-of-date IT systems are causing "chaos" inside the Foreign Office (FCDO) and undermining the government response to the Ukraine crisis, insiders have warned.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
France news

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died.He was 92.Ellsberg, who announced in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer, died Friday morning, according to a letter from his family released by a spokeswoman, Julia Pacetti.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Education

Missouri high-schooler suspended for recording teacher using racial slur

A Missouri high school sophomore who recorded a teacher using a racial slur during class has been suspended for three days.Mary Walton, a student at Glendale high school in Springfield, said that she was told on Friday to not return to school until Wednesday because she violated school district policy on inappropriate use of electronic devices, the Springfield News-Leader reported.
Engadget
1 year ago
Marketing

TikTok whistleblower claims US data privacy efforts are seriously flawed | Engadget

TikTok's efforts to address US data privacy fears may have holes.A self-proclaimed whistleblower talking to The Washington Post says the social network's plan to protect American users' data, Project Texas, has major flaws.The former Trust and Safety team member claims the $1.5 billion initiative will still let TikTok connect to parent company ByteDance's Toutiao, a well-known Chinese news app.
The Verge
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

More than 200 million Twitter users' email addresses leaked by hackers

Usernames and email addresses belonging to more than 200 million Twitter users have been posted online by hackers.According to reports from security researchers and media outlets including BleepingComputer, the credentials were compiled from a number of earlier Twitter breaches dating back to 2021.Although the database does not include users' passwords, it nevertheless represents a security threat to those affected.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Musk cites $7 million Twitter payout to whistleblower as violation of deal

Elon Musk told Twitter Friday that he has no obligation to complete his $44 billion purchase of the company, this time citing the recent disclosure that it had agreed to pay whistleblower Peiter Zatko and his lawyers $7.75 million in a severance deal.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Musk offers new reason to break off Twitter deal, citing whistleblower

Elon Musk is embroiled in a legal battle with Twitter.
Patently-O
9 months ago
Intellectual property law

Nike's Patent Saga Illuminates Controversial PTAB Practices

by Dennis Crouch
The pending petition in Nike v. Adidas asks the Supreme Court whether it is proper for the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) to raise sua sponte new grounds of unpatentability against a substitute claim added during an inter partes review proceeding.The government, as a respondent in this case, argues that the PTAB can create its own reasons for rejecting newly-added claims so long as the patent owner is given sufficient notice and a chance to respond.
www.mediaite.com
10 months ago
Education

The View Hosts Defend N-Word-Spewing Teacher's Intentions As a Teachable Moment

The View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar appeared to side with the Missouri math teacher who resigned after a student recorded him using the n-word during a class discussion.The teacher is heard asking, Is the word n***** not allowed?I'm not calling anyone a n*****.I can say the word.The student, 15-year old Mary Walton, is being hailed as a whistleblower for bringing attention to the teacher's use of the word.
www.mediaite.com
10 months ago
Education

WATCH: Mom Speaks Out To CNN After Daughter Suspended For Recording Teacher Using N-Word IN CLASS

Kate Welborn, mother of the teen who was suspended for recording her teacher repeatedly using the n-word in class, spoke out to CNN to demand the school set things right.Mary Walton, a 15-year-old Missouri teenager, was suspended from Glendale High School Friday after her video of a geometry teacher saying the uncensored n-word circulated on social media.
Engadget
1 year ago
Marketing

Lawmakers press TikTok about China and user data in Senate hearing | Engadget

Top executives from Meta, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok just wrapped up a three-hour hearing in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe politics

Instagram owner Meta fined 405m over handling of teens' data

Instagram owner Meta has been fined €405m (£349m) by the Irish data watchdog for letting teenagers set up accounts that publicly displayed their phone numbers and email addresses.
Social Media Explorer
1 year ago
Online marketing

Elon Musk And Now A Whistleblower Say Twitter Is A Mess. Here's How To Fix It - Social Media Explorer

It's not a lament or ode to Twitter.It's an attempt to understand how my favorite social media network could have become such a disaster.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Writing

Robert Peston: 'I wore my favourite Gaultier coat to a party conference and somebody nicked it'

TV's political editor Robert Peston, 62, began his career as a print journalist and has broken a string of stories, including the Northern Rock bailout in 2007, when he was the BBC's business editor.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

Sheriff's captain transferred amid investigation of memo claiming racial bias, retaliation

(Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

The captain tasked with overseeing the troubled East Los Angeles sheriff's station has been reassigned amid a probe into accusations of racial bias and whistleblower retaliation.Last weekend, The Times reported on a memo claiming that Capt.Pilar Chavez allegedly schemed to give valued detective bureau positions to Latino sergeants to avoid promoting an "angry black" sergeant who had testified about the presence of deputy gangs at the station.
The Sacramento Bee
1 year ago
California

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower ahead of trial

Musk's legal team is demanding to hear from a whistleblowing former Twitter executive who could help bolster Musk's case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.
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(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) AP Elon Musk's legal team is demanding to hear from Twitter's whistleblowing former security chief, who could help bolster Musk's case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.
The Sacramento Bee
1 year ago
California

5 takeaways from Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko

FILE - The logo for Twitter appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Nov. 29, 2021.
The Sacramento Bee
1 year ago
California

Whistleblower: Bad news for Twitter, good news for Musk?

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020.
The Sacramento Bee
2 years ago
California

After viral conspiracies, California sheriff announces 'whistleblower' died by suicide

A former Department of Homeland Security whistleblower whose death two years ago spurred a barrage of right-wing conspiracy theories - including from top Congressional Republicans - did, in fact, die by suicide, a California sheriff announced Tuesday.
Engadget
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

New Zealand is the latest country to ban TikTok from government devices | Engadget

New Zealand has joined the growing list of countries and jurisdictions that have banned from certain government devices.Unlike elsewhere, the restriction doesn't apply to all government employees.It's limited to devices that have access to New Zealand's parliamentary network, though the country's defense force and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said they've banned TikTok on work devices too.
Forbes
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Experts Weigh In On Twitter Whistleblower's Disclosure

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 22: Peiter Zatko, who is also known as Mudge poses for a portrait on Monday ... [+] The Washington Post via Getty Images In a 200-page disclosure sent to lawmakers and regulators last month, Twitter's former security chief warned that the micro-blogging service apparently had neither the incentive nor the resources to properly measure the full scope of bots on its platform.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Twitter whistleblower claims Musk was right about bots; FTC reviewing report

The pressure on Twitter to talk publicly about how it monitors and removes spam accounts continues to mount.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

Meta considers launching potential Twitter rival DW 03/11/2023

TechnologyUnited States of America 30 minutes ago30 minutes ago The Facebook owner announced it was working on a "text sharing" platform.It comes at a time when Twitter faces unprecedented turmoil under Elon Musk's ownership.Social media giant Meta has announced it is working on a new "text sharing" platform, likely believed to rival Twitter, at a time when the latter faces unprecedented hiccups.
Eater Portland
1 year ago
Portland food

Oregon Liquor Control Officials Kept Rare Whiskeys for Themselves, According to an Internal Investigation

Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission officials helped themselves to some of the rarest whiskeys and spirits in the state, according to an internal investigation first covered by the Oregonian.The paper obtained the investigation via a public records request and found that for years commission employees have set aside bottles of Pappy Van Winkle - a famously expensive whiskey, often sold for a few hundred dollars legally, depending on the bottle, and in the thousands per bottle illegally - for themselves.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada, has died | CBC News

The Ontario government says Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada, has died.A spokesperson for the solicitor general says Marineland the Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park where Kiska lived told the province she died on Thursday.Brent Ross says the province's Animal Welfare Services officers were on-site as Marineland performed a necropsy.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Brampton mayor alleges city money used as 'hush payments' in councillor's sexual harassment suit | CBC News

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said he wants the details of the settlement to be made public and a future ban on 'hush payments' put into place.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Conservative whistleblower says she discussed third-party payment with Patrick Brown | CBC News

Patrick Brown takes part in the Conservative Party of Canada French-language leadership debate in Laval, Quebec on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Maine South High School's entire 2022 football season invalidated due to ineligible players: IHSA

In a major development for high school football in the suburbs, football powerhouse Maine South High School's robust 2022 football season results were invalidated by the Illinois High School Association, which announced the sanctions Wednesday saying the Park Ridge school had used players who were ineligible because they lived outside the attendance boundaries.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Lawmakers slam Abbott at Congressional hearing over formula shortage

Members of Congress began a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday by tearing into north suburban-based Abbott Laboratories, accusing the company of negligence.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

UK government reveals scores of asylum-seeking children have gone missing from hotels

Asylum-seeking children have gone missing from Home Office hotels more than 400 times since July 2021, a minister has admitted.Robert Jenrick, minister for immigration, told the Commons on Tuesday that cases were being treated in exactly the same way as any young person who goes missing, but MPs raised concerns that nothing is happening to find those being kidnapped by gangs.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Security guards at Brixton O2 Academy took bribes from people with no tickets'

Some security guards working at the venue where a deadly crowd crush took place accepted bribes from concertgoers without tickets, it has been alleged.Security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were fatally injured when fans without tickets tried to enter an Asake concert at the O2 Academy in Brixton last month.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Parenting

Revealed: scores of child asylum seekers kidnapped from Home Office hotel

Dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a Brighton hotel run by the Home Office in a pattern apparently being repeated across the south coast, an Observer investigation can reveal.A whistleblower, who works for Home Office contractor Mitie, and child protection sources describe children being abducted off the street outside the hotel and bundled into cars.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Brixton Academy security guards took bribes to let in hundreds more fans'

Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died in hospital after a crush at the venue in December.They were at the Academy for a gig by Afro pop star Asake where witnesses described hundreds of people trying to get into the show despite the venue already being packed.
BBC News
1 year ago
London

Guy's and St Thomas': Hospital in meltdown over IT issues - whistleblower

By Leana Hosea BBC News
Operations at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth were cancelled after its IT servers broke down in 40C (104F) temperatures on 19 July.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Elizabeth Line: TfL chief Andy Byford admits train fault but says no risk' to public

L ondon's transport chief has confirmed reports of a fault on some Elizabeth Line trains but has said there is no risk presented to customers or workers.
Washington Post
1 year ago
DC food

Review | '2nd Chance' doc is part quirky portrait, part gotcha journalism

Richard Davis in "2nd Chance."(Vespucci)StarOutline (2.5 stars) The first time you see Richard Davis in the documentary "2nd Chance," you wince.And the second time as well.The former Marine once owned two pizza parlors, but when the restaurants burned to the ground under suspicious circumstances, his life took a startling turn.
Independent
1 year ago
Education

Three teachers arrested amid Japan nursery abuse claims

Three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan have been arrested on suspicion of routinely abusing toddlers, including hitting their heads, holding them upside down and locking them up in a bathroom, in a case that has triggered outrage and allegations of a cover-up.he Shizuoka prefectural police said they arrested three women on Sunday on suspicion of assaulting at least three toddlers in June at a nursery school in the city of Susono at the foot of Mount Fuji.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Education

Nursery schoolteachers arrested in Japan over abuse allegations

Police have arrested three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan on suspicion they routinely abused toddlers, including hitting their heads, holding them upside down and locking them up in a bathroom, in a case that has triggered outrage and allegations of a cover-up.Shizuoka prefectural police said they arrested three women on Sunday on suspicion of assaulting at least three children in June at a nursery school in the city of Susono, at the foot of Mount Fuji.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Education

Japan police arrest 3 teachers in nursery abuse case

Susono Mayor Harukaze Murata, left, and vice mayor, right, bow during a press conference at the city hall in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan on suspicion they routinely abused toddlers, such as hitting their heads, holding them upside down and locking them up in a bathroom, a case that triggered outrage across the nation.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden

In this image made from video and released by WikiLeaks, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow in 2013.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Environment

Rees-Mogg: 'Britain must get every cubic inch of gas out of North Sea'

Jacob Rees-Mogg has told staff Britain "must get every cubic inch of gas out of the North Sea", a leaked video shows.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Judge orders sheriff to halt search of some computers in sprawling Metro investigation

A Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Los Angeles County sheriff's officials to stop searching certain computers seized as part of the sprawling raids tied to an investigation into the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's contracts with a domestic violence nonprofit.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Death of federal informant found this week at El Sereno high school campus remains under investigation

A former federal informant who went missing for a year before he was found dead at an El Sereno high school campus earlier this week appears to have spent the weekend alone at the school before his death, authorities said Friday.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Whistleblower Says Twitter is "Misleading" The Public on Security; Hong Kong Considers Lowering Hard Tech IPO Threshold - ExchangeWire.com

Peiter Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, told a US court of "extreme, egregious security deficiencies" at the company.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

The Wedge Widens Between Advertisers And Twitter; Snap Gets Dinged On Privacy In Illinois | AdExchanger

Here's today's AdExchanger.comnews round-up... Want it by email?Sign up Twitter Gets Bitter here.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

Majority of Twitter shareholders vote in favour of sale to Elon Musk | CBC News

Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko testifies to a U.S. Senate judiciary hearing examining data security at risk, on Tuesday in Washington D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press) He said there was "at least one agent" from China's intelligence service on Twitter's payroll and that the company knowingly allowed India to add agents to the company roster as well, where they had access to highly sensitive data on users around the world.
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"They don't know what data they have, where it lives and where it came from and so, unsurprisingly, they can't protect it," Zatko said.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Instagram Was Just Fined $400 Million for Violating Kids' Privacy

Regulators in Ireland just handed Meta a jaw-dropping fine over Instagram's mishandling of teenage users' data and privacy rights.
Social Media Explorer
1 year ago
Online marketing

Twitter Facing Dual Threats - How Will The Platform Respond To Musk And Zatko? - Social Media Explorer

Twitter's future could be in jeopardy even if Musk manages to get out the deal for the platform purchase.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

'Further complicate the Twitter-Musk litigation': Ad execs seek to understand specifics of Twitter whistleblower's claims for advertisers

| By Kristina Monllos Advertisers' apathy toward Twitter may have just gone from bad to worse given Tuesday's news of a whistleblower detailing alleged security and privacy issues at the platform.
the Guardian
1 year ago
France news

Australia news live: Albanese to meet Macron in France, carbon credit review after fraud claims

It's Friday, huzzah!That doesn't mean the news has stopped, though.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Instagram is testing AI that verifies your age with a selfie scan. It's not perfect

(CNN Business)Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users' ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

Former employee filed whistleblower complaint about Abbott's Sturgis facility eight months before previously known

(CNN)A former employee at Abbott Nutrition filed a whistleblower complaint about the company's Sturgis, Michigan, plant with the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in February 2021, months earlier than previously known, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Senator says Biden should consider Defense Production Act to boost baby formula supply

A sign telling consumers of limits on the purchase of baby formula hangs on the edge of an empty shelf for the product in a King Soopers grocery store, Wednesday, in Denver.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Isle of Man medical director faced 'disgraceful' bullying, tribunal finds

The chief minister of the Isle of Man has expressed his "deep discomfort" after a tribunal found that the island's medical director had been forced out of her job and suffered "disgraceful" bullying for whistleblowing over the Manx approach to Covid-19.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Police were warned Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go would be burned down, inquest told

Immigration department investigators "came out of the shadows" to warn police they had been told Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub would be burned down before the fatal firebombing in 1973, an inquest has heard.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

GMP police chief apologises to Rochdale grooming gang victims

Three victims of organised grooming gangs in Rochdale have received "substantial" damages and an apology from a police chief who accepted his force had let the women down.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Everett councilor makes racially insensitive comments in leaked video

Councilor Anthony DiPierro previously received backlash for a separate racially insensitive incident.
Boston.com
2 years ago
Boston

Double-booked surgeries at MGH lead to $14.6M settlement

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts General Hospital will pay $14.6 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged overbilling for double-booked surgeries that were simultaneously overseen by the same surgeon.
The Independent
2 years ago
UK news

Social housing landlords cheated by repair firm Mears Group, tribunal

One of Britain's leading housing repair companies, which is funded by taxpayers' money, is at the centre of extraordinary fraud, bribery and corruption allegations involving contracts with a string of public authorities.
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