Billionaire Tom Steyer, who is running for California governor, says he plans to vote for the one-time 5% tax on billionaires if it reaches the November ballot
Billionaire Tom Steyer came out in favor of a proposed tax on California's wealthiest residents, adding a prominent voice …
How online activists helped close BOO, an MLM scheme that sold $110 bags of dirt as alternative medicine on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok during the pandemic
until scrutiny closed in last week. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Laurie Garrett / @laurie_garrett : Eating #ivermectin horse worms paste was bad enough, but now #antivaxxers are — a...
Researchers identify causes for Zoom fatigue: intense close-up eye contact, constantly seeing own reflection, reduced mobility, and increased cognitive load
talks about extra cognitive and emotional demands. Great tips. I like this one: “give yourself an “audio only...not simply you turning off your camera... but also turning your body...
An overview of tech issues on the ballot in November: the status of gig workers, warrantless phone searches, privacy rights, publicly-funded broadband, and more
Voters in states and cities across the country will decide some of technology's biggestquestions
Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan charged with obstruction of justice for trying to conceal the 2016 data breach of millions of users and drivers from FTC officials
Joe Sullivan, who led Uber's security team through the company's most tumultuous period, was fired by the company's newly installed chief executive in 2017.
Instacart tried to adapt to the pandemic by adding 300K shoppers in eight weeks and says it has had its first-ever monthly profit in April of $10M
Bloomberg : Tweets: @josheidelson , @josheidelson , @bw , @bw , and @laura_nelson Tweets: Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson : “the company said its procurement team had secured a supp...
Lime says it is laying off about 14% of its workforce, roughly 100 employees, and shuttering operations in 12 markets as it seeks to become profitable this year
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Google partnered with Ascension, the 2nd-largest US health-care system, to analyze personal health info of millions, sources say as part of Project Nightingale
Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed