by Beth Holmes | Oct 3, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Meta has disabled a Russian propaganda network which has targeted European social media users, spreading Kremlin-approved stories about the invasion of Ukraine. On Tuesday, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, announced that they have identified and disabled the...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 26, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
Morgan Stanley hard drives with sensitive public data were auctioned off online by a moving company, according to federal regulators. On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the federal government agency intended to protect the public from market...
by Admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Companies, Social Media, Technology
Ireland has fined Instagram 405 million euro for poor data security practices concerning children. GDPR, or the General Data Protection Regulation, is a set of regulations in the European Union about protecting the information of individuals using websites, especially...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 12, 2022 | Companies, News
One Medical may be bought by Amazon, pending an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. One Medical is a concierge-type medical service, a sort of primary care that replaces insurance with flat membership fees. A subsidiary of 1Life Healthcare Inc., One Medical...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 5, 2022 | Companies, News
Bed Bath & Beyond will be cutting about 150 stores as it tries to recover from a long sales slump. Bed Bath & Beyond was founded in 1971 by Warren Eisbenberg and Leonard Feinstein in New Jersey, as just Bed ‘n Bath. By the mid-80s, they had 17 stores...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 29, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media
Twitter whistleblower Pieter Zatko has raised concerning questions about the social media platform’s security and integrity. On Tuesday, a letter of complaint from Twitter’s former head of security was made public. The letter was an account of his 14-month...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 22, 2022 | Companies, News
Grassroots labor groups have filed to unionize another Amazon warehouse, this time in upstate New York. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was behind the ongoing unionization of a Staten Island Amazon facility in April. Workers there voted 55% in favor of...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 15, 2022 | News, Technology
As processor chip production is encouraged in the United States, China calls the move an attack on international trade. This week, President Biden signed a law which promises billions in grants and aid to those who would invest in U.S.-based chip factories. It is...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 8, 2022 | Companies, News
Smith & Wesson refused to appear for a hearing on mass shootings, so now they’ve been subpoenaed. An oversight panel from the House of Representatives is looking into gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson after a long string of mass shootings featured their...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 1, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
T-Mobile has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit about a massive data breach, to the tune of $350 million. In August 2021, T-Mobile disclosed that approximately 50 million people, mostly not their customers, had been affected by a data breach. Most of the records...
