by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media
NPR has announced that it will no longer be posting content on Twitter after the social media platform labeled NPR’s main account as “state-affiliated media,” a label meant to identify likely propaganda. NPR said in a statement on Wednesday that it “will no...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 10, 2023 | Companies, Technology
Robotaxies are planning to expand service in cities like San Francisco, as driver-less vehicles become more common. Cruise has already been running driver-less taxi services in San Francisco for most of a year, confining their services to uncrowded parts of the city...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 3, 2023 | Companies, News
Credit Suisse was supposed to report undisclosed offshore accounts belonging to American citizens, in an international agreement to curb tax evasion. They haven’t been following through. A two-year investigation by U.S. authorities has shown that employees at...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 29, 2023 | Companies, News
Oil companies should be penalized for spikes in gas prices, says California with a new bill expected to pass by month’s end. Last summer in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the average gas price in California reached a record high at $6.44 per...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 20, 2023 | Companies, News
First Republic Bank will be getting a $30 billion rescue package from other major banks, after two other major banks failed this week. First Republic Bank is based in San Francisco, and serves mostly venture capital-backed companies and tech startups. Before this...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 13, 2023 | Companies, News
Walgreens has lost a large contract with the state of California after indicating it would deny legal sales of abortion pills in red states. The issue is over sales of the drug Mifepristone, which when combined with another pill can safely end pregnancies of less than...
