Gold Checkmarks With a Price

Gold Checkmarks With a Price

Gold checkmarks are Twitter’s newest verification distinction, and they’ll cost $12k a year to any business that wants one. Twitter established their blue checkmarks in 2009, as a quick way for readers to know if the twitter handle they were using belonged...
Facebook Users’ Personal Info Taken in Leak

Facebook Users’ Personal Info Taken in Leak

On April 3, 2021, a user in a recreational hacking forum posted files containing the personal data – including phone numbers, names, birth dates, email addresses, and more – of hundreds of millions of Facebook users. Over half a billion users are affected, which is...
Remote Work Is Increasing Gender-based Harassment

Remote Work Is Increasing Gender-based Harassment

For business, 2020 was a long experiment on working from home, and many employers and employees found a lot of benefits. Greater productivity, no commute, cheaper for both parties, and healthier, according to the New York Times. But many tech workers say that leaving...
uBiome Co-founders Charged with Fraud

uBiome Co-founders Charged with Fraud

The co-founders of fecal testing startup uBiome are having a crappy month. On March 18, 2021, they were indicted in a California federal court on charges of healthcare fraud, wire fraud, and related conspiracy charges. And now the Securities and Exchange Commission is...