Day: March 15, 2024
Former Tesla Factory Worker Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Reached With Company
Tesla and a former employee have agreed to settle a closely watched lawsuit that shed light on the carmaker’s treatment of Black workers. Lawyers for Tesla and Owen Diaz, a former employee at the Fremont, Calif. factory, did not disclose the settlement terms in a legal filing on Friday. Lawrence A. Organ, Diaz’s lawyer, stated […]
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Ride-sharing Giants Uber and Lyft Consider Exiting Minneapolis Following City Council Decision
Uber and Lyft are considering leaving Minneapolis following a City Council vote to enforce a minimum wage for drivers. The council voted 10 to 3 to override a mayoral veto of an ordinance mandating ride-hailing services to pay drivers $1.40 per mile and 51 cents per minute to ensure they earn at least $15.57 per […]
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Prosecutors Recommend 40 to 50 Year Sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried
Federal prosecutors stated that Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul, should get a prison term of 40 to 50 years for his fraud conviction. The recommendation was detailed in a filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. His sentencing hearing is set for March 28, with Judge Lewis A. Kaplan determining his fate. He faces […]
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Supreme Court Establishes Guidelines for Prohibiting Citizens’ Access to Officials’ Social Media Accounts
The Supreme Court, in a pair of unanimous decisions on Friday, added clarity to a constitutional puzzle: determining when elected officials violate the First Amendment by blocking people from their social media accounts. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the court in the lead case, outlined the requirements to sue officials for blocking individuals. The […]
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China’s Response to the TikTok Controversy in Washington
China has seen TikTok frenzy in Washington before with the 2020 Trump executive order blocked by Beijing and Montana’s TikTok ban blocked by a federal judge. US lawmakers passed a bill forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a US ban, but China has not retaliated yet; experts cite uncertainty in the Senate and Trump’s […]
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Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs Fulfill Their CEO Aspirations In Creative Ways
Edward Silva always dreamed of being a top executive. He decided to pursue his passion by enrolling at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2018, with the aim of starting his own company. However, a classmate introduced him to the idea of buying and running a company instead of starting one from scratch. This […]
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Putin’s Russia Tightens Internet Controls in Key Year
Russia is escalating its online censorship ahead of elections this weekend, set to secure President Vladimir V. Putin another six-year term in power. The crackdown reflects the diminishing space for political activism, independent information, and free speech in the country. Civil society groups, researchers, and affected companies report that the Russian authorities are cracking down […]
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