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A new lawsuit alleges that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, misled users about the company’s efforts to prevent scams on its platforms. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a nonprofit advocacy group that filed the complaint in Washington, D.C., superior court, alleges Meta failed to block ads that could pose a risk…
Kylie Jenner is being sued by a second housekeeper who alleges she suffered cruel and unusual treatment while working for the beauty mogul. Just a week after one woman on Jennerβs cleaning staff sued her, claiming her co-workers harassed and discriminated against her, another housekeeper has come out with allegations. The woman says the βKeeping…
The world’s most valuable company, and first to be valued at $4trn (Β£2.9trn), beat market expectations in keenly anticipated financial results. Microchip maker Nvidia recorded revenues of $46.7bn (Β£34.6bn) in just three months up to July, latest financial data from the company showed, slightly better than Wall Street observers had expected. The company’s performance is…
Salzburg, AustriaΒ βΒ The news of Robert Wilsonβs death at age 83 in New York reached me in a Wilsonian way β at the theater and absorbed in the kind of uncompromisingly slow, shockingly beauteous and incomprehensibly time-and-space-bending weirdness Wilson took infinite pleasure in hosting when he made what he called operas. He called everything he staged…
NEW ORLEANSΒ βΒ LeBron James and Luka Doncic left the fans inside the Smoothie King Center in awe at their performances on Monday night. James had a near triple-double of 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and Doncic had 30 points and 10 assists, the two of them leading the Lakers to a 111-103 win over…
Emeline Lakrout, a busy New Yorker with a knack for running, rock climbing and swimming, doesn’t let being legally blind stop her from living an active lifestyle.Β Despite being declared blind at 8 years old, Lakrout has taken on challenges, such as running the New York City Marathon and joining the U.S. National Paraclimbing Team….
Shaquille OβNeal said heβs βashamedβ of the people involved in the gambling scandal that rocked the NBA on Thursday. Charles Barkley called two of the individuals involved in the matter βstupid.β Kenny Smith said the situation is βsuper unfortunate.β One day after the βInside the NBAβ crew made its ESPN debut, the three analysts, as…
Spotify said Tuesday that founder Daniel Ek is stepping down as CEO to become the executive chairman, in an announcement that sent its shares sliding in Tuesday trading. The Stockholm-based streaming giant said Ek will be replaced by two lieutenants who will become co-CEOs: Chief Product and Technology Officer Gustav SΓΆderstrΓΆm and Chief Business Officer…
The Trump administration on Friday moved to roll back Biden-era limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical often used in the sterilization of medical devices. The Environmental Protection Agency said repealing the rules, which fall under the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, would βsafeguard the supply of essential medical equipmentβ β…
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a Trump administration order slashing $600 million in federal grant funding for HIV programs in California and three other states, finding merit in the statesβ argument that the move was politically motivated by disagreements over unrelated state sanctuary policies. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah, an Obama appointee in Illinois,…
