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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Did Not Defame Cave Explorer With ‘Pedo Guy’ Post, Jury Finds

I felt it to be disgusting, Mr. Unsworth testified on Wednesday, the second day of the trial. I was effectively given a life sentence without parole. Mr. Musk and his lawyers argued that Mr. Unsworth was not appreciably harmed by the post, which the billiona…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk wins ‘pedo guy’ defamation case

Elon Musk did not defame a British diver who helped in last year's Thai cave rescue with a "pedo guy" tweet, a US jury has found. Vernon Unsworth was seeking $190m (£145m) in damages from the Tesla founder, over the tweet sent last year. A public row broke …

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk not liable in ‘pedo guy’ trial

Elon Musk won. A jury in Los Angeles found that the Tesla founder was not liable for damages in a lawsuit brought against him by British cave diver Vernon Unsworth. The jury returned its verdict Friday after a four-day trial in which Musk testified for near…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Animal Protection

Pork industry sues over California law on animal confinement

LOS ANGELES (AP) The pork industry is challenging the constitutionality of a voter-approved California measure that will prohibit the sale of meat products from hogs born to sows confined in spaces that dont meet new minimum size requirements. A lawsuit file…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg, open up!

We provides an online platform to allows users to upload and share images, videos, and other content. We take the rights of intellectual property owners very seriously and comply as a service provider with all applicable provisions of the United States Digita…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Censored Internet

#cyberfraud | #cybercriminals | Two Russian Hackers Wanted for Widespread Cyberattacks | Avast

The U.S. Department of Justice is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of two Russian hackers allegedly responsible for tens of millions of dollars in damages due to cybercrime. NBC News reported that Maksim Yakubets and Igor Tu…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Chinese Economy

You can put a ring on it for less this engagement season

Good news for people in the market for an engagement ring: A glut of polished diamonds left unsold to Chinese tourists has led to an oversupply in the U.S. market this year. Tourists drive luxury spending in the U.S. and many American retailers particularly…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

‘Life is Strange 2’ tears down the wall of whose stories get told in games

On the whole, games almost always tell stories of people with power. That doesn't mean that protagonists don't start off weak (like Link in Legend of Zelda or really any RPG), or aren't presented as powerless. But as a general rule, video game narratives are…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Big Data

Biased Algorithms, Biased World

Very interesting listen by data scientist Cathy O’Neil about her book, Weapons of Math Destruction, which describes the dangers of relying on big data analytics to solve problems. The Disagreement Is The PointSource: WNYC https://ritholtz.com/wp-content/upl??? Read More

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Uber’s sexual assault report won’t hurt it as badly as other incidents

Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images The company documented nearly 6,000 sexual assaults in two years. Uber released its long-awaited security report yesterday, revealing the company documented nearly 6,000 reports of sexual assault — both by drivers and passeng…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Elon Musk Did Not Defame Cave Explorer With ‘Pedo Guy’ Post, Jury Finds

Elon Musk wins ‘pedo guy’ defamation case

Elon Musk not liable in ‘pedo guy’ trial

Pork industry sues over California law on animal confinement

Greta Thunberg, open up!

#cyberfraud | #cybercriminals | Two Russian Hackers Wanted for Widespread Cyberattacks | Avast

You can put a ring on it for less this engagement season

‘Life is Strange 2’ tears down the wall of whose stories get told in games

Biased Algorithms, Biased World

Uber’s sexual assault report won’t hurt it as badly as other incidents

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