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Single mom sues coding boot camp over job placement rates

Single mom sues coding boot camp over job placement rates

A single mom who signed up for a $30,000 income-share agreement at a for-profit coding bootcamp has filed a lawsuit in California, alleging she entered the agreement under “false pretenses.” Redmond, Washington-based Emily Bruner is suing Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly known as Lambda School, and its head Austen Allred, alleging they misrepresented job placement rates, operated without a license during her course of study, and hid the “true nature” of the school’s financial… Source link

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Tiger Woods sheds walking boot in rare public appearance alongside young athlete with cancer

Tiger Woods has understandably kept a low profile since the February car crash that left him with substantial leg injuries. He’s made social media appearances, including a congratulatory tweet to his old rival Phil Mickelson for his PGA Championship victory on Sunday. But until this week, he’s only been known to show himself in public once — an April photo on crutches that he shared on Instagram.  On Monday, a new photo of Woods surfaced on social media. This one he didn’t provide. It was… Source link

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Amazon joins Apple, Google in giving far right-friendly Parler the boot

Amazon booted Parler, a social media platform popular with President Donald Trump’s supporters, off its web-hosting service over night after Apple and Google removed it from their app stores. Parler could be offline for a week due to Amazon’s action, Parler CEO John Matze said. That prediction may be optimistic since the platform will need to be rebuilt from scratch, The Associated Press reports. On Friday, Google yanked it from its app store for allowing postings that seek “to incite… Source link

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