Judge Arthur Engoron gives lawyers for the state of New York and the defense in the $370 million civil financial fraud trial until 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday to detail what they know about former Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg’s apparent negotiations to plead guilty to committing perjury during the trial. In the Georgia election interference case, 17 ethics experts, former prosecutors and defense attorneys file a legal brief with Judge Scott McAfee in which they argue that a sexual… Source link
Read More »How Congress might get Sam Bankman-Fried to explain himself on Tuesday
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will need to walk a legal tightrope on Tuesday to ensure that his scheduled testimony before the House Financial Services Committee steers clear of suggested wrongdoing. And one legal expert says he’ll be listening for Bankman-Fried to explain what he knew about the company’s financial moves and corporate governance failures while serving as its CEO. “I’d want to go through the chain of events that led to the bankruptcy, so there’d be a chronological,… Source link
Read More »Russia demands Apple explain after VK apps removed from App Store
This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. MOSCOW, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Russia’s communications regulator on Wednesday demanded an explanation from Apple after applications operated by the Russian state-controlled tech firm VK (VKCOq.L) were removed from the U.S. firm’s App Store. The regulator, Roskomnadzor, has been a thorn in the side of foreign tech firms, issuing fines over data storage violations and for failures to… Source link
Read More »Russia demands Apple explain after VK apps removed from App Store
MOSCOW -Russia’s communications regulator on Wednesday demanded an explanation from Apple after applications operated by the Russian state-controlled tech firm VK were removed from the U.S. firm’s App Store. The regulator, Roskomnadzor, has been a thorn in the side of foreign tech firms, issuing fines over data storage violations and for failures to remove content Russia deems illegal – disputes that have escalated since Moscow sent its armed forces into Ukraine in February. VK runs… Source link
Read More »Is Google Wallet the Same as Google Pay? We’ll Explain
At Google I/O 2022 on Wednesday, the tech giant announced the release of Google Wallet for Android: an online wallet for your payment cards, boarding passes and… Source link
Read More »Google, Meta, and others will have to explain their algorithms under new EU legislation
The EU has agreed on another ambitious piece of legislation to police the online world. Early Saturday morning after hours of negotiations, the bloc agreed on the broad terms of the Digital Services Act, or DSA, which will force tech companies to take greater responsibility for content that appears on their platforms. New obligations include removing illegal content and goods more quickly, explaining to users and researchers how their algorithms work, and taking stricter action on the… Source link
Read More »Government can’t explain mysterious flying objects, blames limited data
The U.S. government can’t explain 143 of the 144 cases of unidentified flying objects reported by military planes, according to a highly anticipated intelligence report released Friday. That report, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, was meant to shed light on the mystery of those dozens of flying objects, spotted from 2004 to 2021, but instead said it didn’t have adequate data to put all but one of them into a category. That one UAP — shorthand for… Source link
Read More »Google workers explain why they unionized
Google employees in November 2019 gathered to accuse management of retaliating against some of the company’s workers and showing a lack of transparency. … Source link
Read More »Rockets explain why the value of PJ Tucker goes beyond statistics
Going solely by statistics, veteran forward PJ Tucker is having his worst season of four years with the Rockets. The 35-year-old is averaging fewer points (5.3) and rebounds (4.6) than in any of his prior Houston seasons, and his net rating and defensive rating are last among rotation players. But the Rockets (9-9), who are currently on a season-best winning streak of five games, contend that Tucker’s value is hard to quantify. In recent days, Stephen Silas and several veteran players… Source link
Read More »Trump supporters in Georgia explain why they believe the president’s claims of voter fraud
DALTON, Ga. — On Monday, President Trump traveled to rural Georgia to campaign for the state’s two incumbent Republican senators, where, a day before two runoff elections that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, he continued to spread baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. “Since the election, we have put forth indisputable evidence documenting the rampant fraud, which will be announced on Wednesday, as you know,” Trump said at Monday night’s rally in this city, known as the… Source link
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