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Meta Sues Former Employee Over Alleged Stolen Documents
Meta Platforms Inc. sued one of its former vice presidents for what it called a “stunning” betrayal in his defection to a “stealth” AI cloud computing startup. Dipinder Singh Khurana, also known as T.S. Khurana, had worked at Meta for …
Read More Surfside Tower Garage, Pool Deck Had Faulty Support Columns, Prelim Report Shows
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago, killing 98 people, said Thursday there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining …
Read More Florida-based HCI Group Reports Strong Gain in Q4 Earnings
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — HCI Group Inc. (HCI) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $38.1 million, a significant improvement over Q4 2022. The Tampa, Florida-based company said it had profit of $3.40 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were …
Read More Tesla Arson Case Shows Need to Protect Power Grid, Says German Utility Westenergie
German policymakers should team up with power grid operators to improve the response to incidents such as the arson attack near Tesla’s gigafactory, said the head of regional utility Westenergie. Security measures needed reviewing and a better legal framework created, …
Read More Australia Warns of Critical Financial Risks to Insurers and Banks From Climate Change
Australia’s worsening climate change may see insurance companies and banks withdraw their services from communities vulnerable to extreme events, potentially triggering “cascading effects” across the economy, a new government report warned. The government released its first National Climate Risk Assessment …
Read More NHTSA Opens Probe Into Emergency Braking Issues in Certain Honda Vehicles
U.S. auto-safety regulators on Monday launched a preliminary probe into emergency braking issues in certain Honda vehicles following complaints of crashes and fires. The problem affects the 2019-2022 models of the Honda Insight, a hybrid electric car, and the Honda …
Read More Rite Aid Opioid Settlement: Victims Will Likely Get No Payment
Nancy Zailo is at the back of the line. She’s behind Jeffrey Stein, the Rite Aid Corp. chief executive collecting $300,000 paychecks every month. She’s behind consultants at Alvarez & Marsal, who have billed the pharmacy chain $75 million and …
Read More Nvidia Is Sued by Authors Over AI Use of Copyrighted Works
Nvidia, whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian and Stewart O’Nan said their works were part of …
Read More Colorado Farmers Must Pay $6.5M for Defrauding Federal Crop Insurance Programs
Two Colorado Farmers must pay more than $6.5 Million for defrauding federal crop insurance programs, according to U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan. Finegan’s office announced that Patrick Esch and Ed Dean Jagers of Springfield, Colorado, agreed to pay the sum to …
Read More New Jersey Reports Spike in Incidents of Bias in 2023
Reports in New Jersey of incidents of bias — like antisemitism and anti-Black behavior among others — climbed by 22% last year, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the attorney general. Attorney General Matt Platkin’s office released the unofficial …
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