Category: Companies

3 Hurt When Google Critic Crashes Car Into Building Near Company’s NYC Headquarters, Police Say

NEW YORK—A man who has claimed for years that Google was torturing users with flashing lights crashed a car into a building near the company’s New York City headquarters, injuring three pedestrians, authorities said. The man, 34, drove onto the sidewalk and crashed his Ford Fusion into a building on West 15th Street and 10th…


FTC Sues Amazon for ‘Sabotaging’ Customer Attempts to Quit Prime Service

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken legal action against Amazon for allegedly enrolling customers in its Prime program without their consent and then devising an elaborate scheme to prevent them from unsubscribing. The consumer protection agency made the allegations in a lawsuit (pdf) filed on June 21 at the U.S. District Court, Western District…


Texas Requires State Charging Stations to Include Tesla’s Plug in Another Victory for Musk

Tesla won a contract with the state of Texas among a series of victories that will likely pave the way in making the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s charging technology the dominant standard for powering electric vehicles in the United States. Texas announced on June 20 that it would require EV charging companies to include both…


Consumer Groups Call on Washington and Brussels to Regulate AI Tech

A coalition of consumer advocacy groups in the European Union and the United States called on their governments to develop regulations for generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology. These groups are concerned about AI tech that power tools like ChatGPT are developing so quickly that consumers’ rights may be grievously harmed if state regulators fail to get involved….


Bud Light Sales Take Steepest Hit yet Since Dylan Mulvaney Promotion

Bud Light saw its worst sales drop since the brand launched a marketing promotion with transgender influencer Dylvan Mulvaney, according to recent industry data. For the week ending June 10, sales of Bud Light dropped by 26.8 percent, data from Bump Williams Consulting and NielsenIQ show, according to the New York Post. A week prior to…


Whistleblower Who Flagged Safety Issues in Missing Titanic Submersible Was Fired

A whistleblower from the company whose submersible went missing during an undersea expedition to the Titanic had raised safety concerns ahead of the craft’s maiden voyage and was later fired. David Lochridge once served as the director of marine operations at OceanGate, the firm whose “Titan” submersible went missing on Sunday during a deep dive…


Former Nissan Chairman Sues Car Company $1 Billion for Defamation

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, has filed a lawsuit against the carmaker he once ran and about another dozen individuals in Beirut, Lebanon, over his imprisonment in Japan, for over $1 billion. Ghosn filed a lawsuit with the Beirut prosecutor’s office to stop what he says was misinformation spread against him, in his latest effort…


‘Sustainable Jobs’ Transition Sparks Fear of Oil and Gas Industry Phase-Out

Ottawa is proposing a major workforce shift toward a net-zero economy, calling it a transition toward sustainable jobs. With the plan being based on a definition of “sustainable” that the feds say will stay fluid over time, it’s causing widespread fears of a phasing-out of the oil and gas industry. Bill C-50, known as the…


Peru Restaurant Voted Best in the World

A restaurant in Lima, Peru has been named the best restaurant in the world by more than 1,000 restaurant industry experts, including food writers and chefs, in this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants rankings. Central, located in Lima’s Barranco District, was opened in 2008 by married chefs Virgilio Martínez and Pia León who had a “vision to create…


Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation Into Amazon’s ‘Dangerous, Illegal’ Warehouse Conditions

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has launched an investigation into what he says is Amazon’s “disastrous safety record” and unfair treatment of workers who suffer injuries in its warehouses. Sanders, who chairs the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter (pdf) to Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy to inform him of the investigation on June 20….