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Elizabeth Holmes Trial Pushed to August Following Surprise Pregnancy Announcement
Prosecutors said they were “frustrated” to learn recently that Holmes is due to give birth in July.
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Elizabeth Holmes Trial Likely Delayed Because She's Pregnant
The Theranos founder’s fraud trail has already been delayed three times because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Elizabeth Holmes Denies Destroying Evidence in Theranos Case
Prosecutors allege executives at Theranos destroyed a database which contained three years worth of accuracy and failure rates.
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Elizabeth Holmes Resists Government Efforts to Detail Her CEO Lifestyle
Holmes, a Stanford dropout, had a six-figure salary and a billion dollar stake in Theranos until the company shut down in 2018.
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Google Antes Up $2.6M to Settle Pay, Job Discrimination Case
Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and Washington state.
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AP Exclusive: Selena Gomez: Big Tech ‘Cashing in From Evil'
Selena Gomez is laying much of the blame for the violent attack on the U_S_ Capitol at the feet of Big Tech_ The singer told the leaders of Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube that they’ve allowed “people with hate in their hearts” to thrive and therefore “failed all the American people.”
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Founder of Multibillion-Dollar Company Chewy: This Is the Side Hustle I'd Start Now to Make Extra Money
A decade before Ryan Cohen co-founded online pet retailer Chewy.com at age 25 in 2011, he was a teenager making thousands of dollars a month off affiliate link websites he built himself. If Cohen needed extra money today, he would go back to his roots.
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Prosecutors Allege Theranos Fraud Fueled Elizabeth Holmes' Lifestyle
Elizabeth Holmes intended to use Theranos “as a tool to better her personal situation,” prosecutors wrote in a motion with the court Friday night.
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Elizabeth Holmes' Trial Delayed as California's Covid Cases Surge
A surge in coronavirus cases in California has led to a four-month delay in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of health tech firm Theranos.
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Over 40% of Women in Tech Say They've Been Harassed by a Boss Or Investor, According to New Report
Roughly 43% of women founders say the harassment occurred within the last 12 months, according to a Women Who Tech report.
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Biden Secretary of State Pick Blinken Has Ties to Venture Capital Fund With National Security Portfolio
A business advisory firm co-founded by Joe Biden’s pick to run the State Department has ties to a little known venture capital fund.
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Elizabeth Holmes' Trial to Play Out Before Face-Masked Jurors in Socially Distanced Courtroom
The trial is scheduled to begin March 9, 2021 after being delayed due to the pandemic.
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Elizabeth Holmes Wants to Block Jurors From Hearing About Her Luxurious Lifestyle as Theranos CEO
Elizabeth Holmes employed personal assistants to run her luxury shopping sprees, traveled by private jet, stayed at exclusive hotels and drove an expensive SUV.
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25-Year-Old Black Tech Lead in Silicon Valley: I Want to Use My Influence to Combat Systemic Racism
Already in his young career, Kyle Woumn, 25, has had disappointing experiences that are too typical for a Black techie in white Silicon Valley.
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In a First, Airbnb Takes Action Against Guest for Party
For the first time, Airbnb is taking legal action against a guest for violating its ban on unauthorized parties
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Apple Previews New iPhone Software, Changes to Mac Chips
Apple on Monday provided a glimpse at upcoming software changes designed to make the iPhone even easier to use and announced underlying hardware changes to its line of Mac computers.
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Finance Firm Founder Gets 6 Months in College Bribery Scam
The founder of a Silicon Valley venture capital firm has been sentenced to six months behind bars for paying about $450,000 in bribes to boost his two daughters’ entrance exam scores and get one of them into Georgetown University as a bogus tennis recruit.
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Data-Mining Firm Palantir Files for Stealth Public Offering
The Silicon Valley data-mining firm Palantir Technologies confidentially filed to go public, setting up what could be the biggest stock offering from a technology company since Uber’s debut last year.
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Administration Seeking to Roll Back Tech Company Protections
The Justice Department is proposing that Congress roll back legal protections for online platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter that generally could not be held legally responsible for what people post on the sites
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Silicon Valley Startup Hopes New Test Tube Will Revolutionize COVID-19 Testing
Worldwide demand for COVID-19 testing could potentially threaten supply levels of certain chemicals needed to process the tests. Now, a Bay Area company hopes its tiny invention will solve a potentially massive dilemma.