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AUGUST 20, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Sullivan’s spokesman Bradford Williams said in an email to The Verge that there was “no merit” to the charges against his client, noting Sullivan is “a respected cybersecurity expert and former Assistant U.S. Attorney.”. Uber management discovered what was happening and disclosed the breach.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. After Google demanded that a paper she co-authored be retracted, Gebru told research team management that she would resign from her position and work on a transition plan, unless certain conditions were met. It’s also making changes to how sensitive employee exits are managed.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Reuters obtained a copy of the SEC’s response to Henkes, dated September 24th, that declined his request but stated: “We have confirmed with Division of Enforcement staff that the investigation from which you seek records is still active and ongoing.” Henkes has since filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in response.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Illustrator by Alex Castro / The Verge. Insurance covered identity theft protection for staff, but it’s unclear whether that benefit extends to students even after getting lawyers involved. Ransomware has been a hot-button topic in 2021 due to its impact on critical infrastructure , hospitals , and computer manufacturers.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

The ventilator has been granted emergency use authorization by the FDA, meaning it can only be used to treat people during the current health crisis. Fitbit tells The Verge that it hopes to sell the Flow for around $5,000, significantly less than traditional ventilators, and that production is scheduled to begin this month.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald. The only thing we have heard from Lyft is when they said in the Dallas newspaper that their hearts were with us,” Lewis’ sister Allyssa said in an interview with The Verge. “I A new report highlights the dangers of driving for gig companies.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. One model, the E30 ventilator, was on the list of ventilators granted Emergency Use Authorizations by the FDA during the pandemic. Over a month after the recall, people who rely on ventilators, CPAPs, and BiPAPs are unsure what to do Ingrid Tischer needs a machine to sleep.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge. The company first instituted a site-wide ban on ads for all forms of face masks, including medical and respiratory masks, in March due to national shortages and concern for medical staff and other frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. An Air Force staff sergeant was charged with the murder of a Federal Protective Service officer and a Santa Cruz sheriff’s sergeant earlier this month, and authorities have said they found paraphernalia connected with the boogaloo movement in the suspect’s van.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Not only does it make me deeply question the commitment to ethics and diversity inside the company,” Scott Niekum, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin who works on robotics and machine learning, told The Verge. Google disputes this account and says Gebru resigned.)

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. News that Facebook was considering a short-term political ad ban broke in July , when Zuckerberg discussed it in an all-hands meeting with his staff. The company adopted similar restrictions for WhatsApp last year. Still, other platforms have taken a more restrictive approach. “I

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

According to figures shared with The Verge by industry body Mobile UK, there were more than 200 incidents of abuse against telecoms engineers since March 30th and more than 90 arson attacks against mobile infrastructure. Razor blades and needles had been hidden behind posters on telephone poles, waiting to catch unwitting hands.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2020

“The government’s appropriate impulse to regulate city streets and ensure affordable, accessible transportation for all should not mean that individual vehicle riders’ every move is tracked and stored without their knowledge,” said Mohammad Tajsar, senior staff attorney at ACLU SoCal.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Of the company’s four vehicle depots in San Francisco, at most two were deploying AVs for food deliveries throughout May; the other two were sending out vehicles for regular AV testing, according to two current Cruise employees and three former ones, all of whom requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

For nine current and former employees interviewed by The Verge, however, working at the company posed mental health risks of its own. I thought we should rely less on police and also ask consent before sending them to someone’s house,” a current employee told The Verge. “I The Verge spoke to Alex’s former manager about the experience.

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

We went to the staff of The Verge to ask what they recommended for a solid week, month, or (gulp!) You have this author, Jessica Fletcher, and she’s a Lady of A Certain Age who, nonetheless, it is acknowledged in every episode, is quite attractive. Don’t despair! year of indoor viewing. Here’s what we came up with. Photo: NBC.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 11, 2021

During a press conference this morning, police chief Mike Fillback told reporters that authorities have had trouble finding out “how many people we actually had at that facility at the time because it’s not a set staff.” We’re assessing the situation and will share additional information when it’s available.”.

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The Verge

MAY 30, 2020

The Alphabet-owned company plans to return its fleet of autonomous minivans to service starting June 8th, according to an email obtained by The Verge. As The Verge has previously reported , tension is high between Waymo and some of its operation staff since the company signed a contract with Transdev last year.

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JULY 6, 2020

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge. One early hire was Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson, who, until recently, ran a research lab in Seattle. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge. Magic Leap employees, including Studios staff, took their headsets and started working from home.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge. Additionally, conference organizers say that they’re working closely with public health authorities in Germany to ensure that “social distancing, careful crowd control and other effective public hygiene measures are all in place” for the conference.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The worker organizing in the group has also spilled over into public view — another rare phenomenon at the intensely private company — beginning with when The Verge first reported in early June that employees were petitioning Apple to continue working remotely. Why Apple is fighting remote work. But I think they overstate the value of it.”.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The worker organizing in the group has also spilled over into public view — another rare phenomenon at the intensely private company — beginning with when The Verge first reported in early June that employees were petitioning Apple to continue working remotely. Why Apple is fighting remote work. But I think they overstate the value of it.”.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. If a moderator confirms the presence of CSAM, they’ll disable the account and report the images to legal authorities. One system detects if a certain number of objectionable photos is detected in iCloud storage and alerts the authorities. Apple stakes its reputation on privacy.

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The Verge

MAY 24, 2021

Still, this visit from authorities caught McDaniel off guard: at that point in time, he had nothing remotely violent on his criminal record — just arrests for marijuana-related offenses and street gambling. In 2014, I spoke with CPD officials about the program for an article for The Verge. Which cops were doing the watching?

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Vox

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

And now the maker of ChatGPT is on the verge of losing most — if not all — of the employees that turned it into an $80 billion company in just a few short years. OpenAI’s board of directors has the authority to remove its CEO with a majority vote. The announcement of his termination led to immediate chaos on Friday afternoon.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2020

Three states are working on projects so far, Russell Brandom reported today at The Verge : Alabama is developing an app in connection with a team from the University of Alabama, while the Medical University of South Carolina is heading up a similar project in collaboration with the state’s health agency. James Vincent / The Verge ).

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Per our copyright policy , we respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by copyright owner or their authorized representative,” a Twitter spokesperson said in an email to The Verge on Sunday. “Per A cease and desist has been issued. LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) July 19, 2020.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. But it didn’t sit well with staff members who’d moved away from Apple’s offices during the pandemic and had little desire to go back. Many who’ve spoken to The Verge feel like Apple’s employee relations team has been woefully inadequate in addressing their workplace concerns.

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The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2020

Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge, Photography by Valerie Macon/Getty Images. He thought the grass was greener on the other side, so he hopped the fence and landed in quicksand,” a Disney employee within the company’s streaming division, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Verge.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Happy Saturday and welcome to the inaugural edition of the Verge Weekender, a short recap of some of the stories we covered this week on The Verge. The FDA was prepared to authorize a vaccine as long as it was at least 50 percent effective. “We We couldn’t believe it.”.

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Vox

JUNE 22, 2022

The firings followed a Verge report on Thursday about the letter, which represents the first time such a document from employees to Musk has surfaced, and marks one of the most public concerted actions to date against Musk from employees of one of his companies.

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The Verge

JULY 27, 2020

If this stance against immigrants continues, we will have to shift jobs to other countries,” von Ahn said in an interview with The Verge. About 20 percent of our staff is on an H-1B or other work visa, and if not for the H-1B and other visa programs, many of these positions would be unfilled.”.

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Vox

MAY 7, 2020

It collects an apparently randomized assortment of items in a category, like famous authors or celebrities. But Cuomo’s blunt, straightforward style also transfers over to the slides, which means they’re ripe for riffing, a fact of which his staff is fully aware. In this house, we respect our quarantine authorities. Who can say?

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

In the delightfully dry phrasing of Wikipedia authors, “ 2: Electric Boogaloo became a verbal template appended to a topic as a signal of pejorative parody.”). Adi Robertson / The Verge ). Russell Brandom / The Verge ). Politicians on both sides of the aisle seem to hate Section 230. Industry. ?

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The legal authority for these executive orders is incredibly broad,” says attorney Brian Fleming, a former counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security. “It TikTok is now a national emergency.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge. But from a personal perspective, I haven’t had to be on a plane every week or every month to go see people in the United States, or travel around the world and see our staff. So that’s been really good as well, to have that sort of increased connection with staff around the world.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Julia Alexander / The Verge ). Monica Chin / The Verge ). Here’s Ashley Carman at The Verge: Influencer Pay Gap was created by Adesuwa Ajayi, a Black woman who works at the talent agency AGM and manages influencers. Tom Warren / The Verge ). Nick Statt / The Verge ).

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