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10 05, 2022

Content Moderator in Kenya Sues Facebook Owner Meta Over Working Conditions

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A former moderator working for Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions for contracted content moderators violate the Kenyan constitution. The petition, also filed against Meta’s local outsourcing company Sama, alleges that …

10 05, 2022

Britain Aims to Bolster Competitiveness in Financial Services With Nimbler Regulation

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Britain said on Tuesday it will require its regulators to help the City of London remain a globally competitive financial center after being largely cut off from the European Union due to Brexit. The government outlined planned legislation marking the …

10 05, 2022

Global Banks Flee the Monster SPAC Market They Helped Create

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Just a few years after banks helped create a gargantuan market for blank-check companies, they’re pulling away from the deals, afraid of the risks. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is ending its involvement with most of the special purpose acquisition companies …

10 05, 2022

UK’s Terrorism Reinsurer Pool Re to Reduce Reinsurance Pricing for Insurers

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Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer, announced the most significant reduction in its reinsurance pricing in 20 years. The reduction, which will come into effect in October 2022, will vary according to geographical location. Pool Re aims to enable the …

10 05, 2022

Tesla Recalls 130,000 Vehicles Over Touchscreen Display Malfunction

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Tesla Inc. is recalling about 130,000 vehicles in the United States following an overheating issue that may cause the center touchscreen display to malfunction, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Tuesday. The recall covers Tesla’s S and …

10 05, 2022

Crews in New Mexico, Arizona Work to Corral Wildfires

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Firefighters in northern New Mexico worked in rugged terrain ahead of a massive wildfire, feverishly trying to position crews to clear brush and stop the monster blaze from burning more homes in the Rocky Mountain foothills. The wildfire has charred …

10 05, 2022

California State Bar Notifies 1,300 Identified in Data Breach

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The State Bar of California has begun notifying individuals whose names appeared in more than 322,000 confidential attorney discipline records published online in a massive data breach. The State Bar said it will contact 1,300 complainants, witnesses or respondents whose …

10 05, 2022

Forecast Calls for High Risk of Wildfires in Central Oregon

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As summer approaches forecasters say Central Oregon has the highest fire risk of anywhere in the state. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the latest fire season outlook, released this week by the National Interagency Fire Center, shows above-normal fire risk running …

10 05, 2022

Elephant Insurance Reports Data Breach

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Virginia-based direct-to-consumer personal lines insurer Elephant Insurance reports that it experienced a cyber incident beginning in late March and as of April 25 its review had been able to identify consumers whose data may have been viewed or copied from …

10 05, 2022

NTSB: Pilot Didn’t Clear Ice in South Dakota Crash That Killed 9

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Federal investigators confirmed that the buildup of ice on the wings and other parts of the plane was a key factor in a 2019 crash that killed nine of 12 members of an Idaho family on board an overloaded small …