The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When Christine complained to HR, she said she was told the people who made those comments were “just joking” and that they “did nothing wrong by law.” She further claimed that after making those reports, she was demoted, denied her full profit sharing benefits, and received minimal raises in the four years of her employment at Blizzard.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

Half of the states in the country are now considering right to repair laws that would require manufacturers to disable software locks and provide parts to repair shops, and a lot of it is being driven — in a bipartisan way — by the needs of farmers. On my way to school every day in Wisconsin growing up, I drove by a Case plant.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

National chains There is no national electronics recycling law at this time, so you won't find any federal programs to assist you with getting rid of old devices. The USPS does run a program for federal agencies and their employees , but it's not available to the general public. Heres how to find places that will take your old gadgets.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

The EPA sets the maximum level allowed in public water systems. The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water was long considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population gets fluoridated drinking water , according to CDC data.

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

The company went public in 2015, and as online commerce has exploded during the pandemic, it’s been on a tear ever since — it just posted $988 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2021, a 110 percent increase from last year. And we went public around 2015 on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Especially.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The story, by Maxwell Tani and Spencer Ackerman, recounts a controversy that broke out inside the company when one of its 50,000 employees posted a short essay to its internal Workplace forum titled “In Support of Law Enforcement and Black Lives.” Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

To win Intel’s interest, Ohio also had to change its laws to offer job creation tax credits for 30 years instead of 15 years to big developments like Intel’s. Though the promises may have similarities, we’re not getting any Foxconn-in-Wisconsin vibes from the Intel deal quite yet. Is there something to the national security concern?

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The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

And there’s lots of other big publications in the center of that ecosystem. I did this for 15 years, was the editor in chief of this trade publication called The Hotline. We cover Section 230 , which is the law that says internet platforms can moderate. Ted Cruz went to Harvard Law School. Our job is to. Twenty-six words.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 2, 2025

Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals’ narrow majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election was billionaire Elon Musk. “And Wisconsin stood up and said loudly that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale.”

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 16, 2025

Few corners of higher education have been untouched, as schools ranging from prestigious private universities, large public research institutions, and tiny liberal arts colleges discover status terminations one after another among their students. He said his law firm has heard from hundreds of students.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

That’s the irony of all this,” said Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford University law professor who studies technology and democracy. Other public officials have lost similar lawsuits from constituents. It’s really not clear that you can change 230 (which is part of a law, let’s remember) without congressional approval.

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