Tencent Fires 70 Staff, Blacklists 13 Firms in Anti-Graft Campaign
Tencent Holdings, China's biggest social media and video games company, on Tuesday said it fired nearly 70 staff over bribery and embezzlement incidents…
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Colorado fires close out a year of disastrous drought
Devastating fires in Colorado cap off a year of awful drought across the US. Dry conditions helped set the stage for blazes that scorched hundreds of…
Alibaba Fires Female Employee Who Accused Then-Supervisor of Sexual Assault
HONG KONG—
Alibaba Holding Group
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has fired a female employee who accused her then-supervisor…
Citing fires, London’s transport agency bans e-scooters on public transit network
Transport for London announced a ban on all e-scooters on its network, effective December 13th, over safety concerns following recent fires. The ban will…
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg Fires Over 900 Employees Over Zoom Call in US
An Indian-origin CEO of a US-based homeownership company has abruptly fired more than 900 employees, about 9 per cent of its workforce, on a Zoom webinar,…
Safety recall issued for DeWalt wireless neckbuds; fires reported
If you didn’t know that tool manufacturer DeWalt made wireless headphones, don’t worry — we hadn’t either until they started catching on fire. The…
This simple iPhone toggle can help protect your home from break-ins, fires, and floods
Smart home alarm systems are all the rage, but they’re also very expensive. A relatively simply setup can cost hundreds of dollars, with things like…
The Legacy of Mattress Cash Fires
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.I’ve been having deep thoughts this week. About mattresses and movie…
Google and AWS harness the power of machine learning to predict floods and fires | ZDNet
Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have highlighted their…
Sun fires significant solar flare, can disrupt Earth’s GPS signals: NASA
Washington, October 29
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured “significant solar flare” erupting…