California EDD Freezes 350,000 Unemployment Benefit Debit Cards Over Fraud Concerns
At least 350,000 debit cards filled with money for unemployment benefits in California have been frozen because of suspected fraud, state officials said.
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At least 350,000 debit cards filled with money for unemployment benefits in California have been frozen because of suspected fraud, state officials said.
Some Uber drivers are suing the San Francisco ride-hailing giant, saying the company has "unlawfully" pressured them and other drivers to support the measure.
A state appeals court ruled against Uber and Lyft Thursday, upholding an injunction saying the ride-hailing giants must reclassify drivers as employees.
Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its "full self-driving" software to a small group of owners who will test it on public roads. But buried on its website is a disclaimer that the $8,000 system doesn't make the vehicles autonomous and drivers still have to supervise it.
The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gave the green light to remdesivir as the first approved treatment for patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Facebook's court-like Oversight Board for appealing content decisions will now begin receiving cases, officials of the social media giant headquartered in Menlo Park said Thursday.
The Founder and CEO of the Legal Equalizer app hopes that it will help to de-escalate situations between police and citizens by providing accountability on all sides.
Tesla charged through a summertime auto industry sales slump in the U.S. to post stronger-than-expected net earnings for the third quarter.
The Justice Department sued San Francisco Bay Area tech giant Google Tuesday, claiming the company has been abusing its dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers. Seven other states were also considering lawsuits.
Netflix's subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer months, the Los Gatos-based streaming giant said.
The company headquartered in San Jose is trying to do something to fix this problem, which its software didn't originate but helped propagate for decades.
Critical outsiders, as well as some of Facebook's own employees, say the company's efforts to revise its rules and tighten its safeguards heading onto the election remain wholly insufficient to the task, despite it having spent billions on the project.
SRA scholar Steven Palomares' passion for science is deeply personal with his own mother's health being a primary motivation.
General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will pull the human backup drivers from its vehicles in San Francisco by the end of the year.
