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China Detains a Top Executive at Evergrande’s Electric-Vehicle Unit

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 5:07 am ETThe bad news keeps coming for China Evergrande and its investors. A top executive of the beleaguered property giant’s electric-vehicle business has been detained as part of a criminal investigation, adding to Evergrande’s mounting problems. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Updated Jan. 8, 2024 5:07 am ETThe bad news keeps coming for China Evergrandeand its investors. A top executive of the beleaguered property giant’s

The Four Steps to Better Password Security

I recently staged a password intervention.One family member admitted to using the same password for every account. Another stored login credentials in iPhone Contacts. Both habits make accounts vulnerable to hackers. I had to step in.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 I recently staged a password intervention.One family member admitted to using the same password for every account. Another stored login credentials in iPhone Contacts. Both habits make

Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX

Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies. Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is…

Disney’s Mickey Mouse Copyright Expired. Now He’s on a Rampage.

The company’s famous mascot, in the public domain after 95 years, is getting reworked by film and videogame makers—mostly as a killerIn ‘Mickey’s Mouse Trap,’ out in March, someone in a Mickey-like mask chases youngsters with a knife. Into Frame Films Ltd The company’s famous mascot, in the public domain after 95 years, is getting reworked by film and videogame makers—mostly as a killerIn ‘Mickey’s Mouse Trap,’ out in March, someone in a Mickey-like mask chases youngsters with a knife. Into Frame Films Ltd FOLLOW US…

SpaceX Sues Labor Board Over Employee Firings 

SpaceX sued the U.S. government’s labor board a day after an official at the agency accused the company of violating a federal workplace law by firing employees who circulated a letter critical of Elon Musk.The rocket company led by Musk alleged in a complaint filed in federal court Thursday that a suit brought by a director at the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 SpaceX sued the U.S. government’s

Maersk Pauses Transit Through Red Sea Until Further Notice After Attack on Ship

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk said it will pause all transit through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden until further notice following the attack on its vessel Maersk Hangzhou on Dec. 30.The shipping company said Tuesday that an investigation into the incident is continuing and that some vessels will be rerouted and continue their journey around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Danish shipping giant A.P.

Wealthy Investors Rescued Juul From Bankruptcy. Others Are Crying Foul.

Updated Jan. 2, 2024 4:25 pm ETTwo of Juul Labs’ longtime directors—a Hyatt Hotels heir and a venture capitalist—helped bail out the e-cigarette maker when it was on the brink of insolvency.It was a deal that preserved the equity investments of Nick Pritzker and Riaz Valani, cemented their influence over the company and secured them releases from liability in thousands of lawsuits against Juul. Now Juul is fighting a lawsuit from a group of investors alleging that those two directors were looking out for their own

Big Tech Braces for Wave of Antitrust Rulings in 2024 

U.S. antitrust cases against tech giants Google and Meta Platforms are expected to come to a head in 2024, likely producing long-awaited rulings that could shape the legacies of top Biden administration regulators.Silicon Valley and its critics have seen their patience tested on some of these cases. A U.S. antitrust case brought against Alphabet’s Google unit in 2020 went to trial in 2023 and now heads to closing arguments in May.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Entrepreneur Who Bet His Company on a Fight With Apple

Masimo Chief Executive Joe Kiani bet the future of the company he spent three decades building in an expensive legal battle with the world’s most valuable company. So far, he is winning, but it isn’t over.His company, which pioneered a better method for measuring blood-oxygen levels, has spent around $100 million fighting Apple in a dispute that temporarily halted Apple Watch sales. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Masimo Chief Executive Joe Kianibet

Elon Musk and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Form a Trans-Atlantic Bond

ROME—Elon Musk and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have formed one of 2023’s more unlikely trans-Atlantic alliances.Behind their budding friendship lie common interests in political issues such as immigration and demographics, as well as in tech-sector regulation and the risks associated with artificial intelligence.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 ROME—Elon Musk and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melonihave formed one of 2023’s more unlikely