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Entitled Woman Is Promptly Humbled After Attempted Wheelchair Robbery Goes Wrong

Ideally, a trip to the grocery store should be uneventful. If the shop has everything you need, you can get in and out without waiting in a long line and you’re on your way home before you know it, that’s a successful trip. But unfortunately, we never know what kinds of people we’ll encounter when shopping. One customer recently reached out to the Entitled People subreddit detailing their bizarre experience with a woman who tried to steal their wheelchair at the grocery store. Below, you’ll find the full saga, as well…

Sony tweets about Bloodborne, promptly deletes tweet

Anytime Bloodborne is mentioned, an angel flies across the sky at 60 FPS Any day, another ill-advised tweet: though this one is incredibly tame compared to some of the things we’ve seen these past few years. Sony threw out a rather harmless tweet asking people to identify (an obvious) Bloodborne cover, and that was apparently it. After a riotous response, Sony deleted it. Sony Deleted this tweet of a zoomed in Bloodborne cover 🧐 pic.twitter.com/2aIVE01pyt — evanf1997 (@evanf1997_) October 20, 2022 Here’s what the…

Lemonade closes on acquisition of insurtech Metromile, promptly lays off about 20% of its staff – TechCrunch

Publicly traded Lemonade has laid off about 60 employees of Metromile, the auto insurtech company it recently acquired — adding to the volatility the technology sector has seen over the past 18 months. In an emailed statement, a Lemonade spokesperson told TechCrunch that it was “able to offer a role at Lemonade to about 80% of the Metromile team,” but that as the deal was “synergistic” as it is able to “operate with fewer people than were needed to staff the two standalone.” Such staffing cuts are not abnormal in…

Reliance Fined for Not Promptly Disclosing 2020 Facebook $5.7 Billion Deal

India's market regulator on Monday fined Reliance Industries and two of its compliance officers for violating fair disclosure norms during Facebook's $5.7 billion (nearly Rs. 44,400 crore) investment in its digital unit in 2020.In April 2020, Meta's Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Reliance's Jio, aiming to allow WhatsApp to offer payments services to millions of small businesses. The deal helped billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance slash its heavy debt load.The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said Reliance…