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Lawyers are investigating Meta Platforms' outgoing operations chief Sheryl Sandberg's use of company resources over several years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.Several employees have been interviewed in connection with the investigation by Facebook-parent Meta, the WSJ reported, adding that the probe has been underway since at least last fall.Meta and Sandberg did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.Among the activities being scrutinized is the…

Meta’s lawyers are investigating outgoing COO Sheryl Sandberg amid claims she misused company resources, The Wall Street Journal reports. The paper says the investigation goes back “several years” and is scrutinizing Meta employees’ work on Sandberg’s personal projects. When Sandberg first announced her departure from the company, The Wall Street Journal the company was examining whether she had improperly used company resources in planning her upcoming wedding. Now, WSJ has shed a little more light on the investigation.…

The lawyers investigating Facebook operating chief Sheryl Sandberg’s use of corporate resources are examining behavior going back several years, said people familiar with the matter, focusing on the extent to which staffers worked on her personal projects. A number of employees have been interviewed as part of the investigation by Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., META -3.71% the people said, adding that the review has been under way…

Bayer AG BAYRY -1.56% notched a third consecutive court victory in the U.S. over its Roundup weedkiller after a jury in Missouri rejected a claim that it causes cancer days before an eagerly anticipated Supreme Court announcement on a key case. The Supreme Court is expected to announce next week whether it would hear Bayer’s bid to dismiss a Roundup case. Should the court take up the case and ultimately find in favor of the German…

BRAZLÂNDIA, Brazil—Brazil is rushing to roll out high-tech alternatives to fertilizer to boost farm production because of global price surges exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Drones fitted with cameras hover over centuries-old farms, allowing farmers to use fertilizer only where it is really needed, while nearby laboratories use the same lasers employed by NASA on Mars to perform soil analysis in seconds. Special white gels hold nutrients in place near plant roots with minute precision, preventing waste, and…

ADELAIDE, Australia—Idle uranium mines are slowly coming back to life as countries rethink their energy security and shift away from coal.Operators of mines in North America, Australia and Africa say they are preparing to restart old sites or stalled projects, encouraged by uranium prices hitting their highest levels since the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan that drove the nuclear fuel into a decadelong slump. Concerns about greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change and a desire to replace uranium from Russia,…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Whenever a mass shooting takes place in schools, public discussion often focuses on laws or policies that might have prevented the tragedy. But averting school violence needs more than gun policy. It requires both prevention and crisis response that take students' emotional well-being—not just their physical safety—into account.…

Maximize your learning without spending a dimeAuthor’s workspace.I think Tableau is one of the most important data visualization tools available. Learning the basics of Tableau is not difficult, especially if you have a strong understanding of spreadsheets and pivot tables. But, going from the basics to becoming proficient with Tableau takes a lot of time and effort. Fortunately, an abundance of resources exists to support your learning. This article is a curated set of online resources that can level up your Tableau…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For years, scientists have tried to understand the structure of the Earth. One of these scientists is University of Twente geophysicist Dr. Juan Carlos Afonso (Faculty of ITC). He has recently developed a new method to analyze the Earth's continental crust that lays the groundwork to predict geothermal energy sources, but also other critical resources for the Earth and other planets. He…

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sandberg left Meta feeling burned out and amid an internal probe into her activities, including using corporate resources to plan her wedding — One of the world's most powerful executives became increasingly burned out and disconnected from the mega-business she was instrumental in building. Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sandberg left Meta feeling burned out and amid an internal probe into her activities, including using corporate resources to plan her wedding …