Christie Smythe Why a former Netflix exec facing 7 years in prison for bribery is a cautionary tale for startups Michael Kail will be sentenced Oct. 19 in San Jose for taking stock, cash and gifts from tech firms trying to do business with the streaming service.
Activision Blizzard’s 'frat house' culture didn’t happen overnight — here's how the gaming industry became a boys club Rachel Presser 9.27.21 1:36 PM
Why an OZY writer is standing up for journalists at Carlos Watson’s disgraced media firm Christie Smythe 9.30.21 10:30 PM
These charts show how Southwest’s thin staffing contributed to its flight cancellation debacle Othmane Zizi 10.13.21 9:34 PM
Even with 11 million job openings, the U.S. has more than 1.3 million unemployed felons — here is why Tana Ganeva 10.3.21 8:29 PM
An OpenSea staffer’s misconduct shows getting away with NFT insider trading isn’t as easy as you think Joon Ian Wong 9.24.21 4:02 PM
What got alternative data firm App Annie in trouble with the SEC — and fined $10 million The SEC said Tuesday that it settled a probe into the company, marking the agency’s first enforcement action in the fast-growing alternative data industry. Christie Smythe 9.15.21 8:53 PM
Brian Armstrong accuses the SEC of ‘really sketchy behavior’ for threatening to sue Coinbase over its latest feature Shares in Coinbase fell 4%, closing at $258.20 on Wednesday following disclosure of the agency’s tough stance on Lend. Ivan De Luce 9.8.21 9:08 PM
HeadSpin’s ex-CEO was arrested for allegedly cheating investors out of $80 million by faking the company’s success Manish Lachwani’s company once achieved a valuation of $1.1 billion, but its value was knocked down to $250 million after an internal investigation. Ivan De Luce 8.26.21 5:00 PM
Poop-testing startup founder who lied about her age in “30 under 30” profile charged with defrauding insurers, VCs Married uBiome co-CEOs Jessica Richman and Zachary Apte were hit with a 47-count indictment and a lawsuit by the SEC. Christie Smythe 3.19.21 6:37 PM
5 reasons Tesla’s Autopilot is a fixation for U.S. safety officials The NHTSA is investigating 11 instances where Teslas crashed into vehicles at emergency scenes. Christie Smythe 8.17.21 5:07 PM
Why it's horrifying that a Facebook employee helped Cuomo smear a sexual harassment victim A report by the state attorney general sheds uncomfortable light on ways politicians might pull weight with Big Tech. Christie Smythe 8.10.21 5:18 PM
It looks like Hindenburg Research was right about Nikola's "intricate fraud" The electric truck maker’s former executive chairman was charged in a federal indictment with defrauding investors. Christie Smythe 7.30.21 1:53 PM