Embattled German fintech firm Wirecard said it would be filing for insolvency over the $2.1 billion ‘black hole’ that’s led to the arrest of its CEO Markus Braun. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange had earlier suspended trade in preparation of the announcement, Reuters reports. Wirecard is notably the first member of the exclusive DAX index to declare itself insol […]
When it comes to vehicle reliability, it’s not been a good week for Tesla. There’s been reports that the electric vehicle maker knowingly sold cars with faulty battery packs, and in a recent industry survey the marque ranked very poorly for build quality. Let’s start with the battery packs. According to a Business Insider exclusive, Tesla reportedly shipped […]
When it comes to vehicle reliability, it’s not been a good week for Tesla. There’s been reports that the electric vehicle maker knowingly sold cars with faulty battery packs, and in a recent industry survey the marque ranked very poorly for build quality. Let’s start with the battery packs. According to a Business Insider exclusive, Tesla reportedly shipped […]
Amazon has been grappling with a counterfeit problem for years to the point that it reportedly decided to be more cooperative with law enforcement a few months ago. Now, the e-commerce giant has formed a new division called the Counterfeit Crimes Uni…
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The house of cards has well and truly collapsed for Wirecard, the German payments company that has been accused of accounting fraud. Today it announced that its German operation Wirecard AG was applying for insolvency proceedings in a Munich court, the Amtsgericht München, due to “impending insolvency and over-indebtedness.” It also issued a separate stateme […]
A member of the far-right militia, Boogaloo Bois, walks next to protestors demonstrating outside Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Metro Division 2 just outside of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 29, 2020 | Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images Lately a question I have been asking myself is: how worried do we need to be about the Boogalo […]
was the third of a series of webinars on this subject being organised by CUTS International, a global public policy think- and action-tank promoting consumer welfare through trade, regulations and governance.
New Enterprise Associates has launched a new investment initiative with the Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency. The new partnership, called Connect Ventures, said it will identify and accelerate the growth of early-stage, consumer-focused businesses formed in the wake of the global pandemic. In a world where everything is a commodity and nothing […]
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TLDR: The training in The Hardcore Game Development and Animation Bundle can help emerging game creators build stellar character and gorgeous in-game experiences. It’s one of the globe’s longest simmering conflicts. Year after year, the tensions peak and ebb, with both sides occasionally firing volleys before retreating back to their respective bunkers. But […]
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Manufacturing of the Segway PT will halt in July, marking the end of the innovative scooter.
Google is making it easier for users to auto-delete data like their search histories. | NurPhoto/Getty Images The company’s latest privacy measure will delete some users’ data by default, but most will still have to turn the feature on manually. Google is making it easier to delete the data it collects about you — though you might still have to do a little w […]
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