Celebrity Life

Joseph Nappi is a 20-year-old Starbucks barista and Cleveland State University political science major. He’s also learning how to be a union organizer. “My family is a union family,” Nappi says. His late grandfather was the president of the United Steelworkers of America union in Ashtabula, Ohio. “They gave my grandfather a fantastic pension that…

In "The Cryptopians," a new book about Ethereum by author Laura Shin, egos clash, decadence flows and small dreams spiral out of control

Tesla’s troubles just keep piling up. Late last week, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued the automaker, alleging that Tesla had discriminated against Black workers at the company and ignored years of complaints from Black workers who said that they were almost continuously subjected to racist slurs in the workplace. Kevin Kish,…

Experts say the nature of the site could prevent it from reaching the same heights as mainstream platforms like Facebook and Twitter

The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Monday a state district court claiming Meta has been “storing millions of biometric identifiers” — identified as retina or iris scans, voice…

Workers in Sama's Nairobi office are among the lowest-paid workers for the platform anywhere in the world

Spotify needs to do more soul-searching. That’s the prevailing opinion among crisis management experts in the aftermath of recent boycotts by artists and fans over the popular streaming service’s loyalty to Joe Rogan’s controversial podcast. Following the public outcry, Spotify now finds itself at a crossroads between supporting its subscribers by moderating harmful content and…

The charitable sector should hope that billionaire Jared Isaacman keeps seeking new adventures. Isaacman, who turned a payments-processing firm he started as a teenager into a multibillion-dollar company, periodically indulges his passion for aviation with head-turning flights. Each time, a prominent charity has joined the ride — and the stakes keep getting bigger. In 2009,…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Without much fuss and even less public attention, the nation’s egg producers are in the midst of a multibillion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from restaurant chains. In a decade, the percentage of hens in…

Most Super Bowl ads feed the ego but starve the soul

U.S. consumer prices surged in January by more than expected, sending the annual inflation rate to a fresh four-decade high and adding more urgency to the Federal Reserve’s plans to start raising interest rates. The consumer price index climbed 7.5% from a year earlier following a 7% annual gain in December, according to Labor Department…

The anatomy of the DOJ operation to seize $3.6 billion Bitcoin stolen in the Bitfinex hack is a cautionary tale in an era of rapid blockchain ascendancy