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Tesla’s Elon Musk seeks TX venue in class action lawsuit over Bay Area juror concerns

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Elon Musk has requested that a shareholder class action lawsuit be transferred from San Francisco, California, to West Texas. Musk’s legal team has argued that the CEO believes there is a lack of unbiased jurors in the Bay Area. A federal judge is currently considering the motion from Musk’s legal team. .

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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His Vodafone team worked on technologies that would limit the use of personal data for advertising and “eyeball-grabbing, because they are very disruptive and can incentivize the spread of disinformation. The tokens, along with using smart contracts to reduce legal fees, would make real-time exchange and monetization feasible, he says.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips.

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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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Compared to a healthy user [top], a person experiencing symptoms of bipolar disorder [middle] or depression [bottom] may use their phone more than usual and late at night. Such apps can’t legally claim to treat or diagnose disease, at least in the United States. For example, a person experiencing depression may spend more time at home.

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Fathers Can Be Gender Equity Advocates

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Travis is a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law , where she co-directs its Work Law and Justice Program. Is it personal? MT: My interest in engaging dads of daughters as gender equity advocates is both professional and personal. Having daughters fueled his urgency to act.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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founders Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, Intel chief executive officer Andrew Grove Favorite restaurants Postrio and Bella Voce in San Francisco, Beausejour in Los Altos, Calif. Currently, though history traces today’s microprocessor back to Hoff, Mazor, and Faggin, the legal rights to the invention belong to Hyatt.

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Tesla 2024 Annual Shareholder Meeting transcript: June 13, 2024

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So not only are you protecting the environment by driving a Tesla, you’re also protecting yourself and those who ride with you. I want to give a special shout out to our small but mighty IR team and legal team, and everyone involved in running this year’s proxy campaign—both inside and outside of Tesla.

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