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View More NewsFrom Bedrossian v. Cal. State Pers. Bd., decided Tuesday by California Court of Appeal Justice Frances Rothschild, joined by Justices Gregory Weingart and Michelle Kim: The [State Compensation Insurance Fund] employed Bedrossian as a staff attorney beginning in March 2004 and ultimately promoted her to attorney IV. In the latter position, she was responsible for litigating worker’s compensation cases involving “confidential and sensitive information.” A “duty statement” Bedrossian signed lists among her responsibilities as an attorney IV “[m]aintain[ing] user mastery over [the Fund’s] computer-based technology” and “communicat[ing] professionally and efficiently.” … The Fund “require[s] that all employees take [cyber]security awareness…
Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate bitcoin BTC$64,718.98 holder, reported Thursday an $8.2 billion second-quarter net loss after the cryptocurrency’s price decline erased billions of dollars from the value of its digital asset holdings.The quarterly loss was driven almost entirely by an $8.32 billion unrealized markdown on its bitcoin holdings under fair-value accounting.The company held 843,775 bitcoin as of July 26, up 25% from the start of the year. At current prices, the stash is worth roughly $54.8 billion, compared with an acquisition cost of $63.7 billion.The report came after a period of growing investor scrutiny on the firm over…
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A review of A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women by Steve Stewart-Williams; 362 pages; Forum, London (June 2026) “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off!”—Gloria Steinem, 2019 In January 2005, at a private conference hosted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard President Lawrence Summers violated a central taboo of liberal discourse. In a discussion of why men were overrepresented in tenured science and engineering positions at top universities, he suggested that one possible cause was genetic differences between the sexes.Summers offered this as…
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In brief FTC, California and Utah sued Hims & Hers over alleged privacy, billing and subscription violations. Regulators say the company shared sensitive health…
Some of the world’s biggest banks have completed real cross-border payments using tokenized money in a test led by the Bank for International Settlements…
Canadians’ ownership of cryptocurrencies increased to 25% in 2026 from 10% in 2023, new data from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) shows. In the…
In brief Cash App has introduced fee-free USDC stablecoin transactions across Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Unlike Venmo, Cash App automatically converts incoming stablecoins…
from the a-well-ranked-idea dept Even if you don’t live in California you’ve probably heard about the California primary coming up on June 2 (although…
To read some of the press coverage, one would think the biggest winner of yesterday’s Texas Republican primary runoff is James Talarico, the Democratic…
Elon Musk could soon control one of the largest corporate bitcoin BTC$75,807.15 holdings in public markets if Tesla and SpaceX ultimately merge, according to…
XBIT DEX takes the lead in introducing leverage to on-chain prediction markets, prioritizing the 2026 FIFA World Cup for its initial category. The whitelist…
In brief The OpenAI Foundation committed an initial $250 million to grants, partnerships, and direct work aimed at supporting the economic impact of AI…
from the holy-fuck dept There are many (negative) things this Trump administration is known for. It’s a long list and I would encourage everyone…
On Tuesday, Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed over 270 bills into law. With public scrutiny focused on bills related to crime and immigration,…