Former Audi CEO Stadler to make diesel scandal confession
Stadler is ready to make a confession in exchange for a suspended sentence and a payment of $1.21 million......»»
Activision Blizzard"s CEO looks to slash his pay by millions as the company"s harassment scandal continues
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has asked the company's board to slash his pay to the "lowest amount California law will allow" until the gaming company fixes its issues with gender discrimination and harassment, he said in a letter to employees.....»»
Blizzard cancels 2022 BlizzCon amid harrassment scandal fallout
Feb. show nixxed in favor of "supporting our teams and progressing development." Enlarge / A Warcraft-themed statue sits in front of the Blizzard employee campus. (credit: Flickr / gordontarpley) Following an online-only Blizz.....»»
Four revelations from the Facebook Papers
Trove of leaked documents paint damaging picture of company that has prioritized growth. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Facebook is battling its gravest crisis since the Cambridge Analytica scandal after a whis.....»»
Mark Zuckerberg Has Been Added To a DC Lawsuit Over the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is adding Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to a lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica data-mining scandal. From a report: Racine announced the addition on Twitter this morning, saying his investigation had.....»»
Radiant Aims To Replace Diesel Generators With Small Nuclear Reactors
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Atlas: California company Radiant has secured funding to develop a compact, portable, "low-cost" one-megawatt nuclear micro-reactor that fits in a shipping container, powers about 1,000 homes and uses a he.....»»
Norway To Hit 100% Electric Vehicle Sales Early Next Year
Norway is on track to bid farewell to the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars by April 2022, according to new analysis released by the Norwegian Automobile Federation (NAF). From a report: According to monthly new car sales data released by No.....»»
The path to achieving net-zero liquid fuel
Researchers from Monash University and Hokkaido University have developed a method that converts carbon dioxide into a diesel-range fuel and has the potential to produce a net-zero liquid fuel alternative to power cars more sustainably......»»
Evaluating bacterial communities in freshwater for their ability to break down crude oil and diesel fuel
Bacteria that can consume oil or fuel have been used to help clean up spills in the ocean, but their use in freshwater has been limited by a lack of research. A Michigan Technological University professor and his students have set out to change that,.....»»
Audi goes into U.S. ad agency review
Venables, Bell & Partners is the U.S. incumbent for Volkswagen's luxury auto brand. .....»»
Catalogue of Errors Led To $1.36 Billion of State Pension Underpayments
Repeated human errors made for years were to blame for a scandal which led to more than 1bn pound of state pensions not being paid, a report has concluded. BBC: The National Audit Office (NAO) said 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, were underpaid pen.....»»
OpenSea admits incident as top exec is accused of trading NFTs on insider information
The “eBay of NFTs” is running into a scandal as it admits one of its employees traded the crypto digital assets using insider information from the platform. Yesterday, a top executive at NFT platform OpenSea was accused of front-running s.....»»
Electric vehicles feature in 2022 World Car Awards contenders
Contenders include the Audi Q4 e-tron, BMW i4, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and Kia EV6. Enlarge (credit: World Car Awards) On Thursday, the World Car Awards launched its 2022 program and published the list of eligible vehicles for the upcoming contest......»»
Faster and cheaper ethanol-to-jet-fuel on the horizon
A patented process for converting alcohol sourced from renewable or industrial waste gasses into jet or diesel fuel is being scaled up at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with the help of partners at Oregon State.....»»
Audi Unveils a Shape-Shifting Concept Car
Audi's latest concept car, the skysphere, will be able to drive itself, the company claims. But the real hook is that, as it changes from human driving to self-driving, the body of the skysphere expands by 10 inches from end-to-end. CNN reports: The.....»»
Samsung"s Leader Is Out of Jail, Allowing US Factory Plans To Move Forward
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Samsung Group's leader, Jay Y. Lee, is out of jail on parole today. Lee was serving a 30-month sentence for his role in "Choi-gate," a major 2016 South Korean political scandal that brought down.....»»
Marine bacteria in Canadian Arctic capable of biodegrading diesel and oil
Marine bacteria in the frigid waters of the Canadian Arctic are capable of biodegrading oil and diesel fuel, according to a new study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology......»»
Audi’s SkySphere electric roadster has shape-shifting superpowers
Audi unveiled a futuristic electric concept named SkySphere whose wheelbase can be adjusted at the push of a button......»»
Asia Venturing: EV is taking over faster than expected
The booming of the EV market will come sooner than expected. The latest announcements from the US, EU, and China are heralded by the coming of the EV era. The EU just proposed to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles in the EU from 2035. The US.....»»
Alibaba fires employee accused of sexual assault as pressure mounts on Chinese tech
A sexual assault scandal has rocked Alibaba and led to departures at the Chinese e-commerce giant......»»
The downside of loyalty: Study reveals why some organizational cover-ups go unchecked
A cover-up, or an attempt to conceal evidence of wrongdoing, error or unethical actions, can prove harmful and costly for an organization. Often starting small, a cover-up can turn into a scandal that forever tarnishes the reputation of an instituti.....»»