BNB Chain is taking legal action against a former employee who allegedly used unauthorized access to a wallet, originally for a tutorial, to launch the memecoin Asteroid Shiba (ASTEROID) and sell tokens worth $638,000.
Matthew Wright, former Southern Water CEO, and three ex-employees face charges of conspiracy to defraud the Environment Agency and Ofwat between 2012-2017. They allegedly manipulated sewage wastewater testing to avoid millions in fines, marking the first time a water industry boss faces criminal charges over sewage discharges.
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing former employees of leaking confidential information to the ChatGPT creator. The lawsuit alleges OpenAI pursued a strategy to obtain trade secrets from Apple, escalating tensions between the two companies.
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI firm and two former Apple employees of stealing trade secrets related to hardware and unreleased products. OpenAI denies the allegations.
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and two former employees, alleging the ChatGPT maker used stolen trade secrets for its consumer hardware development. The suit claims ex-Apple engineers accessed confidential files and proprietary data.
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of benefiting from stolen trade secrets. Apple alleges that former employees now at OpenAI, including its chief hardware officer Tang Tan, wrongfully took confidential information about unreleased technologies and products.
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging trade secret theft and breach of contract. The company claims OpenAI's senior leadership, including Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan, directed misconduct involving confidential Apple information and employees.
Former Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar highlights parental dread over children's online safety, as the UK sets a minimum age of 16 for major social media platforms, following Australia's precedent. Governments worldwide, except the US, are increasingly implementing age restrictions amidst growing distrust of social media platforms' safety measures.
KPMG Australia is under fire for leaking confidential client data (Lendlease, Optus, Westpac, Dexus, Telstra) to aid in lucrative audit contract bids, while allegedly retaliating against a whistleblower who reported the misconduct, leading to resignations and calls for regulatory reform.
Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is suing the tech giant in a US district court, alleging its efforts to silence her memoir, "Careless People," are unlawful and a "blatant violation of the first amendment." She claims Meta used "coercive surveillance" and that her severance agreement was signed under duress.
An investigation into a deadly Aliganj fire revealed the building was approved for residential use but converted to a commercial complex in 2014. Authorities are preparing a list of officials and engineers for alleged lapses in monitoring building regulations.
California Governor Gavin Newsom alleges Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Newsom stated federal agents questioned friends and former employees, seeking a crime and abusing the grand jury process, as part of a personal vendetta.
A shoplifting suspect died and two San Francisco police officers were injured Friday after being struck by a vehicle while the suspect was being apprehended outside a Trader Joe's. The suspect, allegedly a former employee, was running from officers when he fell. A black Lexus SUV then hit the suspect and the two officers. The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators.
Protests have intensified at Newark's Delaney Hall Detention Facility over alleged inhumane conditions, with activists reporting rotten food and medical neglect. DHS and GEO Group deny claims, calling them politically motivated, while detainees sue over poor conditions nationwide.
A special inspection by the National Police Agency found that nearly 40% of DNA analyses conducted by a former Saga Prefectural Police forensics employee were improper. The fraud, which spanned eight years, involved falsifying reports and altering work dates across multiple stages of the DNA analysis process.
The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC) announced that former employees recorded court proceedings without judicial permission. An investigation covering the past 15 years found three individuals who admitted to the practice, claiming it was to accurately record court exchanges. No current employees were found to have engaged in similar conduct.
In the lawsuit over the 2022 Shiretoko sightseeing boat accident where 26 people died or went missing, a former male employee testified at Sapporo District Court. He denied receiving instructions for "conditional departure" and stated he informed the captain of potential weather deterioration the day before.
A prominent hedge fund manager took advantage of a bank’s “wholesale collective failure” to prevent illicit trading, making HK$1.7 million (US$217,012) in a single day by using confidential information to sell shares in a Hong Kong fashion house nine years ago, prosecutors alleged on Tuesday. British-born investor Simon Sadler is on trial at the District Court alongside the now-defunct Segantii Capital Management and former employee Daniel Anthony La Rocca Jnr over alleged insider dealing in the...
Top AI researchers are leaving Big Tech companies like Meta and Google to launch startups, securing billions in funding. Former Google DeepMind researcher David Silver raised a record $1.1 billion seed round for Ineffable Intelligence, while former Meta AI chief Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raised $1 billion. In 2026, VCs have funneled $18.8 billion into AI startups founded since early 2025, on track to surpass the $27.9 billion raised last year.
MrBeast's company Beast Industries is being sued by former executive Lorrayne Mavromatis, who alleges sexual harassment of female employees was 'condoned' and complaints were ignored. The 27-year-old claims she was sacked after complaining about a hostile workplace and was fired less than three weeks after returning from pregnancy-related leave. Beast Industries denies the allegations, calling them a 'clout-chasing complaint' built on 'deliberate misrepresentations'.
A lawsuit has been filed against MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and his company alleging a toxic workplace culture. The complaint claims the company lacked a standard employee handbook and instead distributed one titled 'How to Succeed In MrBeast Production' that included problematic directives such as 'No Does Not Mean No' and 'The Amount of hours you work is irrelevant,' while instructing staff to allow talent to engage in inappropriate behavior.
Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator at DigitalMint, pleaded guilty to helping the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang extort companies by feeding them confidential victim information including insurance policy limits and negotiation strategies. He is the third ransomware negotiator in the past year to face jail for this scheme, admitting to playing both sides in five incidents. Martino faces up to 20 years in prison and authorities have seized $10 million in assets.
A former Meta employee is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police for allegedly downloading around 30,000 private Facebook user images using a custom-designed program. The employee was arrested in November 2025 and has since been released on bail.
