Topic: conflict of interest
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Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: The Lawsuit's Key Revelations
The OpenAI board defined a disqualifying conflict of interest as a director being deeply involved with a company training its own advanced, competing large language models, a threshold Quora's Poe platform did not meet. Despite this, Sam Altman unexpectedly pushed for board member Adam D'Angelo's...
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SparkFun Ends Partnership With Adafruit Over Harassment Claims
SparkFun Electronics has terminated its partnership with Adafruit Industries, citing violations of its corporate Code of Conduct, which will halt the supply of Teensy development boards to Adafruit after January 15, 2026. Adafruit claims the termination is retaliation for reporting serious online...
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Warner Bros. Discovery Urges Shareholders to Reject Paramount Bid
Warner Bros. Discovery's board unanimously recommends shareholders reject a higher $108 billion offer from Paramount Skydance, deeming it inadequate and risky. The board endorses Netflix's $82.7 billion bid instead, citing it as providing superior and more certain value for shareholders and a bet...
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Inside the 1,000-Page DOGE Document Dump
The FCC is under scrutiny for allegedly obstructing a FOIA request about embedded staff from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), releasing over a thousand pages of largely irrelevant documents while withholding key information. The released documents reveal potential conflicts of inte...
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Accel Invests in Uber Rival Rapido as Prosus Increases Stake
Venture capital firm Accel has made a strategic investment in Indian ride-hailing service Rapido, with Prosus increasing its stake, facilitated by TVS Motor's full divestment of its shares for approximately $32 million. TVS Motor achieved a return on investment exceeding 152% over three years, ha...
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Europe Fines Google €2.95B for Adtech Monopoly Despite Trump Threats
The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for anti-competitive behavior in its advertising technology, favoring its own services like Google Ad Exchange since at least 2014. Google must stop these practices and submit a compliance plan within 60 days, with the EU warning of further a...
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EU Slaps Google With $3.5B Fine for Antitrust Ad Practices
The EU has fined Google €2.95 billion for antitrust violations, alleging it unfairly favored its own advertising services over competitors. The European Commission ordered Google to stop self-preferencing tactics and address conflicts of interest in its ad-tech operations within 60 days. Google p...
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