climate change Study: Big Tech companies produce even more carbon emissions by having cash in the bank Thom Dunn

corporate misconduct Lyrics website used clever encoding to catch Google copying its content Mark Frauenfelder

Business Facebook hired GOP oppo firm to smear protesters by linking them to George Soros, an anti-Semitic trope: NYT Xeni Jardin

Japan Toyota lied about safety certifications Natalie Dressed

nypd NYPD won't defend the warrantless subpoena it tried to get Twitter critic's data with Rob Beschizza

serious business Hackers report company to SEC after it fails to disclose being hacked by them Rob Beschizza

pro wrestling Vince McMahon officially retires from WWE amid investigation Devin Nealy

WWE Vince McMahon reportedly paid upwards of $12 million in hush money to four former employees Devin Nealy

video games Ubisoft at epicenter of game industry sexual harassment crisis Rob Beschizza

News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

corruption Pentagon Inspector General reveals widespread retaliation against whistleblowers with impunity for the retaliators and the wrongdoers Cory Doctorow

politics Kamala Harris makes it official Rob Beschizza

#rapeculture How Google protects its exec-level sexual harassers and pays them millions Mark Frauenfelder

picks Les Moonves' wife Julie Chen borrows the Camille Cosby playbook Gina Loukareas

Business We know how to fix homelessness, we just won't do it Cory Doctorow

crime Wells Fargo board to force fraud-implicated former execs to repay $75m in bonuses Cory Doctorow

corporate corruption Western Union fined $586 million for colluding with organized crime Mark Frauenfelder

Business Wells Fargo says that its customers gave up right to sue by having their signatures forged Cory Doctorow