After just two months on Clubhouse, I finally understand how Theranos happened. While articles, books, and films have covered the saga in excellent detail, some of my curiosity lingered: How could we be bamboozled by bullshit of that size and scope? I am curious no longer.After surfing hundreds of rooms on the popular new social…...
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Dozens of ineligible young people got the coronavirus vaccine ahead of older, more susceptible groups in California. Staffers at One Medical, a healthcare company, gave the vaccine to people who didn't meet the 65-or-older threshold for receiving one. Staffers who administered the vaccine to ineligible young people have been fired, ABC News reported. Visit the…...
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ATLANTA (AP) — As people continue to work and attend school from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, they should be vigilant for scammers posing as tech support, Georgia’s attorney general says.The scammers may call posing as a representative for a well-known tech company, or people might get a pop-up window on their computer saying…...
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A lot of people are highly ignorant to how losing their phones to fraudsters can lead to a complete clean-up of their bank accounts.If you ask any banker, he or she will tell you about the hundreds of customers who have often come crying to the banks for help after realising that the money in…...
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About | To win in the experience economy brands must understand the drivers of consumer preference and act on that understanding in near real-time as preferences shift. Experiences cannot depend on customers having implicit trust. That trust must be earned. iStock As customers reel from ever-increasing scams, cyberattacks, and misuse of personal information, brands no…...
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This is an opinion. Earlier in the year, Dr. Drew repeatedly tried to downplay the threat of the coronavirus. He just contracted the virus this month, and he’s now he’s singing a completely different tune. While it’s nice to hear him apologize, we can’t forget the gross misinformation this ‘doctor’ gave us in 2020. If…...
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This is an opinion. Star singer Halsey recently posted a photo of herself with a caption explaining she had an eating disorder. Amid an apparent backlash from her following, she apologized for the lack of a ‘trigger warning.’ Trigger warning: this is getting ridiculous. Halsey tried to connect with her fans on a deeper level…...
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This is an opinion. Khloe Kardashian has been cheated on several times by her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Tristan Thompson. The two have gotten back together during the pandemic. Thompson took it a step further recently by buying Khloe a diamond ‘promise ring.’ Will that be enough for her to forget the past? Probably, she is…...
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This is an opinion. Busta Rhymes recently recounted the story of his collaboration with Eminem in 2014. The two rappers went back and forth, upping their verses on “Calm Down.” What if today’s mumble rappers took the same type of pride in their craft? Busta Rhymes is serious about emceeing. In 2014, he met his…...
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This is an opinion. Eminem released his latest album, ‘Music To Be Murdered By – Side B,’ last week. As usual, he disses as many people on the record as possible, including his former ‘enemy’ Machine Gun Kelly. Whether it’s his fragile ego or a lame attention grab, Em’s latest attack does not paint him…...
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