Former Tesla employee’s tweets show allegedly flawed batteries

The employee Tesla is suing for theft of proprietary information has tweeted photos and other details, perhaps in an attempt to back up some of the claims he made against the automaker. Two of the photos Martin Tripp has tweeted out show what he says are punctured battery cells used in Model 3 vehicles before […]

The top DoD spokeswoman is allegedly under investigation for asking her staff to grab her laundry and pick up snacks

Top Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White is reportedly under investigation for misusing her staff by sending them to run her personal errands, according to CNN. The investigation has not yet found White to be in violation of any federal rules or policies. The top Pentagon spokeswoman is reportedly under investigation for misusing her staff, CNN reports, […]

Music labels sue Cox again for allegedly ignoring piracy

Music labels really, really aren’t a fan of Cox’s internet service. Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. have sued Cox again for contributing to copyright infringement after it allegedly refused to take “reasonable measures” to fight piracy. While internet providers are supposed to terminate the accounts of users who ignore warnings against bootlegging music, Cox only […]

The former personnel chief at FEMA allegedly created a ‘toxic’ work environment where sexual harassment was rampant

FEMA Corey Coleman, the now-dismissed personnel chief at FEMA, is reportedly under investigation for creating a “toxic” work environment, according to a Washington Post report published Monday. Coleman allegedly hired and promoted college fraternity brothers and women he met in bars and on dating websites. Coleman had also allegedly transferred female employees between departments so […]

Man who allegedly gave Vault 7 cache to WikiLeaks busted by poor opsec

Enlarge / A man crosses the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seal in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on August 14, 2008. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) A federal grand jury has formally indicted Joshua Adam Schulte, a former CIA employee, who prosecutors say was behind the Vault 7 trove of the agency’s hacking […]

Kevin Hart is ‘lost for words’ after his friend is charged for allegedly extorting him in a bizarre cheating scandal

Kevin Winter/Getty Images One of Kevin Hart’s longtime friends was charged for allegedly trying to extort him. Hart allegedly cheated on his wife with another woman, and Jonathan Jackson allegedly threatened to release a tape unless Hart gave him millions of dollars. Hart said he was “in complete disbelief” when charges were announced.   Jonathan […]

26 hit songs that were allegedly stolen from other songs

Dia Dipasupil and Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Nearly every song is inspired by something before it, but a little too much inspiration can end you up in court. Accusations of plagiarism and copyright infringement lawsuits are nothing new in music, with some major artists fighting a legal battle while others settle out of court. But […]

When Jesus Trekked Through India and Tibet … Allegedly

It was a publishing sensation. Even better, the book’s backstory was an exciting adventure. A Russian aristocrat named Nicolas Notovitch had been covering the Russo-Turkish conflict of 1877–78 as a war correspondent when he decided to set off for northern India via the Balkans, Persia and Afghanistan. Nearly a decade later, when he had finally […]

Ukrainian pilot, allegedly involved into MH17 crash, ‘kills himself’

A former pilot with the Ukrainian military, who was accused of being involved in the tragic MH17 plane crash in 2014, has died in an apparent suicide. He was flying his Su-25 on a combat mission on the day of the tragedy. Vladislav Voloshin, the 29-year former pilot, died in his apartment in the city […]

A Magic Leap employee who allegedly stole $1 million is the latest sign of mayhem at the billion-dollar startup

Asa Mathat for Vox Media A police report filed by Magic Leap in October alleges that the company was falsely billed for more than $ 1 million. The report alleges that an outside recruiting firm, which worked with with Magic Leap’s Senior Manager for Talent Acquisition, collected fees for 39 hires it had no involvement […]