Two months ago the Washington Post reported that Google “has partnered with health-care provider Ascension to collect and store personal data for millions of patients, including full names, dates of birth and clinical histories, in order to make smarter recommendations to physicians.” Now CNBC reports that the medical record vendor Epic Systems “has been phoning customers to tell them it will…
Tag: The Wall Street Journal
98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit Isn’t the Average Anymore
schwit1 shares a report from The Wall Street Journal: Nearly 150 years ago, [German physician Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich] analyzed a million temperatures from 25,000 patients and concluded that normal human-body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. In a new study, researchers from Stanford University argue that Wunderlich’s number was correct at the time but is no longer accurate because the human…
Best Buy Opens Probe Into CEO’s Personal Conduct
The board of Best Buy is investigating allegations that CEO Corie Barry had an inappropriate romantic relationship with a fellow executive (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), who has since left the electronics retailer. The Wall Street Journal reports: The allegations were sent to the board in an anonymous letter dated Dec. 7. The letter claims Ms. Barry had a romantic relationship…
Amazon Fires More Employees For Leaking Customer Data (Again)
Ring isn’t the only place where Amazon employees have been fired for accessing user data. Amazon itself also fired several employees this week “after they leaked private customer data to an undisclosed third-party,” reports Gizmodo. They note that Amazon also fired more data-leaking employees at the end of 2018. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the news with multiple outlets after several customers…
‘Police Tracked a Terror Suspect on WhatsApp — Until His Phone Went Dark After a Warning From Facebook’
“A team of European law-enforcement officials was hot on the trail of a potential terror plot in October, fearing an attack during Christmas season, when their keyhole into a suspect’s phone went dark,” reports the Wall Street Journal: WhatsApp, Facebook Inc.’s popular messaging tool, had just notified about 1,400 users — among them the suspected terrorist — that their phones had…
Boeing Fires CEO Dennis Muilenburg
McGruber writes: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Boeing Corporation fired its Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source) as the company struggles to contain the fallout of its biggest crisis in decades, caused by two fatal crashes and the subsequent grounding of its 737 MAX jetliner. Boeing said David Calhoun, a longtime Boeing director with…
Amazon Blocks Sellers From Using FedEx Ground For Prime Shipments
schwit1 shares a report from The Wall Street Journal: Amazon.com is blocking its third-party sellers from using FedEx’s ground delivery network for Prime shipments, citing a decline in performance heading into the final stretch of the holiday shopping season. The ban on using FedEx’s Ground and Home services starts this week and will last “until the delivery performance of these ship…
Boeing To Suspend Production of Their 737 Max Aircraft [Update]
An anonymous reader quotes the Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Co. is considering either suspending or cutting back production of the 737 MAX amid growing uncertainty over the troubled plane’s return to service and could disclose a decision as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing management increasingly sees pausing production as the most viable among difficult options as…
Boeing May Suspend Production of Their 737 Max Aircraft
An anonymous reader quotes the Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Co. is considering either suspending or cutting back production of the 737 MAX amid growing uncertainty over the troubled plane’s return to service and could disclose a decision as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing management increasingly sees pausing production as the most viable among difficult options as…
Reputation Management Firms Bury Google Results By Placing Flattering Content
Prominent figures from Jacob Gottlieb to Betsy DeVos got help from a reputation management firm that can bury image-sensitive Google results by placing flattering content on websites that masquerade as news outlets. The Wall Street Journal reports: Jacob Gottlieb was considering raising money for a hedge fund. One problem: His last one had collapsed in a scandal. While Mr. Gottlieb wasn’t…