Kaitlin Armstrong continues to fight for new trial

Yahoo Personal Finance Here's what to do if your bank account application was denied Can you get denied a bank account? Unfortunately, yes. But there are steps you can take to open a bank account even if your application was rejected. Here's what to do.

SpaceX disputes $633K FAA fine, citing 'systematic challenges' with agency SpaceX sent a letter to top congressional leaders on Wednesday denying allegations that it violated its launch licenses on two separate occasions last year, which has resulted in regulators seeking $633,009 in penalties from the company. Instead, the company asserts that the inability of the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) to process "relatively minor" license updates is further proof that the agency is unable to keep pace with the space industry's — but chiefly SpaceX's — rapid growth. The FAA announced that it was proposing the fines against SpaceX after the company allegedly failed to follow requirements set out in its launch license on two separate occasions in 2023.

Chipmaker Qualcomm lays off hundreds of workers in San Diego Qualcomm, which makes chips for smartphones, said it will lay off 226 workers in San Diego later this year, according to a California WARN notice published this week. The layoffs, which were first reported by The San Diego Union-Tribune, will take effect the week of November 12. The layoffs affect employees at 16 facilities across San Diego, including the company's headquarters, which has a cybersecurity presence.

FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn't really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who's followed the space. The report has its roots way back in late 2020, when the FTC ordered nine of the tech companies with the biggest data collection apparatus to disclose numerous aspects of how their surveillance capitalism business models worked. Echoing the way that firms conceal and hide their collection practices, many of the Companies provided the Commission with limited, incomplete, or unhelpful responses that appeared to have been carefully crafted to be self-serving and avoid revealing key pieces of information.

God Of War: Ragnarok's PC port is out and it fixes one of the game's most annoying quirks The God Of War: Ragnarok PC port is out and it has fixed one of the game's most annoying quirks. Players can finally quiet Atreus, who is Kratos' son. He tends to ruin all of the puzzles.

A leadership shake-up at Motional, inside the fight over TuSimple's cash, and Fisker waffles on recall repairs Welp, it sure is getting spicy over at TuSimple, according to several little birds. TechCrunch reporters Rebecca Bellan and Rita Liao chased down the story, and there are quite a few interesting details. For instance, TuSimple was beefing up its autonomous vehicle workforce in China late last year but then changed course in early 2024.