Trans woman says NBCUniversal exec made shockingly indecent proposal, reduced her hours in bombshell new lawsuit

Trans woman says NBCUniversal exec made shockingly indecent proposal, reduced her hours in bombshell new lawsuit

A transgender employee has sued NBCUniversal and Universal Studios in a bombshell lawsuit alleging shocking claims of unwanted sexual advances and subsequent retaliation. The lawsuit filed last Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges a litany of wrongs perpetrated by the entertainment companies, from discrimination to whistleblower retaliation to wrongful termination. It seeks unspecified compensatory…

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AI Email Security Gets $4.1M as Threats Outsmart Filters

AI Email Security Gets .1M as Threats Outsmart Filters

Email is still where most attacks on small companies begin. This week, AI email security startup StrongestLayer said it raised $4.1 million in new funding, bringing its total seed round to $9.3 million. The company argues that the last generation of filters can no longer keep pace with attacks written by AI. For a founder,…

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Physical AI Startup Gritt Launches With $32.4M

Physical AI Startup Gritt Launches With .4M

A new kind of construction crew just raised real money. Physical AI startup Gritt launched from stealth this week with $32.4 million in combined pre-seed and Series A funding, aiming to automate the hardest outdoor work on a jobsite. The raise signals that robotics is moving from the warehouse into the open air. For founders,…

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FDA Recalls Popular Thyroid Medication: Is Your Levothyroxine Affected?

FDA Recalls Popular Thyroid Medication: Is Your Levothyroxine Affected?

Millions of Americans who take levothyroxine, one of the most commonly prescribed medications for hypothyroidism, are being urged to check their medicine bottles after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a nationwide Class II recall affecting certain lots of the drug. The recall involves levothyroxine sodium tablets distributed by Major Pharmaceuticals after testing…

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North Korea Executes Top Military Colonel in Front of Troops for Stealing Grain, Leaving Soldiers ‘Deeply Shaken’

North Korea Executes Top Military Colonel in Front of Troops for Stealing Grain, Leaving Soldiers ‘Deeply Shaken’

A senior North Korean military officer was reportedly executed in front of his own troops after allegedly embezzling grain from the country’s state reserves. The execution left the officers who witnessed it “deeply shaken,” a Daily NK source in South Pyongan province said. “Their faces turned pale. They left without making eye contact with each…

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Fed Rate Hike Odds Climb Ahead of the July Meeting

Fed Rate Hike Odds Climb Ahead of the July Meeting

A Federal Reserve rate cut looked like the base case a month ago. Now a fed rate hike is back in the conversation, with CME FedWatch data putting the odds of a quarter-point increase at the July 29 meeting near 47%. That is a sharp shift for founders who assumed borrowing costs had peaked. The…

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