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Tech & business reporter for nbc news, drummer, @UCLA Bruin.
Nov 18, 2022 55 tweets 16 min read
#Breaking: Elizabeth Holmes has arrived at the courthouse for her sentencing. #Update: We’re now inside the courtroom.
Elizabeth Holmes and several of her family members are here.
It’s more crowded than I’ve ever seen.
The crush on the way in looked like this:
Nov 29, 2021 11 tweets 3 min read
#New: Elizabeth Holmes is back on the witness stand to testify in her trial.
Asked why she wanted Theranos testing machines in Walgreens stores, she says, "We wanted to help people who were afraid of needles. Especially elderly patients who bruise easily." Holmes also says Theranos invested "tens of millions of dollars" to develop a device the Department of Defense could use in the field of battle.
She says they shipped devices to the military.
As we know, there was ultimately no deal between Theranos and the DOD.
Aug 27, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
#Breaking: The January 6th Select Committee is asking for records “related to the spread of misinformation” from 15 social media companies:

4chan
8kun
Facebook
Gab
Google
Parler
Reddit
Snapchat
Telegram
theDonald.win
Tik-Tok
Twitch
Twitter
YouTube
Zello #Update: Getting reaction from social media companies.
@getongab shared the letter they got with me.

Gab says:
“The FBI has found “scant evidence that the Jan. 6 event at the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result.” Image