Tequila's lost projects include a possible Rime follow-up, a dungeon tourguide game and a procgen fighting sim - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tequilas-lost-projects-include-a-possible-rime-follow-up-a-dungeon-tourguide-game-and-a-procgen-fighting-sim #ActionAdventure #NintendoSwitch #TequilaWorks #SinglePlayer #Thirdperson #Platformer #bankruptcy #GreyBox #XboxOne #Puzzle #Indie #Rime #PS4 #PC

Oh well, they fucked around and found out.

> NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI https://futurism.com/nanowrimo-closing-embracing-ai

How to Delete Your 23andMe Data instructions by #EFF
This week, the #genetic testing company 23andMe filed for #bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-delete-your-23andme-data

#DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in #23andMe #Bankruptcy
There is no way to know what a buyer will want to do with the reams of genetic information it has collected. Customers, meanwhile, still have no way to change their underlying #genetic data.
On Friday, the Attorney General in 23andMe's home state of California issued a consumer alert advising customers to delete their data from the site given the company's "reported financial distress."
https://www.404media.co/dna-of-15-million-people-for-sale-in-23andme-bankruptcy/

Personal genomics firm tells customers your data is safe—but few will trust the loss-making biotech pioneer.

CEO Anne Wojcicki has quit #23andMe. The board wouldn’t let her take it private. And now the company is heading into #bankruptcy protection, raising concerns about privacy, potential government access to the data and the company’s future business practices under new owners.

Should you be worried about your genetics ending up in the wrong hands? In #SBBlogwatch, we are. @TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/03/23andme-bankrupt-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

I was on #RTÉ radio news this morning talking about #23andMe and the #DataProtection implications of their #bankruptcy. It was a short bit.

But I am a divil for doing my homework before interviews so I wrote this longer piece that sets out the issues, what rights people have and how they can exercise them (including a template email), and the practical problems that might crop up when they do.

A hat tip to @privacat and @klillington for their work I reference.

https://castlebridge.ie/insights/23andyou/

Heads up. Get your data out of 23andMe right now -- or try.

(Anyone who put it in there in the first place was a fool, I have to say...)

Let's see if the U.S. Government buys it...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/24/23andme-dna-privacy-delete/

On Sunday, the genetic testing and heritage company 23andMe announced that it had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was asking a court to arrange its sale. @ArsTechnica reports:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/genetic-testing-company-23andme-declares-bankruptcy/

Several senior lawyers managing #pardons, #bankruptcy litigation & other #legal issues at the #DOJ were forced out on Friday as the #Trump admin continued to remove or reassign ofcls with many years of experience. The ofcl overseeing the Office of Professional Responsibility [#OPR], which handles internal #ethics investigations [of course], was placed on admin leave.

#law #justice #corruption #PublicIntegrity #felon47 #PamBondi #EmilBove #ToddBlanche
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html?smid=url-share

Hooters goes tits up.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/business/hooters-prepares-to-file-for-bankruptcy-amid-declining-foot-traffic/

Vatican 'on the brink of Bankruptcy' due to dramatic decline in global donations

The Vatican has found itself in the middle of a critical financial crisis, which threatens to jeopardize the livelihood of retired clergy and staff worldwide

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/vatican-bankruptcy-pope-policies-donations-34332242

A bankruptcy judge has rejected The Onion's bid to buy Alex Jones' Infowars site, ruling that the auction process was unfair. "I don't think it's enough money," Judge Christopher Lopez said after a two-day hearing. "I'm not going to approve the sale." It was not immediately clear whether there will be a new auction in which The Onion can participate. Here's more from @NBCNews.

https://flip.it/SLgOWV

@ClipHead @pluralistic

Its not just that, though.

Say a company DOES do right, even through hardship. Like.... #RadioShack .

They collected untold amount of #PII from people with "name address phone#" even for simple battery purchases. Did they do anything with it? Only internally.

Well, that is until #bankruptcy court. Radio Shack defended keeping the PII private because thats how it was given to them, in trust.

The bankruptcy court INSTEAD said that PII was worth X million, and was to be sold. End of discussion.

If a court refuses to acknowledge privacy rights, and informed consent, and instead goes "well fuck that its works loads of money", well, yeahh. The whole enchilada is untrustworthy.

Attorney-Client Confrontationality
#Bankruptcy vs #AlexJones

Ordering chaos, with a glass of whine
https://confrontationality.substack.com/p/bankruptcy-vs-alex-jones

Oof. The Radford story is looking worse and worse.

#lotusCars #cars #radford #bankruptcy

“Angry Radford Buyers Say They Paid Big Deposits But Got No Cars Or Refunds”

https://www.carscoops.com/2024/10/lawsuits-against-radford-claim-it-took-hefty-deposits-but-hasnt-delivered-cars-or-refunds/