Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale after dispute with Apple over licensing rights, says “it has received interest from a number of parties”
Imagination Technologies (IMG.L), the British company in dispute with its biggest customer Apple (AAPL.O) over licensing rights …
Uber's crisis was a failure of oversight and shows founders should be constrained by lieutenants, mentors, and a forceful board of directors
Lost Today, hoping to be Found! Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Even after forcing Travis Kalanick out as Uber CEO, investors sing his praises Mike Isaac / New York Times : Trav...
Sources: Benchmark's Bill Gurley led the effort to build support among fellow Uber investors for a demand that Travis Kalanick resign
The plot to oust Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick began almost the moment he announced last week that he was taking a temporary break from the celebrated technology company caught up in scandals.
Sources detail how the pressure on Travis Kalanick played out in the days and hours leading to his resignation
Travis Kalanick's final hours as Uber's chief executive played out in a private room in a downtown Chicago hotel on Tuesday. — There, Mr. Kalanick, who was on a trip …
Possible Kalanick replacements at Uber: YouTube's Susan Wojcicki, ex-Ford CEO Alan Mulally, ex-eBay CEO John Donahoe; sources say Sandberg to stay at Facebook
Enlarge this image Biz Carson / Business Insider : Travis Kalanick is no longer CEO, but he'll have a hand in picking his successor Todd Haselton / CNBC : Uber's CEO is out: Here's everything that wen...
Sources: Apple seeks to reduce the 58% share of revenue labels get on Apple Music; labels may agree if subscriptions expand and other criteria are met
Labels' deals with Apple expire in the next couple weeks — Apple Inc. is seeking to reduce record labels' share of revenue from streaming …
Facebook introduces new privacy tools to combat catfishing and guard profile photos from being misused, in India now and other countries soon
Facebook on Wednesday is unveiling new features that it hopes will make women in India feel safer on its platform.
Benchmark confirms Bill Gurley will leave Uber's board of directors, to be replaced by fellow partner Matt Cohler
Benchmark partner Bill Gurley is in talks to leave Uber Technologies Inc.'s board of directors, two people familiar with the matter said. — If he decides to go …
Uber confirms TPG Capital partner David Trujillo appointed to board of directors
With her blog post about toxic bro-culture at Uber, Susan Fowler proved that one person can make a difference
The former engineer took a big swing at the car-hailing giant, and did us all an even bigger favor. — It was Lao Tzu who said that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Sources: Snapchat quietly acquired social mapping startup Zenly last month for $250M to $350M; Zenly to continue running independently
Snapchat's newest feature, Snap Map, is based on its latest acquisition, social mapping startup Zenly. TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has bought Zenly …
Sources: White House meeting Thursday on drones, 5G wireless to be attended by AirMap, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, GE, Honeywell, NEA, and Lightspeed
- Tomorrow's tech summit at the White House will feature companies specializing in 5G wireless and drone technology
Sources: US election hacking was more extensive than previously known, including theft of voter records and at least one successful alteration of voter data
The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least … Tweets: @kylegriffin1 , @akarl_smith , and @natashabertrand Tweets: Kyle Gri...
Altice USA prices IPO at $30/share, raising $1.92B, more than any other U.S.-listed telecom since 2000 and valuing the company at over $20B
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Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com invests $397M in London-based luxury boutique marketplace Farfetch, with JD.com CEO Richard Liu joining its board
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Oracle beats Q4 estimates with $10.9B revenue, up 3% YoY, as total cloud revenue reaches $1.36B, up 58% YoY; stock up 8%+ after hours
Oracle's pivot … Eric Jhonsa / TheStreet : Oracle Soars as Latest Earnings Suggest It Can Still Grow in a Cloud-First World Shaun Nichols / The Register : What hardware? Oracle is on cloud nine, er, ...
Bixby Voice beta hands-on: appears to lack knowledge base, struggles with text messages, but interacts well with third-party apps, works best on local tasks
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Interviews with key Microsoft staff shed light on its AI strategy, utilizing Cortana and chatbots, and the firm's plans to compete with Facebook and Google
Yoshua Bengio has never been one to take sides. As one of the three intellects who shaped the deep learning that now dominates … Tweets: @msftresearch , @harryshum , @nigewillson , @wired , and @mfor...
Adobe buys Mettle's SkyBox tools to build up its VR offerings; Mettle cofounder Chris Bobotis to join Adobe
Kevin Kelleher / VentureBeat :
Yahoo's News Digest app, which delivered news updates twice daily, to shut down June 30
Under former CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo failed to build anything truly exciting over the past five years - except for a single truly notable app, Yahoo News Digest. Now, under the reign of its new owne...
Textio raises $20M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners to expand “augmented writing” platform for enterprise
Nat Levy / GeekWire :
Tumblr, known for its activism on internet issues like net neutrality and the SOPA/PIPA fight, may change to be less outspoken, now that it's owned by Verizon
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge :
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