Sources: Uber's board has voted to offer the CEO job to Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
Sources close to one leading candidate, Meg Whitman, said she has not been informed as yet about a choice. — The board of Uber has apparently voted on some decision related to the next Uber CEO.
Sources: Apple to hold iPhone launch event on September 12, may use 1,000-seat Steve Jobs Theater at new headquarters for the event
Apple product event expected to include iPhone unveiling — Apple Inc. AAPL 0.27% has scheduled a product announcement event on Sept. 12 …
Microsoft says Steam VR, Minecraft, and Halo are coming to Windows Mixed Reality, provides more details about upcoming hardware for the holiday season
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Profile of Uber's pick for CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who has been Expedia's CEO for 12 years and was CFO at Barry Diller's IAC prior to running Expedia
In a move that surprised the tech industry, Uber on Sunday offered its CEO job to a man who wasn't on anyone's radar: Expedia's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
China issues new rules forbidding anonymous posts in online communities and discussion forums, effective October 1
The Chinese government under president Xi Jinping is continuing to make life on the internet difficult for its potential detractors. Yesterday (Aug. 25) …
Fitbit announces $300 Ionic GPS smartwatch running Fitbit OS and $129 Flyer wireless headphones
Fitbit has announced its long-rumoured GPS smartwatch in the form of the Fitbit Ionic, alongside a pair of wireless Bluetooth headphones called Fitbit Flyer.
FCC filing confirms Sonos speaker with far field microphones for voice control, says it will work with multiple voice platforms and music services
Well will you look at that... While the Sonos' April FCC filing turns out to be rather pedestrian a brand spanking new, though heavily redacted …
Dell's Visor Windows Mixed Reality-based headset will be available in October from $359.99
The Dell Visor, Dell's first headset for Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality platform, will be available this October for $359.99 or in a bundle with two controllers for $459.99.
Dara Khosrowshahi had $184.4M of unvested Expedia options as of stock's Friday closing price
Khosrowshahi had $184 million of unvested Expedia options — ‘Stratospheric’ pay to lure CEO for turnaround: consultant — Uber Technologies Inc.'s new chief executive officer likely comes …
VMware says its integration with AWS is now live, launches a set of new SaaS products at its VMworld conference
Being a better multi-cloud wrangler is VMware's Azure Stack defence — VMWORLD 2017 VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger last week introduced the company's second quarter results b saying …
Facebook says Pages repeatedly sharing articles marked as false by 3rd-party fact-checkers won't be able to buy ads, but the bans won't necessarily be permanent
Facebook is continuing its crackdown on fake news. — The social network Monday announced Facebook Pages will no longer …
Finland-based ICEYE raises $13M led by Draper Nexus to build and launch a constellation of small satellites for its Earth imaging service
ICEYE Clearly Sees $13M in Additional Financing … Jeff Foust / SpaceNews.com : Iceye raises $13 million for radar microsatellites Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : Microsatellite radar imaging startu...
Battling hate by letting internet platforms censor bad people is likely to be ineffective and will lead to the suppression of worthy content
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By limiting Touch Bar to just MacBook Pros, Apple imperils developer support for the feature and forces users to pay for a niche technology with no future
A few weeks ago I bought my iMac 5K for the home office (which I love), and that meant shifting away from using my MacBook Pro …
Germany's self-driving car ethics guidelines: prioritize human life over animals or property in accidents, don't choose whom to save based on age, and more
Gareth Corfield / The Register :
comScore: 66% of US consumers still download zero apps per month and 57% of consumers' time spent using digital media is now taking place in mobile apps
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Toutiao, a Chinese news aggregator that uses deep learning to tailor feeds to individual users, says it has 120M DAUs and made $900M revenue in 2016
Li Yuan / Wall Street Journal :
Sources: Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com invests ~$100M in Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek, which aims to raise up to $1B at a ~$2.5B pre-money valuation
Julie Zhu / Reuters :
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