Travis Kalanick appoints Ursula Burns, John Thain to Uber board in clout-bolstering move; Uber says decision “came as a complete surprise to Uber and its board”
Kalanick asserts right to pick directors as questions swirl — Unclear if Uber's new CEO Khosrowshahi supports board choices
Here's the proposal to change Uber's governance, which is aimed at limiting Travis Kalanick's power
The changes, listed. — Former CEO Travis Kalanick's decision on Friday to appoint two new directors to the board of the car-hailing company did not come out of nowhere, although it was a surprise to...
Mark Zuckerberg's “both sides” argument is a flimsy defense of Facebook's failure to limit the spread of systematic misinformation during 2016 election
Responding to President Trump's tweet this week that “Facebook was always anti-Trump,” Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook …
SEC, in apparent first, charges two companies behind recent ICOs, Diamond Reserve Club World and REcoin, and their founder Maksim Zaslavskiy, with fraud
The SEC has brought what appears to be its first charges against a company utilizing the initial coin offering (ICO) fundraising model.
Inside the history and limitations of Geoffrey Hinton's 30-year-old backpropagation neural network technique, which formed the basis for modern deep learning
Just about every AI advance you've heard of depends on a breakthrough that's three decades old.
Profile of Brendan Greene, director of PC game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which has sold 13M copies and is launching on Xbox later this year
Three years ago, Brendan Greene was on welfare in his hometown of Kildare, Ireland, getting an earful from social workers about how he should stop wasting …
Sources: ongoing investigations find the Equifax hack may have been state-sponsored, and that 30+ entry points were created in Equifax computer systems
In the corridors and break rooms of Equifax Inc.'s giant Atlanta headquarters, employees used to joke that their enormously successful …
Sources: Facebook is sharing its data with Google as the search giant reviews potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election
Google is also set to meet with congressional investigators in the coming weeks. — Facebook has shared some details about the Russian-operated profiles …
Nintendo announces it will shut down Wii Shop channel on January 30, 2019
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A look at Jet.com a year after acquisition by Walmart as the site chases urban millennials and launches its own private-label products brand Uniquely J
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Researchers find alarming number of Macs remain vulnerable to stealthy hacks due to outdated EFI firmware; Windows and Linux PCs are also likely at risk
Even With Updated Software Bryan Clark / The Next Web : Report: Countless PCs vulnerable to newly discovered firmware attack [Update] Paul Wagenseil / Tom's Guide : Many Macs Can Be Hacked by Firmware...
Sources: Google to launch Advanced Protection Program marketed at high-profile users that replaces 2-factor auth with physical keys, blocks all third party apps
New service for Gmail, data will block third-party apps, hacks — Product designed to replace two-factor authentication
Experts shed light on how model-driven engineering can help programmers solve problems and reduce software errors more effectively than traditional programming
There were six hours during the night of April 10, 2014, when the entire population of Washington State had no 911 service. Tweets: @timbray , @zelbinian , @jsomers , @tyronecoupland , and @adriennela...
China's Weibo announces it is hiring 1000 “supervisors” to censor content on the service
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Apple has quietly built a global network of small research and development labs that doubles as an employee poaching operation
Apple has opened offices close to companies with top expertise — In recent years, Apple Inc. has quietly put together a global network of small research and development labs …
Japan's Financial Services Agency has approved 11 companies as operators of cryptocurrency exchanges
Sources: Apple quietly acquired French computer vision startup Regaind earlier this year; the company had raised €400K from Side Capital
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Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work for Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, until senior staff told board member Marc Andreessen it would be a mistake
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. — Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work on projects for his philanthropic fund … Tweets: @mikeisaac . Thanks: @stevetweedie Tweets: @mikeisa...
Amazon quietly announces Fire OS 6, based on Android Nougat 7.1.2; the OS will premiere on the 4K Fire TV
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A look at Google Glass' failure as a consumer device, rebirth as Glass for Enterprise, and how focusing on modularization can help the product grow and expand
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Sources: open source database startup MariaDB to raise another $27M, led by Alibaba, at $354M valuation
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CEO of $96B hedge fund Man Group reflects on the rise of AI-centric funds at the firm after being initially wary of incorporating AI into company's strategy
Bloomberg : Tweets: @sub8u Tweets: Subrahmanyam KVJ / @sub8u : AI is eating hedge funds. One fund at a time. One unexplained trade at a time. Good read on Man Group. http://www.bloomberg.com/... http...
A look at Apple's video content strategy: slow and deliberate approach led by experienced ex-TV execs who pass on most scripts and bid on high profile shows
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