Five members of xAI's 12-person founding team have now left the company, with four of the departures coming in just the last year
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Anthropic hires former Stripe CTO Rahul Patil as its new CTO, taking over from co-founder Sam McCandlish, who will move to a new role as chief architect
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How Uber-owned Careem went from Pakistan's ride-hailing leader to a distant third player after deprioritizing the country due to its unstable economy
Zuha Siddiqui / Rest of World : X: @restofworld , @restofworld , @restofworld , @mvzelenks , and @russellbrandom . LinkedIn: Sophie Schmidt X: @restofworld : Careem was once the main ride-hailing app...
How Uber-owned Careem went from Pakistan's ride-hailing leader to a distant third player after deprioritizing the country due to its unstable economy
After falling from dominance, Careem is experimenting — from corporate rides to price bidding — to maintain its presence in Pakistan. X: @restofworld , @restofworld , @russellbrandom , @restofworld , ...
A look at the Indian Institutes of Technology, established in the 1950s and 1960s to emulate MIT and now comprising 23 schools offering a path to tech success
Indian tech entrepreneur Kesavan Kandadai has many accomplishments under his belt: launching Amazon Prime Video in India and founding … X: @restofworld , @vickiturk , @restofworld , @russellbrandom , ...
Daversa, an executive recruitment firm for companies like Instacart and Spotify, is facing allegations of male-on-male harassment and assault in a new lawsuit
The company places senior leadership in fast-growing startups to help them become stable, safe work environments Tweets: @russellbrandom , @kateconger , @hkanji , @cmuggla , and @klarnaseb Tweets: Rus...
In a letter to Tim Cook, written and edited by about 80 people, Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September
and Leaks to The Verge — Pushing Back Against Returning to the Office Dan Pontefract / Forbes : Is Apple In Trouble With Its Hybrid Work Model? Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Apple Employees Ask Tim Cook t...
Jeff Bezos says he is launching the Bezos Earth Fund to fight climate change and committing $10B “to start”, with first grants slated to be issued this summer
otherwise, they're not serious about actually making a difference. https://twitter.com/... Lydia DePillis / @lydiadepillis : Huh. I mean, that's real money. He's also saying “grants,” so it doesn't so...
Leaked documents show how Amazon automatically tracks and terminates warehouse workers for failing to meet productivity quotas
10% of its staff, for not moving fast enough packing hundreds of boxes an hour. Monopoly has its privileges http://www.theverge.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : Here's @colinlecher on the reality of ...