Andy Rubin, the former Google senior vice president whose $90 million exit package caused a worldwide employee walkout at the search giant last year, quietly left Playground Global, the venture firm he founded in May, BuzzFeed News reported today citing internal documents. From the report: The revelation comes as Rubin, who was accused of coercing a subordinate into sexual acts while…
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Tim Cook Defends Decision To Remove Hong Kong Maps App In Memo
On Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company’s decision to remove a mapping app in Hong Kong, saying that the company received “credible information” from authorities indicating the software was being used “maliciously” to attack police. Bloomberg reports: Apple pulled HKmap.live from its App Store on Wednesday after flip-flopping between rejecting it and approving it earlier this month. Apple made…
Elon Musk Doesn’t Know Where the Aliens Are (So, Stop Asking)
At a recent event in Boca Chica, Texas, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirms that, to his knowledge, we haven’t yet discovered aliens. Source: https://www.livescience.com/elon-musk-on-aliens-area-51-starship-spacex.html
When Sun Microsystems’ Founders and Former Employees Hold a Reunion
Last week Infoworld reported on a reunion of more than 1,000 former employees of Sun Microsystems including all four founders of the company — Andreas Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy, and Bill Joy — at just their second reunion since the 2010 Oracle acquisition. Prior to the formal festivities, the company founders met with a small group of press persons. Pondering…
Gizmodo’s Disappearing Story Explains Why No One Trusts Facebook
“On Friday, Gizmodo uncovered shocking new evidence that Facebook is using its platform to suppress stories about CEO Mark Zuckerberg…” reports Gizmodo, adding “or maybe his janky, busted-ass website is just bugging out again for no reason. It’s hard to say, really. That’s sort of the problem…” For some reason, a story about Zuckerberg we posted to our Facebook page was…
How Reddit’s CEO/Co-Founder Plans To ‘Clean Up’ Reddit
An anonymous reader quotes the Financial Times: After what the company acknowledges as its “wild” early days, the 35-year-old co-founder is now trying to clean up the edgy website known for provocative discussions and fringe groups, while revamping its advertising offering in a bid to woo big brands and move toward profitability…. [T]empering extreme conversation while also maintaining Reddit’s reputation as…
Marc Benioff Says Capitalism, As We Know It, Is Dead
Marc Benioff says “capitalism, as we know it, is dead,” and it is time for a new form of capitalism that focuses more on societal good. From a report: “That new kind of capitalism that is going to emerge is not the Milton Friedman capitalism, that’s just about making money,” the billionaire co-CEO of Salesforce and owner of Time Magazine, said…
Attorney General Bill Barr Will Ask Zuckerberg To Halt Plans For End-To-End Encryption Across Facebook’s Apps
Attorney General Bill Barr, along with officials from the United Kingdom and Australia, is set to publish an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking the company to delay plans for end-to-end encryption across its messaging services until it can guarantee the added privacy does not reduce public safety. From a report: A draft of the letter, dated Oct. 4,…
Ivanka Trump and Google’s CEO Announce a Tech Job Training Initiative
At a roundtable event in Dallas, Tex. Thursday alongside Ivanka Trump, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced new job training opportunities through a White House initiative. From a report: Google will sign the “Pledge to America’s Workers,” a White House initiative that calls on employers to expand education programs for American workers, Pichai said in a statement prior to the event. As…
Coursera for Campus: A New Way to Help Universities Everywhere Deliver Job-Relevant Learning
By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera Higher education worldwide is at a historic crossroads. With more than 300 million people entering the workforce in the next 10 years, universities urgently need to augment their capacity to meet the aspirations of a young and growing demographic. Employers rely on universities to provide them with graduates armed […]
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