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Ellen Pao Loses on All Claims in Historic Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Kleiner Perkins — Ellen Pao lost her gender discrimination lawsuit against former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Friday, a closely watched trial that has captivated Silicon Valley and served as a referendum …
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Ellen Pao's Statement On Losing The Kleiner Perkins Case: “The Battle Was Worth It” — Directly after the jury announced its final verdict in Ellen Pao Vs. Kleiner Perkins Caufield, in which it ruled against all four of Pao's claims of gender discrimination and retaliation …
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Ellen Pao Disrupts How Silicon Valley Does Business — Silicon Valley is enamored of “disrupters,” those shrewd, brave men — it is almost always men — who are hailed for enduring years of ridicule and risking everything to shake up the conventional order. — Now, in Ellen Pao, the Valley has found its newest disrupter.| Wall Street Journal: |
Intel is in talks to buy programmable logic device maker Altera, which would be its largest acquisition ever given Altera's $10.4B market capitalization — Intel in Talks to Buy Altera — Intel is in talks to buy Altera Corp. in what would be Intel's largest purchase ever.
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Stolen Uber Customer Accounts Are for Sale on the Dark Web for $1 — Active Uber accounts are for sale on a dark web marketplace for as little as $1 each, Motherboard has learned. — One seller claims he has “thousands” of user logins for sale. — A username and password is all you need … | Larry Hryb / Xbox Live's Major Nelson: |
Xbox One April System Update: Voice Messages, Party Chat Updates and More Now in Preview — You may have noticed a few new features that rolled out to preview over the weekend, including game hub links and more detailed achievement notifications. Now this week, we're bringing even more features … | Rachel Whetstone / Google Public Policy Blog: |
Using GIFs, Google critiques a Wall Street Journal report about its White House influence during an FTC probe — Really, Rupert? — Last year Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp, accused Google of creating a “less informed, more vexatious level of dialogue in our society.”
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Valve to offer HTC Vive Developer Edition for free initially; sign-ups begin as soon as next week with kits shipping later in spring — Valve to offer HTC Vive Developer Edition for free — Developers “big or small” will be able to apply possibly as early as next week.| Anne Toth / Slack: |
Slack confirms hackers accessed its user database in February, introduces two factor authentication — March 2015 Security Incident and the Launch of Two Factor Authentication — We were recently able to confirm that there was unauthorized access to a Slack database storing user profile information.
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Facebook's strategy: buy, build, and partner because a single app no longer meets the needs of all users — Facebook Finds Strength As A Family, Not An App — F8 started with a family photo. But not of the Zuckerbergs. Of Facebook's products. “Facebook used to be this one blue app on your phone …
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Goodbye Blekko: Search Engine Joins IBM's Watson Team — Add Blekko to the list of startup search engines that has come and now gone. — A message on the Blekko home page, shown above, says that “The blekko technology and team have joined IBM Watson!” The page redirects to a post … | Jana Kasperkevic / Guardian: |
Amazon to remove non-compete clause from contracts for hourly workers — Announcement comes after the Verge reported that the retailer required its US employees, including seasonal workers, to sign non-compete contracts — Amazon is to remove a “non-compete” clause from its employment contracts … Sponsor Posts
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