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Sources: former General Electric chairman Jeff Immelt is now favored by a majority of Uber's board to become CEO; a vote is likely in the next two weeks — Sources said a board vote is expected within two weeks. — Former General Electric chairman Jeff Immelt has become the frontrunner candidate …
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| Ramin Setoodeh / Variety: |
In interview, Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos says the streaming service will spend $7B on original content in 2018 — For a soft-spoken man, Ted Sarandos makes a lot of thunderous news. Just consider the headlines he's generated over the last week alone with a succession of game-changing deals.| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Alleged press render of completely redesigned Nest thermostat leaks, the first redesign since it launched in 2011 — The company has been rumored to be working on a cheaper version — The Nest Learning Thermostat is now in its third generation, and aside from software updates …
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| Ken Schwencke / ProPublica: |
The Daily Stormer receives DDoS protection from CDN service BitMitigate, whose founder says he believes in free speech and wants to promote his company — The neo-Nazi site The Daily Stormer was back online Friday with help from a small company whose founder said he wanted to defend free speech …
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| Reuters: |
Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resigns, blaming a “continuous drumbeat of distractions” and a long-running dispute with the founders over company strategy — Samantha Kareen Nair and Sankalp Phartiyal — BENGALURU/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Vishal Sikka, the chief executive brought …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google is rolling out autoplaying AI-generated silent 6-second previews for videos in search results, while on Wi-Fi in Android Chrome and Google apps — Google announced a major update to its mobile search results pages today. Whenever your query brings up a video, Google will now show … | Rachael King / Wall Street Journal: |
How Cisco lost key customers to Arista Networks, turning Arista CEO Jayshree Ullal, who was once close to John Chambers, into a fierce rival — Arista Networks's CEO Jayshree Ullal, who was once close to John Chambers, is grabbing Cisco's networking business and winning over customers
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter starts sorting popular tweets by topic in the Explore tab on iOS and Android — Now you can view tweets sorted by topic, without having to follow anyone, right in Twitter's Explore tab. — The social platform released the new feature globally on iOS and Android Tuesday, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed to BuzzFeed News.Thanks:@kantrowitz
| Taylor Cromwell / Bloomberg: |
How US restaurant chains are enlisting Facebook, Amazon, and adopting new tech like chatbots and digital payments, to make ordering and paying for food easier — TGI Fridays is letting customers pay bill with Amazon accounts — Largest U.S. pizza chains are locked in game of oneupmanship
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| Pan Yue / China Money Network: |
Cambricon, a Chinese AI chip developer, raises $100M Series A led by Chuangye Investment Management, with Alibaba arm, Lenovo Capital, and others participating — SDIC Chuangye Investment Management, a subsidiary of State Development & Investment Corp, has led a US$100 million series A round …
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| Li Yuan / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese tech firms, such as Didi Chuxing and NetEase, often advise women not to reply to job ads, with NetEase noting “the job is tough and stressful” — Many job ads specify that women aren't wanted for certain Chinese tech jobs — China's tech industry has long taken Silicon Valley's lead …
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| Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg: |
Bill Gates' stake in Microsoft dipped to around 1.3% after $4.6B stock gift to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in June, his largest stock donation since 2000 — World's richest person reduces Microsoft stake to 1.3 percent — Value of his charitable donations surpasses $50 billionSponsor Posts
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