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Before Uber board's vote on CEO, Jeff Immelt said he was no longer in the running, and sources said a large group on the board favored Meg Whitman — He just tweeted. — Former GE head Jeff Immelt has pulled out of the race to become Uber CEO and just tweeted his withdrawal from the process.
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Uber's board says it has voted but will not divulge its new CEO until employees know; sources close to Meg Whitman say she has not yet been informed of choice — Sources close to one candidate, Meg Whitman, said she has not been informed as yet about choice| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
comScore: 66% of US consumers still download zero apps per month and 57% of consumers' time spent using digital media is now taking place in mobile apps — Apps are dominating consumers' digital media habits, but getting people to try new ones is still a tough sell.
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Eight out of 28 of Trump's Homeland Security cybersecurity panel resign, citing “insufficient attention” to the issues, Charlottesville comments, more — Board members also condemned the president's response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Va.| Gareth Corfield / The Register: |
Germany's self-driving car ethics guidelines: prioritize human life over animals or property in accidents, don't choose whom to save based on age, and more — New auto rules approaching in the land of Das Auto — Germany's government has answered the car ethics question once and for all … | Li Yuan / Wall Street Journal: |
Toutiao, a Chinese news aggregator that uses deep learning to tailor feeds to individual users, says it has 120M DAUs and made $900M revenue in 2016 — Apps that supply news streams tailored to individual users by algorithms are China's fastest-growing mobile segment
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Sources: Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com invests ~$100M in Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek, which aims to raise up to $1B at a ~$2.5B pre-money valuation — HONG KONG (Reuters) - JD.com Inc has invested in Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek, people familiar with the matter told Reuters …
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A look at projects by Mozilla and Google to make large, open-source datasets containing crowdsourced voice samples available to developers — The voice-control platform wars are getting open sourced. — Flickr user Internet Archive] A voice-controlled virtual assistant-Siri, Alexa …
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Twitter CMO Leslie Berland is also taking over human resources as the new ‘Head of People’ — Plus, Twitter hired another HR exec from American Express, where Berland used to work. — Twitter has found someone to take over its top human resources role that's been empty for almost six months … | James Redmayne / Reuters: |
Drones with AI-powered shark detection software to patrol Australian beaches; studies show humans are 20-30% accurate at spotting sharks, AI is ~90% accurate — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Drones equipped with a shark detection system powered by artificial intelligence will start patrolling … | Ira Boudway / Bloomberg: |
How sports manager Rudy Cline-Thomas and his investment partner Andre Iguodala of the Golden State Warriors are helping athletes invest in tech — About three years ago, in February 2014, Andre Iguodala spent an off-day during the NBA season at the offices of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …
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| Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo: |
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