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Travis Kalanick appoints Ursula Burns, John Thain to Uber board in clout-bolstering move; Uber says decision “came as a complete surprise to Uber and its board” — Kalanick asserts right to pick directors as questions swirl — Unclear if Uber's new CEO Khosrowshahi supports board choices| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Here's the proposal to change Uber's governance, which is aimed at limiting Travis Kalanick's power — The changes, listed. — Former CEO Travis Kalanick's decision on Friday to appoint two new directors to the board of the car-hailing company did not come out of nowhere, although it was a surprise to the board and its new CEO.
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SEC, in apparent first, charges two companies behind recent ICOs, Diamond Reserve Club World and REcoin, and their founder Maksim Zaslavskiy, with fraud — The SEC has brought what appears to be its first charges against a company utilizing the initial coin offering (ICO) fundraising model.
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Sources: ongoing investigations find the Equifax hack may have been state-sponsored, and that 30+ entry points were created in Equifax computer systems — In the corridors and break rooms of Equifax Inc.'s giant Atlanta headquarters, employees used to joke that their enormously successful … | Tony Romm / Recode: |
Sources: Facebook is sharing its data with Google as the search giant reviews potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election — Google is also set to meet with congressional investigators in the coming weeks. — Facebook has shared some details about the Russian-operated profiles … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google to launch Advanced Protection Program marketed at high-profile users that replaces 2-factor auth with physical keys, blocks all third party apps — New service for Gmail, data will block third-party apps, hacks — Product designed to replace two-factor authentication| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work for Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, until senior staff told board member Marc Andreessen it would be a mistake — Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. — Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work on projects for his philanthropic fund … | Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter: |
A look at Apple's video content strategy: slow and deliberate approach led by experienced ex-TV execs who pass on most scripts and bid on high profile shows — The world's biggest company is officially taking meetings as everyone from Jennifer Aniston to Steven Spielberg salivates over selling the first big show.| James Somers / MIT Technology Review: |
Inside the history and limitations of Geoffrey Hinton's 30-year-old backpropagation neural network technique, which formed the basis for modern deep learning — Just about every AI advance you've heard of depends on a breakthrough that's three decades old.
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| Dennis Green / Business Insider: |
A look at Jet.com a year after acquisition by Walmart as the site chases urban millennials and launches its own private-label products brand Uniquely J — - Walmart acquired Jet.com roughly one year ago. — Jet executives say the acquisition has let them chase a more specific customer: the urban millennial.| Charlotte Gao / The Diplomat: |
China's Weibo announces it is hiring 1000 “supervisors” to censor content on the service — Weibo asks that each supervisor censor no less than 200 pieces of content per month — As Chinese authorities are fiercely cracking down on the internet, China's top social media platform Weibo doing its best to stay in line.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
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