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Month: October 2017
Tesla fired hundreds of employees in past week
(Reuters) – Luxury electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) fired about 400 employees this week, including associates, team leaders and supervisors, a former employee told Reuters on Friday. The dismissals were a result of a company-wide annual review, Tesla said… Continue Reading
Toshiba discussing joint investment in chips with Western Digital
[unable to retrieve full-text content]YOKKAICHI, Japan (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp said it is discussing joint investment in a new chip production line with Western Digital Corp – its estranged business partner after the Japanese firm chose a different suitor to… Continue Reading
Samsung Elec CEO Kwon Oh-hyun to step down from management
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its CEO and Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun had decided to step down from management, as it forecast record third-quarter profits on the back of soaring memory chip prices. The surprise… Continue Reading
Exclusive: Alphabet's Waymo demanded $1 billion in settlement talks with Uber – sources
SAN FRANCISCO(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Waymo sought at least $ 1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc as conditions for settling its high-profile trade secret lawsuit against the ride-services company, sources familiar with the proposal… Continue Reading
Some Charter Cable Subscribers May Lose MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon
Along with Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Viacom, the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, said on Wednesday it was unable to come to a distribution deal with Charter Communications as part of its ongoing negotiations with the cable television… Continue Reading
How To Get Your Mojo Back When Life Kicks You in the Teeth
Don’t you wish Amazon Prime sold fresh supplies of mojo that you could order whenever life kicked you in the teeth or your confidence was sorely lacking? If you’re like me, you’ve already stopped reading this to open a new… Continue Reading
The US Postal Service Is Working on Self-Driving Mail Trucks
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds—and if the United States Postal Service has its way, the robots won’t stop them, either. Yes, the agency you… Continue Reading
Famed Architect’s Lawsuit Against Google Just Got Much More Serious
Eli Attia alleges he wasn’t the only one mistreated by the search giant. A long-running lawsuit filed against Google by a prominent architect has just gotten much broader. Last week, the Superior Court of California granted a motion adding racketeering… Continue Reading
New Theory Cracks Open the Black Box of Deep Neural Networks
Even as machines known as “deep neural networks” have learned to converse, drive cars, beat video games and Go champions, dream, paint pictures and help make scientific discoveries, they have also confounded their human creators, who never expected so-called “deep-learning”… Continue Reading
Alphabet’s Project to Restore Wireless Service in Puerto Rico With Balloons Gets FCC Approval
Project Loon has already proven its real-world usefulness once this year. The FCC has approved an experimental license for Alphabet, Inc’s Project Loon to attempt to restore wireless service to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico using its high-altitude balloons, according to FCC… Continue Reading
Is Sci-Fi a Religious Experience? Adam Savage Thinks So
Adam Savage is known as the long-time co-host of MythBusters, and he currently helps run the science and technology website Tested. His latest project is a science fiction interview show called Syfy25: Origin Stories, which he produced in partnership with… Continue Reading
Laugh-Out-Loud Lawsuit Insists Serving Coffee in a Bikini Is a Constitutional Right
Sometimes a news story is so complete in its absurdity that it’s hard to be on anyone’s side. That’s the only way to see the current legal battle between the City of Everett, Washington, and a group of young women… Continue Reading
Google Closer to Using Balloons for Telecom in Puerto Rico
Last Friday, engineers on Google’s internet-by-balloon Project Loon tweeted that they hoped to bring emergency connectivity to Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria left more than 90 percent of the island without cellphone coverage. Just seven days later, the… Continue Reading
Switch Raises Big Money in Year’s Second Biggest Tech IPO
Data center operator held it’s initial public offering on Thursday. Switch raised about $ 531.3 million from its initial public offering which was priced at $ 17 per share, making the data-center operator the second-largest U.S. technology listing this year.… Continue Reading
How Does the Google Pixel 2 Compare to Apple’s iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X?
Google Pixel 2 vs Apple iPhone 8: How the Phones Compare | Fortune How Does the Google Pixel 2 Compare to Apple’s iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X? Search Tech
Uber’s Board Approves Huge Investment While Reducing Founder Kalanick’s Influence
Uber Board Votes in Favor of SoftBank Deal, Governance Changes | Fortune Uber’s Board Approves Huge Investment While Reducing Founder Kalanick’s Influence Search Tech
Uber board set for contentious meeting over ex-CEO's power
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The board of Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], including two new appointees of former Chief Executive Travis Kalanick, will meet on Tuesday to consider proposals that diminish the co-founder’s influence, strip early investors of supervoting power and… Continue Reading
Brazil Oi's creditors reaffirm commitment to alternative plan
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian wireless carrier Oi SA’s (OIBR3.SA) two biggest creditor groups on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to an alternative debt-restructuring plan, about a month after pushing back against a proposal from the company’s management. In a statement,… Continue Reading
Equifax reviews its top lawyer's role in executive stock sales: WSJ
(Reuters) – Equifax Inc is reviewing its Chief Legal Officer John Kelly’s involvement in stock sales by company executives made weeks before the credit-reporting service disclosed a massive data breach, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Three senior executives… Continue Reading