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Sources: Andy Rubin left Google with $90M after credible sexual misconduct allegation; one accused executive left with a big exit package while another remained — The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim.
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| CNBC: |
In email to employees, Sundar Pichai says Google fired 48 people, including 13 senior managers, over last 2 years for sexual harassment; none had exit packages — - Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees Thursday in response to a report in The New York Times about sexual misconduct at the company.
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| Andy Rubin / @arubin: |
Andy Rubin says NYT story is part of a smear campaign, calls allegations false, is troubled that Google execs are commenting and misrepresenting facts about him — 1/2 The New York Times story contains numerous inaccuracies about my employment at Google and wild exaggerations about my compensation. Specifically, I never coerced a woman to have sex in a hotel room. These false allegations are part of a smear campaign
| Amazon: |
Amazon Q3: revenue of $56.6B, up 29% YoY, operating income of $3.7B, up from $347M YoY, net income of $2.9B, up from $256M YoY; stock down 7%+ after hours — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE) October 25, 2018—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2018.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Interviews with 70+ current and former Netflix employees tell of a culture of candor and transparency that some find ruthless, demoralizing, and dysfunctional — Buzzwords and anxiety fill the hallways as Hollywood giant tries to maintain a winning culture amid breakneck growth; ‘sunshining’ the ‘N-word’ scandal
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| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
US Copyright Office files final rule on right to repair that allows consumers to legally break DRM for repairing or maintaining devices beginning Oct. 28 — The new exemptions are a major win for the right to repair movement and give consumers wide latitude to legally repair the devices they own.| Corin Faife / BREAKER: |
Investigation: 12 of 22 contacted crypto news sites agreed, upon request, to publish paid content without marking it as sponsored; prices were $240 to $4,500 — This article started out with an email, one that arrived in my inbox years ago. I can't remember when the first of them came exactly …
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
A look at how Apple combines algorithms and roughly 30 journalists to curate Apple News, which is read regularly by 90M people, and its plans for the app — Many of Apple's employees moved into a glistening new $5 billion glass headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., this year.
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| Gabe Cohn / New York Times: |
Christie's sells a portrait by the French art collective Obvious generated using AI for $432,500, over 40x its estimated price, a first for the auction house — Last Friday, a portrait produced by artificial intelligence was hanging at Christie's New York opposite an Andy Warhol print and beside a bronze work by Roy Lichtenstein.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q3 revenues of $19.2B, up 19% YoY, and net income of $6.4B, up 42% YoY, beating analyst estimates on strong PC and data center chip demand — Intel Intel stock rose 4 percent Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings.
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| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Twitter beats estimates with Q3 revenue of $758M, up 29% YoY, but monthly usage drops to 326M MAUs, down 9M since Q2; stock down 2.7% after hours — - Estimated monthly active users (MAUs): 326 million vs. 330.1 million, according to FactSet and StreetAccountnt
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Maps adds a “follow” button for businesses, which lets users get updates on events and offers, rolling out over the next few weeks, initially on Android — Google Maps has been steadily rolling out new features to make its app more than just a way to find places and navigate to them.
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| William Turton / VICE News: |
Facebook says it was a mistake to approve ads with inaccurate disclosures like “Mike Pence” and “Islamic State” in the “paid for by” field for political ads — Last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said making political advertising more transparent … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The European Parliament adopts a resolution calling for an EU audit of Facebook's data protection and user security protocols — The European Parliament has called for a full audit of Facebook following a string of data breach scandals — including the Cambridge Analytica affair.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb says it has hired Aristotle Balogh, Google's VP of engineering, application storage, and indexing and serving, to be its new CTO; current CTO to leave — Megan Rose Dickey @meganrosedickey / 7 hours — Ahead of Airbnb's expected initial public offering sometime within the next two years …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi announces 6.4-inch Mi Mix 3 flagship with a 1080p OLED screen, sliding cameras and no notch, 10GB RAM, out in China on November 1 for ~$475 — Xiaomi has announced the Mi Mix 3, the latest entry in its series of full-screen flagship phones. It's yet another high-end Chinese device …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Trump signs memo asking Department of Commerce to develop a national spectrum strategy for 5G and is creating a White House Spectrum Strategy Task Force — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum directing the Commerce Department …
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