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Two Down: Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Resigns
Reddit CEO Ellen Pao has resigned after a week of uproar over the company’s firing of long-time staffer Victoria Taylor. Pao, who was serving as Reddit’s interim CEO, is leaving the company and also...
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A Message from Ellen Page, Actress
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OUT: Apple Watch. IN: Implantables
‘ It might sound like something you’d see in a science fiction movie, but my prediction is that in the next three to five years, implantable devices will become about as normal as wearing the latest...
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Old School Automats are Back, Courtesy of the Minimum Wage
From the New York Times: There’s a new quinoa restaurant in San Francisco — yes, quinoa restaurants are a thing in San Francisco, so that’s not what’s noteworthy. At this restaurant, customers order,...
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Meet the Company Offering a Chance at Immortality for $200,000
More and more people are signing up to be frozen for a chance at life after death. So the question is, would you? Zack Guzman writes: In the desert climate of Scottsdale, Arizona, rest 147 brains and...
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Forget the FBI Cache; the Podesta Emails Show How America is Run
WikiLeaks’ dump of messages to and from Clinton’s campaign chief offer an unprecedented view into the workings of the elite, and how it looks after itself. Thomas Frank writes: The emails currently are...
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Sacré Bleu! Move to Name Paris Street After Steve Jobs has French Leftists...
The local district mayor wants to call one of several new streets around the vast Halle Freyssinet high-tech startup hub the ‘Rue Steve Jobs’ in honor of America’s best-known Capitalist. PARIS...
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Trump’s Top Tech Titans
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John Fund & Hans von Spakovsky: Obama’s ‘Scandal-Free Administration’ Is a Myth
Even a prominent Trump adviser accepts the false premise that there has been no ‘ethical shadiness.’ John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky write: You often hear that the Obama administration, whatever its...
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President Trump’s Anti-Regulation Policies Might Actually be Good for Tech...
‘I know, I know. But I’m begging you to read this till the end, and not take me out of context.’ Ashu Garg is a general partner at Foundation Capital, where he invests in B2B software across the stack....
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Jobs That Humans Will Never Do Again, As Long As We Have Robots
Bryan Lufkin writes: Robots are entering the workforce. Some will work alongside you. Others, sadly, will put you out of work. The question is, which jobs are actually on the chopping block? The answer...
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[VIDEO] LSD Microdosing: The New Silicon Valley Productivity Hack
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View ArticleApple’s Diversity Chief Denise Young Smith Forced to Resign After Only 6...
Jonathan Vanian reports: Apple’s diversity chief is leaving the company after holding the job for only six months. Denise Young Smith, a 20-year Apple veteran was most recently the company’s vice...
View ArticleThe Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google
Advocates of greater diversity at Google say they are being harassed and targeted on right-wing websites. Nitasha Tiku reports: Fired Google engineer James Damore says he was vilified and harassed for...
View ArticleHow Silicon Valley Became a Den of Spies
The West Coast is a growing target of foreign espionage. And it’s not ready to fight back. Jack Shafer writes: Russian intelligence has had an intensive interest in San Francisco stretching back to the...
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