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Ex-investor gears up for legal battle with TPG over severance
New York Post - 5 Apr 2019 04:13
Bill McGlashan -- the Silicon Valley investor caught in the middle of the college admissions cheating scandal -- is girding for an epic legal battle over his severance, The Post has learned. The 55-year-old financier is ...
How To Approach Brand Buyers To Get Your Product In Stores
Forbes - 5 Apr 2019 15:00
Retail is competitive, but you can break through the noise.
Oil prices fall, Brent drops away from $70
Reuters - 5 Apr 2019 02:59
Oil prices fell on Friday, with Brent slipping away from the $70 mark after briefly rising above that level in the previous session, as traders fretted about progress in U.S.-China talks to end a trade war.
Asia shares hug weekly gains, wait on U.S. jobs test
Reuters - 5 Apr 2019 04:46
Asian share markets consolidated their weekly gains on Friday as Sino-U.S. talks produced a lot of headlines but no conclusions, while caution ahead of U.S. payrolls and a holiday in China dampened volatility.
Why You Don't Need To Make An App: A Guide For Startups Who Want To Make An App
Forbes - 5 Apr 2019 23:52
When you want to build an app, you should forget that you want to build an app and focus on the fact that you want to build a solution to your customer's problems. If that solution is a digital one, there are several opt...
Ethiopian Crash Report Indicates Pilots Followed Boeing's Emergency Procedures
The New York Times - 5 Apr 2019 18:15
While the findings are not final, initial evidence has raised new concerns about whether Boeing and federal regulators provided sufficient guidance for pilots of the new 737 Max model.
Amazon plans network of satellites for high-speed broadband
Venture Beat - 5 Apr 2019 16:55
Amazon on Thursday confirmed its plan to build a network of over 3,000 satellites through "Project Kuiper" to provide high speed internet.
Have a brew, Sunday's National Beer Day. Where to find deals, plus the reason to celebrate
USA Today - 5 Apr 2019 15:57
National Beer Day, which is Sunday, April 7, marks FDR's signing of a law that allowed the first post-Prohibition sale of beer. New Beer's Eve is Saturday.
Tokyo court rejects Ghosn appeal against 10-day detention
Reuters - 5 Apr 2019 14:48
The Tokyo District Court on Friday said it had rejected an appeal by Carlos Ghosn's lawyers against the detention of the ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman for 10 days to question him regarding their latest accusations of f...
Samsung quarterly profit likely fell sharply as chips drop
Miami Herald - 5 Apr 2019 04:40
Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its operating profit for the last quarter likely fell more than 60% from a year earlier amid falling memory chip prices and slowing demand for …
Biotech crops still a sticking point in U.S.-China trade deal: sources
Reuters - 5 Apr 2019 04:17
China's lengthy approval process for genetically modified crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the trade war between China and the United States, according to two sources with knowledge of the talks.
Gambling regulators question Wynn Resorts about sexual misconduct allegations
New York Post - 5 Apr 2019 03:34
Massachusetts gambling regulators questioned Wynn Resorts leaders Thursday about what they knew about allegations of sexual misconduct against company founder Steve Wynn. The state's gaming commission zeroed in on an inv...
No summit with China's Xi until trade deal is reached, Trump says
L.A. Times - 5 Apr 2019 01:50GamesBeat Decides 114: Baba is not always you
Venture Beat - 5 Apr 2019 23:45
Look, here's the deal. Baba is you, but not always. You is always you. But sometimes you is not Baba. Instead, sometimes you is love or Keke.
Family of Ethiopia Air victim sues Boeing, FAA
USA Today - 5 Apr 2019 22:52
The family of a victim of last month's deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash is suing aircraft manufacturer Boeing, and seeking to sue the Federal Aviation Administration for failing to properly test the safety of the Boeing 7...
The Division 2 review -- second chances and big wins
Venture Beat - 5 Apr 2019 22:40
The Division 2 is surely the game that fans of The Division wanted to play and that Massive Entertainment wanted to deliver the first time around.
From U.S. to South Korea, early mobile 5G is only inconsistently fast
Venture Beat - 5 Apr 2019 21:49
Perhaps unsurprisingly, early adopters of new 5G devices in South Korea and the United States are seeing much faster speeds than 4G -- but not reliably.
Judge: Black Activist Can't Represent Neo-Nazi Group In Charlottesville Suit
TPM - 5 Apr 2019 21:28
The black civil rights activist who claims to have taken over a decades-old U.S. neo-Nazi group was barred from representing...
Google brings Smart Reply to ML Kit for app developers
Venture Beat - 5 Apr 2019 21:27
Google today brought language processing APIs like Smart Reply to ML Kit, its solution for deploying premade and custom AI models in Firebase.
AI Weekly: Google's ethics council barely lasted a week, but there's a thin silver lining
Venture Beat - 5 Apr 2019 19:51
Google disbanded its external AI ethics board on Thursday, only 10 days after it was formed to advise the Alphabet company about potential issues with AI models. Critics of the Advanced Technology External Advisory Commi...
ProBeat: Microsoft admits AI and data aren't enough for Windows 10 feature updates
Venture Beat - 5 Apr 2019 19:30
Microsoft has admitted its AI chops, telemetry data, and overall Windows 10 update process can't be trusted alone, so it's giving control back to its users.
How will Apple dodge the 5G bullet now that U.S. and Asian networks are live?
Venture Beat - 5 Apr 2019 19:19
Before 5G networks launched, Apple might have gotten away with saying nothing about its 5G plans. Now that the networks are here, what is it going to do?