Google offers $1 billion for training, coaching for people displaced by digitizing economy that Google is creating.
Source: Wired
Tech giants Google, Facebook and Amazon still viewed favorably by US public, despite concerns they’re too big and powerful.
Source: Wired
Magic Leap may be raising as much as $1 billion to fund their vision of a future filled with augmented reality glasses. A Delaware filing dated Wednesday was provided to us by CB Insights, confirming that the secretive startup has authorized about $1 billion in new funding.  The filing authorizes over 37 million shares of Series D preferred stock at $27 per share. No details on investors yet.… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Tesla is taking a “proactive measure” out of an “abundance of caution,” the company says, in handling an issue with a cable used in the adjusting second row seating in a small percent of Model X vehicles. The automaker has issued a voluntary recall, which will apply to 11,000 Model X vehicles it would like to inspect – though it believes only 3 percent of those… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Used car marketplace CarGurus spiked over 72% during its first day of trading.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company had raised over $150 million after pricing its IPO at $16. By the end of trading Thursday, shares had gone up over 72%, closing at $27.58.
In a conversation earlier this morning with CarGurus CFO Jason Trevisan, he claimed that the business has become “the largest… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Waymo launched a campaign earlier this week alongside partners including the National Safety Council to help explain why it believes that its pursuit of autonomous driving is a means to safer roads. Now, it’s releasing its first ever Safety Report, which offers some more detail on the procedures and technology it uses to ensure safety in deploying its autonomous fleet. The 42 page… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
A security analyst spots malicious advertisements on the Equifax website, which could have tricked visitors into downloading unwanted software.
Source: CNET
The effort apparently shows how broadly Russian interference in the 2016 US election may have been.
Source: CNET
Atomic isn’t a household brand, but Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen know it fairly intimately. The two billionaire investors, along with the venture firm Felicis Ventures, were among the earliest investors in the four-year-old, San Francisco-based startup studio, which closed its debut fund with $20 million. Now Atomic is looking to raise five times that much capital for its… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Commentary: The absolute insanity surrounding the sauce briefly offered by McDonald’s is more proof we can’t have nice things.
Source: CNET