Candi Castleberry Singleton Hired as VP of Inclusion and Diversity at Twitter

8 years ago0310 Since Jeffrey Siminoff’s departure from Twitter in February, the billion-dollar company has ended their search for a new VP of Diversity and Inclusion with the addition of former Motorola VP of Diversity and Inclusion, Candi Castleberry-Singleton. Twitter has been under fire recently due to the lack of women and people of color in...

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Facebook Now Has a Cool 2 Billion Users

8 years ago0347 From setting up a small social network at Harvard University to creating a massive technology company that now aims to connect people around a mission, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook has reached a staggering 2 billion users. With more than a quarter of the world’s population on the social networking site, Facebook has exceeded all...

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Drive.ai Raises $50 Million In Funding; Andrew Ng Joins Board

8 years ago0489 Self-driving startup Drive.ai said on Tuesday it raised $50 million in a second round of funding as the Silicon Valley company prepared to deploy its technology in pilot vehicles later this year. The company, one of a handful of startups building fully autonomous systems for cars, also said it had added to its board Andrew Ng, a...

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Instagram Stories Has 250 Million Users

8 years ago0267 Facebook recently announced that Instagram Stories now has a cool 250 million users globally. That means 50 million users have been added in just two months. Speaking to CNBC, Carolyn Everson, Facebook's global head of sales, offered a glimpse of where users are coming from nowadays: one third from companies and approximately one...

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Former Baidu Chief Scientist Announces Deeplearning.ai

8 years ago0316 The world of artificial intelligence will soon have a new partner at the table. Andrew Ng, former chief of Baidu, has announced that he will be starting a new business in the space of machine learning. The name of the venture is Deeplearning.ai, set to launch in August 2017. Besides an update that they are "frontiers of AI," there is...

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Venmo Testing Physical Debit Card that’s All Its Own

8 years ago0423 The digital payment industry has a new update to share and this comes as good news for those who make purchases at brick and mortar stores. Venmo, a mobile payment service provider, owned by PayPal, has come up with an innovative solution for customers. Sources say they are building a physical debit card which will be linked with...

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Led by Google’s AI Fund, Algorithmia Raises $10.5 Million

8 years ago0424 Algorithmia, a tech startup that provides a platform for simplifying the use of machine learning in production, aims to simplify the process in two ways. First, it provides a marketplace for developers to access AI algorithms that they can simply implement into their apps without having an extensive knowledge of the domain. Second,...

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Google Will No Longer Scan Gmail Emails

8 years ago0338 Privacy advocates have long criticized Google’s methods for advertising. Google scans data in emails and then tailors advertisements accordingly. This is a major violation of privacy. Google has since announced that it will no longer scan Gmail emails. Google only scans emails for its free Gmail accounts. However, this move will be...

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SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully

8 years ago0377 Elon Musk’s SpaceX has quite a futuristic vision. Its latest objective includes successfully relaunching a rocket. Creating a new rocket for every launch costs millions of dollars and makes every launch mission super expensive. However, if entire rockets or rocket parts are reused, the launch costs can be greatly reduced. On Friday,...

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Binary Capital Cofounder Taking Leave of Absence After Sexual Harassment Allegations

8 years ago0431 Justin Caldbeck, a renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist and co-founder of investment firm Binary Capital, is taking an indefinite leave of absence from the firm after facing multiple accusations of sexual harassment. As per recent reports, three female founders: Niniane Wang, Susan Ho, and Leiti Hsu, along with three other...

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How Companies Can Prepare for Machine Learning

8 years ago0327 Artificial Intelligence is already set to have a huge impact on all major industries including fashion, manufacturing, and real estate. Corporate investments in AI are predicted to triple by the end of 2017, which means the advancements and applications will increase several times over. Despite all the possibilities that AI opens up...

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Uber has a Known Massive HR Problem. So, Why Is Its HR Head Still Its HR Head?

8 years ago0320 Uber has been under fire recently for its mistreatment of female employees. Reports have surfaced from several employees criticizing the company due to their experience with sexual harassment and the company's pervasive "bro" culture. As is widely known by now, former Uber engineer, Susan Fowler, bravely stood up and shared her troubling...

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