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verily

Verily Life Sciences, Alphabet’s offshot initiative loses its mental health project boss

Google parent Alphabet is today adding another name, Dr. Thomas Insel, to…
amazon prime, prime live events

Amazon Prime now also offers you exclusive access to music concert tickets

Amazon Prime subscribers in the U.K, rejoice! The e-commerce giant is adding…
facebook

Facebook deletes ‘tens of thousands’ of fake accounts, releases full-page newspaper ads ahead of UK elections

Much like how Facebook acted ahead of the French elections, the social media…
Uber

Uber sets up new ATG self-driving office in Toronto, with AI researcher Raquel Urtasun at the helm

Even though Uber’s self-driving efforts in the United States might have hit…
elon musk, musk, tunneling, boring company

Go help Elon Musk name his first tunneling machine, he’s inclined towards ‘Snoop Dug’

In addition to his already ambitious initiatives, Elon Musk is now planning…
Apple, qualcomm, toshiba

Apple updates its jobs creation website, touts it is responsible for 2 million jobs in the U.S

Alongside the announcement of its quarterly earning numbers, Apple has updated its job…
intel

Intel’s data center chief departs temporarily, former PC group chief Navin Shenoy to take over

Intel is a progressing technology company and management reshuffling at senior levels…
Uber

Uber’s self-driving ambitions maybe in jeopardy, due to heated court battle against Waymo

By now, everyone aware of the happening within the tech world knows…
coursera

Coursera appoints ex-BlaBlaCar executive Raghav Gupta as India Country Director

Coursera, the U.S-based online education company, is planning to strengthen its Indian…
nasscom

Somdutta Singh appointed co-chair of Nasscom’s Product Council 2017

Somdutta Singh, an entrepreneur and angel investor has been appointed as co-chair…
Facebook advertising, Facebook

Facebook refutes claims of gender bias against female coders at the company

Silicon Valley tech giants are currently pushing for more diversity and equality…
facebook

Facebook accused of targeting ads towards young people in their most ‘vulnerable’ state

With regards to leaked confidential documents, Facebook has today been accused of…

Microsoft appoints former FTC commissioner to lead its regulatory & privacy efforts

As announced via an official blog post, Microsoft has hired Julie Brill,…
qualcomm

Qualcomm lowers Q3’17 profit guidance by $500Mn as Apple cuts off licensing royalties

The legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple is far from being over.…
tesla, earnings

Post clash with CEO Elon Musk, Tesla’s automation head has quit within six months of joining

Tesla Model 3 is scheduled to release this September and the electric…
uber

South Korean court fines Uber 10 million won for violating the local transport laws

From the very start of this year, Uber has been consumed in…
yahoo

Post Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo, CEO Marissa Mayer to exit with $186Mn worth of stocks and stock options

The Yahoo-Verizon merger may have hit a few roadblocks on the way but the…
AMD

AMD will be debuting a VR experience centered around Baahubali 2, at locations across India

Why did Kathappa kill Baahubali? That is a question which has been haunting…