The hottest corner of the robotic space right now isn’t the robots themselves. Those companies have done an excellent job getting their systems out into places like warehouses and factories, […]
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Back to news homeYouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down, will assume advisory role at Google and Alphabet
Susan Wojcicki is stepping down as YouTube CEO after nine years at the helm. In a letter to employees (first published by Recode), Wojcicki says that she’s leaving in order […]
Alphabet makes cuts, Twitter bans third-party clients, and Netflix’s Reed Hastings steps down
Howdy, folks! Happy Friday. While our fearless Week in Review leader Greg enjoys parental leave, I’m filling in, curating the latest on the tech news front. It was a roller […]
Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, severely impacted by Alphabet mass layoffs
Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent company Alphabet. A spokesperson […]
Alphabet’s Verily raises $1 billion as tech giants enter red hot healthcare sector
Verily, the life sciences business under Alphabet, said Friday that it has raised $1 billion, capital that will be used to expand its data-driven healthcare products tailored to individuals. The […]
Zipline lands departing Verily CFO, Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja
Zipline has hired departing Verily CFO and Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja as its first chief business and financial officer, an appointment that comes as the drone delivery and logistics startup […]
YouTube isn’t cool with videos of Tesla FSD beta testing on kids
YouTube removed two videos from its platform showing Tesla drivers using their own children to conduct vehicle safety tests. The tests were meant to prove that Tesla’s Autopilot and “full […]
4 principles for building an MVP even if you can’t write a single line of code
Magnus Grimeland Contributor Coding is the new literacy — for years, people have been calling programming the X-factor that guarantees future success. It’s no surprise there is a widespread perception […]
Public tech’s espresso shot is quite literally the cloud
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Last week we said that you needed to […]
The biggest story from Big Tech earnings is the sheer growth power of public cloud
When the Big 3 cloud infrastructure vendors – Amazon, Microsoft and Google – reported their earnings this week, it was clear that the cloud is helping keep their overall numbers […]