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Jeff Bezos' Biological Father Didn't Know He Was A Billionaire Until 2012
Jeff Bezos' biological father, Ted Jorgensen, did not know of his son's billionaire status until 2012, nearly five decades after they lost contact.
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What Led To Sam Altman's Ouster From OpenAI
OpenAI's firing of Sam Altman followed wide-ranging disagreements between the chief executive officer and his board - in particular Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder and the company's chief scientist, according to a person familiar with the matter
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"Part of The Game": The Latest In Satya Nadella vs Sundar Pichai Over AI
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., has been struggling to find a place for his company in the AI boom. Google engineers laid the groundwork for OpenAI's ChatGPT, but Microsoft capitalized on it.
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How Jeff Bezos Trumped Tabloids: A Story of Money, Sex And Power
It was Feb. 14, 2019, in the early afternoon, and for perhaps the first time in the 25-year history of Amazon.com Inc., Jeff Bezos was prepared to explain himself to his employees.
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Jeff Bezos Resignation Ends An Epic, Epic Run
Jeff Bezos has a formulation about one-way doors and two-way doors-decisions that are irreversible and permanent and those that can always be unwound. Stepping through what's almost certainly a one-way door on Tuesday, Bezos said he will resign as chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and become executive chairman later this year. He will hand...
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In PM Modi, Saudi Prince, Jeff Bezos Friended Wrong Heads: Foreign Media
The last two weeks have been remarkably eventful for Jeff Bezos. First, the Amazon.com Inc. co-founder's visit to India was met with street-side protests, a new antitrust investigation into "predatory pricing and unfair trade practices" and hostile comments from the government led by India Prime Minster Narendra Modi.
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Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership With Lime
Electric scooter rental company Lime is teaming up with Uber to bring an unconventional mode of transportation to the world.
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Amazon Said to Be Working on Robots for Your Home
People familiar with the Amazon home robot project speculate that it could be a sort of mobile Alexa, accompanying customers in parts of their home where they don't have Echo devices.
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Here's Why Amazon Bought a Doorbell Company
In the short term, Ring gives Amazon another piece in its Alexa puzzle and a leg up in its race against Google and Apple to control homes.
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Is Alexa Really Eavesdropping on You?
Devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home contain microphones that are "always on" and sending volumes of data back to their parent companies.
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Android Co-Founder Andy Rubin Has a Plan to Cure Our Smartphone Addiction
Essential is working on ways to solve the tendency to check one's phone every five minutes.
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Uber Hires Veteran NASA Engineer to Develop Flying Cars
Mark Moore is taking on a new role as director of engineering for aviation at Uber, the ride-hailing company.
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Facebook's Sandberg Says Peter Thiel to Remain on Board
Thiel, a PayPal founder and early Facebook investor, recently revealed that he was secretly backing Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker.
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Afghanistan considers public stoning for adulterers
Afghanistan is considering bringing back stoning for adultery, Human Rights Watch and the justice ministry said on Monday.
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Amazon CEO's wife gives 1 star to Jeff Bezos' biography in Amazon.com review
Lambasting Brad Stone's biographical book on Bezos and Amazon, The Everything Store, MacKenzie Bezos said it was full of inaccuracies.
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Jeff Bezos' Biological Father Didn't Know He Was A Billionaire Until 2012
Jeff Bezos' biological father, Ted Jorgensen, did not know of his son's billionaire status until 2012, nearly five decades after they lost contact.
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What Led To Sam Altman's Ouster From OpenAI
OpenAI's firing of Sam Altman followed wide-ranging disagreements between the chief executive officer and his board - in particular Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder and the company's chief scientist, according to a person familiar with the matter
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"Part of The Game": The Latest In Satya Nadella vs Sundar Pichai Over AI
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., has been struggling to find a place for his company in the AI boom. Google engineers laid the groundwork for OpenAI's ChatGPT, but Microsoft capitalized on it.
-
How Jeff Bezos Trumped Tabloids: A Story of Money, Sex And Power
It was Feb. 14, 2019, in the early afternoon, and for perhaps the first time in the 25-year history of Amazon.com Inc., Jeff Bezos was prepared to explain himself to his employees.
-
Jeff Bezos Resignation Ends An Epic, Epic Run
Jeff Bezos has a formulation about one-way doors and two-way doors-decisions that are irreversible and permanent and those that can always be unwound. Stepping through what's almost certainly a one-way door on Tuesday, Bezos said he will resign as chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and become executive chairman later this year. He will hand...
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In PM Modi, Saudi Prince, Jeff Bezos Friended Wrong Heads: Foreign Media
The last two weeks have been remarkably eventful for Jeff Bezos. First, the Amazon.com Inc. co-founder's visit to India was met with street-side protests, a new antitrust investigation into "predatory pricing and unfair trade practices" and hostile comments from the government led by India Prime Minster Narendra Modi.
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Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership With Lime
Electric scooter rental company Lime is teaming up with Uber to bring an unconventional mode of transportation to the world.
-
Amazon Said to Be Working on Robots for Your Home
People familiar with the Amazon home robot project speculate that it could be a sort of mobile Alexa, accompanying customers in parts of their home where they don't have Echo devices.
-
Here's Why Amazon Bought a Doorbell Company
In the short term, Ring gives Amazon another piece in its Alexa puzzle and a leg up in its race against Google and Apple to control homes.
-
Is Alexa Really Eavesdropping on You?
Devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home contain microphones that are "always on" and sending volumes of data back to their parent companies.
-
Android Co-Founder Andy Rubin Has a Plan to Cure Our Smartphone Addiction
Essential is working on ways to solve the tendency to check one's phone every five minutes.
-
Uber Hires Veteran NASA Engineer to Develop Flying Cars
Mark Moore is taking on a new role as director of engineering for aviation at Uber, the ride-hailing company.
-
Facebook's Sandberg Says Peter Thiel to Remain on Board
Thiel, a PayPal founder and early Facebook investor, recently revealed that he was secretly backing Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker.
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Afghanistan considers public stoning for adulterers
Afghanistan is considering bringing back stoning for adultery, Human Rights Watch and the justice ministry said on Monday.
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Amazon CEO's wife gives 1 star to Jeff Bezos' biography in Amazon.com review
Lambasting Brad Stone's biographical book on Bezos and Amazon, The Everything Store, MacKenzie Bezos said it was full of inaccuracies.
