Ken Yeung
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Fiat Chrysler Abruptly Replaces Marchionne as C.E.O.
Sergio Marchionne, the chain-smoking, deal-making boss of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, was an unlikely auto executive, spending much of his career in other industries. But in the last 14 years, he helped bring back two car-makers from the brink of collapse.<p>On Saturday, Mr. Marchionne, 66, was …
Automotive IndustryAlabama college student walks almost 20 miles overnight to first day of work; CEO gives him his car
What started as every employee's worst nightmare had a pretty happy ending for Walter Carr, 20, a college student from Alabama.<p>The night before Carr's first day on the job, his 2003 Nissan Altima broke down.<p>He called his friends and his girlfriend to try to get a ride, but nothing worked out. He …
New OrleansAfter years of 'crisis actor' smears, Sandy Hook conspiracy targets ask Facebook for 'seat at the table'
Nelba Márquez-Greene wondered aloud what it would take to get Facebook to listen.<p>Her 6-year-old daughter, Ana Grace, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012, and her family has since become the center of one of the many conspiracy theories that abound on Facebook and across …
InternetSt. Louis Uber driver has put video of hundreds of passengers online. Most have no idea.
<b>ST. LOUIS •</b> On a recent Saturday night, two women in their early 20s called an Uber from Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis.<p>Within minutes …
InternetIn private, Trump vents frustration over lack of progress on North Korea
When he emerged from his summit with Kim Jong Un last month, President Trump triumphantly declared that North Korea no longer posed a nuclear threat and that one of the world’s most intractable geopolitical crises had been “largely solved.”<p>But in the days and weeks since then, U.S. negotiators …
North KoreaWhatsApp will drastically limit forwarding across the globe to stop the spread of fake news, following violence in India and Myanmar
The social messaging service has been blamed for its role in spreading dangerous and inaccurate information.<p>Facebook-owned WhatsApp is making changes it hopes will drastically curtail the ability of users to spread fake news via its social messaging service by making it harder for people to forward …
InternetAmazon launches Part Finder, built by technology it acquired from Partpic in 2016
Got an odd screw, nut, bolt, washer or fastener you need to buy more of, but have no idea to how to find the right one? Amazon’s “Part Finder” can help. The company has rolled out a new feature on mobile that lets you point your camera at the item in question, so Amazon can scan it, match it, then …
FishEventbrite Plans to Go Public Later This Year
Event-planning company has filed confidentially for an IPO<p>Event-planning company Eventbrite Inc. has filed an initial public offering confidentially with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter.<p>The company plans to go public later this year in an …
Financial RegulationMcConnell issues Supreme Court ultimatum
The Senate GOP leader is vowing to squeeze Democrats with a vote on Brett Kavanaugh right before the midterms if they don’t back down on their demand for documents.<p>Mitch McConnell has a warning for Democrats demanding copious documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: Be careful what you …
Mitch McConnellInstagram adds AIM-like status indicators to show when your friends are online to DM
The green ‘online’ dot comes to Instagram<p>Instagram is adding a new feature that’s ripped right out of AOL Instant Messenger — a helpful green dot next to your friend’s profile pictures that lets you know that they’re online to message.<p>The new status indicator dot will show up in a few places in the …
InstagramVenmo refuses to say why transactions are public by default
207 million transactions are public — and anyone can search them,<p>Venmo, the mobile payments app, won't say why it exposes users' data to the world …
Santa BarbaraMichael Cohen Secretly Taped Trump Discussing Payment to Playboy Model
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, secretly recorded a conversation with Mr. Trump two months before the presidential election in which they discussed payments to a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump, according to lawyers and others …
Donald TrumpHow WhatsApp Leads Mobs to Murder in India
False rumors of child kidnappers have gone viral on WhatsApp in India, prompting fearful mobs to kill two dozen innocent people since April
IndiaFormer Presidential Bodyguard Has a New Job: Protecting Blockchain
A man who used to protect U.S. presidents is now guarding something new -- Bitcoin.<p>George Sax, a former special agent and senior official of the U.S. …
Secret ServiceCongratulations, Mr. President: Zuckerberg Secretly Called Trump After The Election
SWAYING SENTIMENT<p>The Trump campaign was able to sway voting sentiment via Facebook advertising with a rapid testing approach, according to a …
Facebook AdseBay Is Conducting a 'Mass Layoff' in the Bay Area
eBay is cutting hundreds of employees, the company has confirmed.<p>In a notice to the California Employment Development Department, eBay said that it …
San JoseUber hires first chief privacy officer
Uber has hired its first chief privacy officer as well as a former TomTom executive in charge ensuring the ride-hailing company complies with the EU’s data protection laws. The new hires, which were announced to Uber employees in an internal email, aim to help the company strengthen its privacy …
GDPRSamsung's foldable phone might launch in early 2019
More details of Samsung's rumored foldable phone for 2019 have trickled out: It may be codenamed "Winner," and when folded have cameras on the back and a small display in front.<p>That news comes from an unnamed source, speaking to the Wall Street Journal. The source reiterates previous rumors we've …
MobileFacebook can now sync your Instagram contacts to Messenger
Facebook wants to expand your Messenger contact list with a little help from Instagram. The company has launched a feature in Messenger that pulls in your contacts from Instagram, if you opt to connect your account. The option appears in Messenger’s “People” tab, alongside the existing option to …
Social MediaBuzzFeed launches a new website for its real journalism
It’s not news at this point that BuzzFeed has a serious news organization — one whose reporting on Russia made it a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize this year.<p>But it’s also a news organization whose stories are published alongside the social media friendly quizzes and lists that BuzzFeed remains known …
Social MediaAmazon denies it will challenge Cisco with switch sales
Amazon.com Inc.’s top cloud-computing executive has officially denied that Amazon Web Services plans to start selling network switches to other …
Amazon Web ServicesZuckerberg: The Recode interview
Everything was on the table — and after Facebook’s wildest year yet, that’s a really big table.<p>Yesterday, I motored my Ford Fiesta down to Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., to interview CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg.<p>I had not done a formal interview with Zuckerberg since he appeared …
InternetAI developers promise they won’t automate murder, with one notable exception
Over two thousand artificial intelligence developers and researchers just signed the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Pledge, agreeing to keep automation …
Artificial IntelligenceBlue Origin successfully lands both booster and crew capsule after test launch
Today, at its Texas launch facility, Blue Origin performed its most critical test to date. It performed a live separation test of its crew capsule from the rocket booster and everything performed as expected. The crew capsule fired its escape motor at the right time, sending the capsule higher than …
Space TravelFacebook says it will begin removing misinformation that leads to violence
The policy was used for the first time last month in Sri Lanka<p>Hours after CEO Mark Zuckerberg spurred history by defending the rights of Holocaust deniers to post on Facebook, the company said it had begun removing misinformation that contributes to violence. “There are certain forms of …
InternetSpotify Still Won't Let Users Block Their Harassers On Its Platform
Spotify<p>When Meghan, a 26-year-old bookseller in Boston, left her boyfriend after months of emotional abuse, she made every effort to cut him out of …
Social MediaSenate wants emergency alerts to go out through Netflix, Spotify, etc.
An emergency alert goes out, trying to let you know about incoming bad news — a missile, a tsunami or something else terrifying. Your phone starts shouting… but it’s downstairs. A warning ticker pops on TVs, if you’re watching cable… but you’ve got your eyes glued to Netflix, or Hulu, or some other …
South DakotaSamsung Bixby smart speaker may launch in August and cost less than a Google Home
• Samsung will reportedly release a Bixby-powered smart speaker next month.<br>• The product is said to cost around $300 and Samsung would market it as a high-end music player.<br>• This would put it in competition with the Apple Home Pod and the Google Home Max.<p>Samsung is reportedly planning to release a Bixby …
Galaxy NoteSAP Boosts Forecasts as Cloud Sales Impress; Microsoft Earnings In Focus
Unleash the cloud.<p>SAP SE S (AP) boosted its full-year and near-term cloud computing sales forecasts as Europe's biggest tech company looks to ride a …
Amazon Web ServicesThe last Siri co-founder has retired from Apple
Is Apple shaking up its Siri team? It certainly seems that way. According to a report from <i>The Information</i>, the last remaining cofounder of the digital assistant, Tom Gruber, has left the company. This follows from the announcement earlier this month that Google’s former AI chief, John Giannandrea, …
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