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  • Apple breaks its silence on net neutrality, saying: Don't repeal the rules

    Apple breaks its silence on net neutrality, saying: Don't repeal the rules

    Apple Inc. has broken its silence on net neutrality with a filing at the Federal Communications Commission, urging regulators to avoid repealing large swaths of the regulations that are aimed at constraining Internet service providers. The filing calls for "retain[ing] strong, enforceable open...

  • Local scientists invent formula for stretchable batteries

    Local scientists invent formula for stretchable batteries

    Chemical engineering researcher-turned-entrepreneur Lu Yin isn’t the kind of arresting public speaker who can blow anyone away with his charisma or magnetism. That mattered little on Friday, when Yin, 22, pitched his battery tech company, Ocella, to a panel of judges in the semi-final portion of...

  • Benchmark's lawsuit against ousted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will go to arbitration

    Benchmark's lawsuit against ousted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will go to arbitration

    It must have been a bittersweet day for Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and former chief executive of Uber. Hours after watching his replacement, incoming CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, address employees for the first time at an all-hands meeting, Kalanick, who was pressured to resign from the company...

  • It's your last chance to weigh in on net neutrality rules

    It's your last chance to weigh in on net neutrality rules

    This is the last week to submit comments to federal regulators who want to undo the government's net neutrality rules for Internet service providers in a move that could have sweeping implications for the future of the Web. The push to weaken or eliminate the rules has been met with praise from...

  • Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi accepts job as Uber’s new CEO

    Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi accepts job as Uber’s new CEO

    Dara Khosrowshahi, the low-profile chief executive of travel booking company Expedia, on Tuesday accepted an offer to be Uber’s next CEO. In an email sent to Uber employees two days after offering him the job, the company’s board of directors confirmed Khosrowshahi’s appointment. “We’re really...

  • Uber says it'll stop tracking riders after they're dropped off

    Uber says it'll stop tracking riders after they're dropped off

    Uber will end a controversial policy of tracking some riders for five minutes after their trip ends, the ride-hailing company said Tuesday as it tries to repair its privacy reputation. Uber was criticized by users and privacy advocates when it announced last year that it would collect location...

  • Little name recognition, little baggage: why Uber chose Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO

    Little name recognition, little baggage: why Uber chose Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO

    In its search for a new chief executive, Uber’s board of directors could have chosen a leader with national name recognition and decades of experience at the helm of some of the world's best-known companies — someone like Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman or departing General Electric...

  • Who is Uber's pick for CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi?

    Who is Uber's pick for CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi?

    Dara Khosrowshahi beat out the likes of Hewlett Packard Enterprises CEO Meg Whitman and outgoing GE CEO Jeff Immelt for the top spot at Uber. So who is he?

  • Uber picks up new CEO from Expedia

    Uber picks up new CEO from Expedia

    Uber has chosen Dara Khosrowshahi, the chief executive of travel booking website Expedia, to be its new chief executive, according to a source unauthorized to comment publicly. Khosrowshahi’s reported appointment ends Uber’s hunt to replace the company’s controversial co-founder and former chief...

  • Uber halts Oakland expansion, considers selling building

    Uber halts Oakland expansion, considers selling building

    Uber pumped the brakes on its expansion into Oakland, confirming Thursday evening that it is exploring the sale of a building it bought in the city’s Uptown neighborhood to serve as one of its main offices only two years ago. A sale of the $123.5-million building, which formerly was a Sears department...

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