Embattled pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli may be fresh off a high-profile legal battle — but he’s also the CEO of a new start-up that is looking to beta-test technology for legal research, pharmaceutical research and finance, according to a website that appears to have been updated recently. The website, www.godel.systems, said “Coming Soon,” as of […]
Read moreAn internal memo written by a male Google engineer has reignited a heated debate about representation in Silicon Valley. Google’s new diversity VP has since come out against the memo’s central claims — which include statements about women being biologically unsuited to engineering jobs — but the debate still rages on. Here’s a look at […]
Read moreMemo in reply to the former Google engineer who wrote that diversity memo: Don’t cause a public-relations crisis when the boss is trying to take a family vacation. Google fired James Damore after he posted a memo to an internal messageboard that started as a straightforward complaint about company practices but veered into remarks about […]
Read moreU.S. trade officials have agreed to investigate Qualcomm’s allegations that Apple infringed on patents with its iPhone7 and other devices, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a statement on Tuesday. The ITC said it will make its decision “at the earliest practicable time” and will set a target date for completing its investigation within […]
Read moreAfter raising more than $200 million in venture funding and surpassing a $1 billion valuation, the social network Nextdoor is finally figuring out how to make money: real estate ads. The start-up, which was founded in 2010 as a way for neighbors to communicate online, launched a section on Tuesday that aims to connect real […]
Read moreBarclays is saying the cryptocurrency mining-driven demand for AMD’s graphics cards will not last and is telling investors to avoid the chipmaker’s shares. The bank’s semiconductor analyst Blayne Curtis reiterated his underweight rating and his $9 price target for AMD, representing 33 percent downside from Monday’s close. “We are revisiting AMD’s last earnings release with […]
Read moreAccording to science, men and women are not all that different, says organizational psychologist and top-ranked Wharton business school Professor Adam Grant. “It’s time to stop making mountains out of molehills. If men are from Mars, it looks like women are too,” Grant says, riffing off the iconic book, “Men are from Mars, Women are […]
Read moreEvan Blass, a well-known blogger who established a reputation by accurately leaking images of new cellphones, says the image above is the upcoming Apple iPhone 8. The device is inside of a smartphone case, suggesting that it was obtained by someone building cases — not always the most accurate of sources — but it appears […]
Read moreNetflix is one of the market’s best-performing stocks and one Wall Street firm says its shares will continue to surge due to more impressive growth in foreign markets. Piper Jaffray told its clients the company’s international subscriber base will nearly double in three years from the current 52 million. The firm reiterated its overweight rating […]
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Jeff Bezos is reportedly closing in on surpassing another major milestone. Amazon‘s Prime program — which has boasted impressive growth in recent years — should finally be in more than 50 percent of American homes before the year is over, Cowen & Co. has predicted. According to the firm’s monthly survey of 2,500 U.S. consumers, […]
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