Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Forced to Resign
Following months of scandal and criticism, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned from the ride-sharing company he co-founded on Tuesday under pressure from investors, the New York Times reported. The move...
View ArticleUber Wants Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg as CEO (Report)
Uber will approach Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to replace Travis Kalanick as the company’s CEO, partially because a female would be good for optics, according to the New York Post. The Post reports...
View ArticleUber the Movie: Who Will Play Travis Kalanick? (Photos)
A movie adaptation of ride-sharing tech giant Uber seems inevitable after CEO Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday. Scroll through for our dream cast and a few choices for lead role of Kalanick. Travis...
View ArticleAnother Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Apologizes for Sexual Harassment
It’s been a week filled with apologies from prominent tech entrepreneurs, on the heels of a damning New York Times report highlighting widespread sexual harassment in Silicon Valley. Marc Canter, a...
View ArticleWhy Elon Musk’s Tesla Is a Safe Investment in ‘Future of Humanity’
With the debut of its Model 3 car last month and shares of its stock rocketing up by nearly 70 percent in 2017, Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk are enjoying a major hot streak. But it wasn’t always this...
View ArticleAngel Investor Jason Calacanis on Why Gambling on Startups is a ‘Worthwhile Bet’
Jason Calacanis has made a career — and a fortune — out of investing in startups as an “angel investor,” with six “unicorn,” or billion-dollar startups, to his credit. He’s now looking to share his...
View ArticleUber Offers Expedia Head Dara Khosrowshahi CEO Gig
Uber has chosen Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief executive, according to multiple media reports. Khoshowshahi was a surprise choice to take over the ride-sharing company that has been...
View ArticleDara Khosrowshahi Is Not a Trump Fan and Five Other Things to Know About Uber...
The board of directors of Uber — the ride hailing titan valued at $70 billion — has voted to name Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief exec, following months of searching in the wilderness....
View ArticleSnapchat Now Lets You Book Uber, Find Restaurants
Snapchat’s latest update wants to make it harder for you to close the app once you’ve started Snapping. A new addition, called “Context Cards,” integrates several platforms — like OpenTable,...
View ArticleTeen: Fired Agent Tyler Grasham Asked Me to Be His Boyfriend, Start a Family
Hollywood agent Tyler Grasham reached out to a 16-year-old boy on Instagram in 2015, and over the next year professed a desire to be his boyfriend and start a family while helping him break into...
View ArticleJameis Winston Groping Accusation Under Investigation by NFL
The NFL is looking into a female Uber driver’s claim that Jameis Winston grabbed her crotch in 2016 when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback was a passenger in her car. “The allegation was shared with...
View ArticleUber Covered Up Hack of 57 Million Users For More Than a Year
Uber is giving Equifax a run for its money. The ride-sharing behemoth covered up a hack that hit 57 million users for more than a year, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Names, email addresses,...
View ArticleFormer Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Sells Stake in Company for $1.4 Billion
Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick is about to go from a billionaire on paper to a billionaire in real life. Kalanick plans on selling 29 percent of his 10 percent stake in the company, as...
View ArticleLyft Investigates Employees for Spying on Customers, Including Facebook CEO...
Uber isn’t the only ride-sharing app doing sketchy things. Lyft employees have been using company tools to track romantic partners and customers — including celebrities like Facebook CEO Mark...
View ArticleHow ‘Silicon Valley’ Helps Explain MoviePass
Operating at a loss is a trick as old as Silicon Valley itself. And last weekend’s Season 5 premiere of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” highlights the strategy in hilarious fashion, when Richard (Thomas...
View ArticleUber Executive Bozoma Saint John Named Chief Marketing Officer at Endeavor
Uber executive Bozoma Saint John has been named Endeavor’s chief marketing officer, the parent company to talent agency WME announced on Monday. Saint John most recently served as chief branding...
View ArticleNetflix Hires Former Facebook and Uber Exec Rachel Whetstone as New...
Netflix on Monday named Facebook executive Rachel Whetstone as its new chief communications officer. Whetstone joins Netflix from Facebook and previously led communications and policy at Uber and...
View ArticleBird or Lime? Winners and Losers of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Scooter...
After bursting onto the streets under nebulous regulation, several pay-to-ride electric scooter companies were awarded official permits to operate in San Francisco and Santa Monica on Thursday. Santa...
View ArticleNFL Quarterback Jameis Winston Accused of Groping Uber Driver in New Lawsuit
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston is being sued by a female Uber driver who has accused him of sexually assaulting her, according to court documents obtained by TheWrap. The lawsuit,...
View Article16 Hollywood and Media Deals With Saudi Arabia – And Where They Now Stand
The Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s charm offensive earlier this year to lure investors and transform his country’s image has all but crumbled in the face of the disappearance and likely...
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