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10 things in tech you need to know today, November 9
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a memo to employees about the
changes to Google’s sexual harassment policy after the
walkout. The announcement follows 20,000 employees
walking out last week in protest at Google’s handling of sexual
assault and harassment.
Sundar Pichai is ending Google’s once famous partying culture
by limiting drinking at work and threatening “more onerous
actions” if things don’t change. Pichai released a
list of new policies on Thursday in an all-staff memo.
Tesla appointed a new chair to replace Elon Musk.
Board director Robyn Denholm replaced the Tesla CEO after he
was forced to step down as chair by the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Lyft removed the option to split ride fares with other
passengers, but says an “easier” option is coming
soon. The ride-hailing company didn’t offer a
reason for removing the feature, and Uber still offers fare
splitting.
Disney revealed new details about its Netflix competitor,
Disney+, including ‘Star Wars’ and Marvel TV
shows. Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed on Thursday
that a TV prequel series to “Rogue One” and a spinoff series
about the Marvel villain Loki are in development.
The founder of Vine announced the name of his next video app —
and it’s set to launch in spring 2019. Vine
founder Dom Hofmann revealed Thursday he would be releasing a
new looping video app called Byte.
Dropbox posted $360 million in revenue in the third quarter,
beating Wall Street’s forecasts. Analysts
expectations were low, however, and the company’s share price
has been beaten up in recent months as growth has slowed.
Google just hired a big name CEO in healthcare to coordinate
all of its healthcare initiatives. Google hired
Geisinger Health CEO David Feinberg, the Wall Street Journal
reports.
Facebook says its new Portal device is not a “data-gathering
operation” despite previously acknowledging it might use your
call info to target ads. Facebook’s vice president
of consumer hardware Andrew Bosworth told Bloomberg that the
data Portal collects is limited.
Amazon’s cloud CEO pooh-poohed employee concerns about selling
its facial-recognition software to ICE and law
enforcement. At a company meeting Thursday, Andy
Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, addressed employees’
concerns about the company of offering facial-recognition
software to immigration and law-enforcement agencies, according
to BuzzFeed News.
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