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The world is becoming training data for AI, for which everyone is unprotectedPronto, a home services startup, is facing criticism for using body-camera footage from workers inside customers’ homes to train AI and rob...
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora joins General Catalyst board as cofounder David Fialkow steps downGeneral Catalyst has appointed Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora as its first lead independent director. Arora, a prominent tech operator...
Uber for Business appoints Rituraj Chaturmohta as senior country manager for India & South AsiaUber for Business has appointed Rituraj Chaturmohta as its senior country manager for India and South Asia. Chaturmohta will lead the compa...
The sharing economy faces the abyss in a pandemicUber told investors this month that it expected to close out the year with between $4 billion and $6 billion in cash. That’s a lot of money...
Uber and Airbnb lobby for gig worker bailoutUber has lost about 20% of its market value since the end of trading on on Feb. 26, and Airbnb’s board considered revising its plan to go p...
Uber’s assault report erodes the power of trustWhen Uber and Airbnb were getting off the ground earlier this decade, people were apprehensive about taking a ride with strangers, or stayi...
Airbnb leans toward direct listing over traditional IPOWith a private valuation of $31 billion, Airbnb is likely to be a topic of discussion. It’s slated to be one of the most high-profile compa...
Uber's IPO filing answers leaves one big questionA decade after the Uber app first went online and rammed its way into nearly every major city on earth, economists still have no idea what ...
Uber confidentially files for IPO: SourcesThe ride-hailing company filed the confidential paperwork on Thursday.
Where have all the US public companies gone?Since the creation of the Dutch East India Company in 1602, the public company has been a central fixture of the global economy.
View: Inflation is not always a monetary phenomenonHave economists been wrong all along, or has something changed in the economy that has weakened the expected link between inflation and une...
TPG's Trujillo goes from investor to fixer atop troubled UberStakes are high as San Francisco-based Uber seeks to rebuild its culture after a series of harassment and discrimination allegations led to...
Airbnb said to turn a profit, expects earnings this yearReaching profitability puts Airbnb on a very different footing than its fellow upstart, Uber Technologies Inc. The ride-hailing company los...
Tatas move out of world's top-50 innovative listList revealed the 50 companies that global innovation executives ranked as the most innovative and explores the increasing imperative for c...
Airbnb files to raise $850 million at $30 billion valuationAirbnb has been restrained about how much capital it takes on compared with ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc, which has raised mo...
Evolving mechanism to avert cyber attacks on power infra: Piyush GoyalGoyal said that unfortunately the hackers these days are a step ahead and even the most developed nations faced the problems in this regard.
Mayors worldwide align in response to Airbnb, Uber for a unified rule bookRepresentatives for cities that also includes Athens, Barcelona and Toronto, have started their first concerted effort to produce a common ...
Airbnb enters into a strategic partnership with Times GroupThe alliance was stitched through Times Global Partners, an entity which helps with the launch and expansion of emerging global digital com...
Being a part of the 'sharing economy'Sharing-economy flag-bearers like Uber, Airbnb andHomejoy give people easy, cheap access to products and services that would otherwise go u...
If any one of these 3 things happen, the tech boom could end immediatelyAt last count there were 114 privately-held companies with valuations of $1 bn or more. Some, such as Uber and Airbnb, are worth tens of bi...