Tinder warns of declining to flat direct revenue through 2026, below estimates, and says it plans to prioritize improving its user experience over monetization
now it's trying everything, including AI, to hold onto its paying users Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : tech company has crazy idea. Analysts say “company is insane” and “they demand the app cos...
The San Francisco Fire Department says two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a patient who later died at a hospital; Cruise denies any fault
Current “autonomous vehicles” are not actually autonomous. They still need backup drivers, just now they sit at computer screens instead of in the vehicles. — https://www.nytimes.com/... @bikemonte...
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours
what you need to know Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Twitter should be worried as Threads racks up 30 million sign ups in less than 24 hours Livemint : Elon Musk hits out at Zuckerberg as Threads seems ‘Thre...
Ellen Pao says she is leaving Kapor Capital and Kapor Center to work full-time on Project Include, a non-profit focused on promoting diversity in tech
Ellen K. Pao / Project Include : Tweets: @ericajoy , @projectinclude , @hutchamachutch , @laura , and @sw Tweets: Erica Joy / @ericajoy : So @ekp was like “I'm gonna put my money where my mouth is,” ...
Ellen Pao will be joining Kapor Capital as a senior member of the firm's investment team
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Bill Campbell, legendary “Coach” to Silicon Valley execs, and former Intuit CEO, has died of cancer at age 75
Adam Lashinsky is on assignment. Erin Griffith is a writer at Fortune. Pete Carey / Mercury News : Bill Campbell, coach to Silicon Valley's top executives, dead at 75 Jon Callaghan / True Ventures : ...
Kleiner Perkins absorbs legal fees after Ellen Pao drops gender discrimination suit, keeping to earlier pledge
Dan Primack / Fortune : Tweets: @ellenhuet Tweets: Ellen Huet / @ellenhuet : Kleiner Perkins upheld its promise to waive Ellen Pao's legal fees if she didn't appeal: she won't pay $276,000 http://for...
Ellen Pao won't appeal verdict in gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins
Ellen Pao: ‘I Have Decided to End My Lawsuit Against Kleiner Perkins’ — The epic and historic lawsuit that has rocked tech over the last year is over. — In a statement today …
Ellen Pao reflects on being trolled, says balancing free expression with privacy is getting harder, especially with audience and revenue pressure
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Former Reddit CEO says Alexis Ohanian responsible for firing that touched off Reddit revolt, noting a “stunning lack of leadership” in letting Pao take the heat
And Why It Isn't Digg All Over Again Jon Fingas / Engadget : Former Reddit CEO says Ellen Pao was a scapegoat Matt Weinberger / Business Insider : Former Reddit CEO says Ellen Pao was framed Steven Lo...