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NEW: An in-depth look inside Airbnb's years-long war on parties. The person in charge of Airbnb’s worldwide party ban, Naba Banerjee, spent 3+ yrs figuring out how to design anti-party AI, battling user "collusion" & flagging "repeat party houses." @CNBC cnbc.com/2023/09/19/airbnb-p…

Meet Airbnb's official party pooper, who reduced partying by 55% in two years

As the person in charge of Airbnb's worldwide ban on parties, Naba Banerjee has spent more than three years figuring out how to design an anti-party AI system.

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DoorDash announced Thursday that it will transfer its listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq, a rare move and -- in layman's terms -- a pretty big diss to the NYSE, which has aimed to secure more tech listings in recent years. @CNBC cnbc.com/2023/09/14/doordash…

DoorDash will switch to Nasdaq from the NYSE in blow to Big Board

DoorDash said it will transfer its listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq.

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Love the Snowflake v. Databricks drama? Snowflake's biggest customer, Capital One, just invested in Databricks. w/ @jordannovet cnbc.com/2023/09/14/nvidia-a…

Nvidia and Capital One back Databricks at $43 billion valuation in latest funding round

Databricks, one of the most richly valued venture-backed companies, has raised $500 million in its latest financing round

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Arm’s biggest customers are also backing a rival chip design — here’s what you need to know cnbc.com/2023/09/14/arm-ipo-…

Arm's biggest customers are also backing a rival chip design — here's what you need to know

Arm priced its shares at $51 for its U.S. IPO but it has warned on a number of risks including rising competition from a rival architecture called RISC-V.

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New: Google is laying off hundreds in its recruiting org as it sees slower hiring in the coming quarters. "It definitely isn’t a conversation any of us wanted to have again this year," a recruiting VP said in a video meeting we've obtained. cnb.cx/3LlZLga

Google is cutting hundreds of jobs in its recruiting organization

Google says it will face slower hiring the next several quarters and has a decreasing need for recruiters

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Ever wonder how your doctor prepares for a big surgery? These days, it's often by practicing in VR. As the technology finds its footing, health systems across the U.S. are finding ways to use VR for training and treating patients. My latest!🥽👨‍🔬🩺 cnbc.com/2023/09/09/metas-vr…

Meta's VR technology is helping to train surgeons and treat patients, though costs remain a hurdle

Virtual reality technology from Meta and other companies is finding its way into hospitals and medical schools even as it struggles to find consumer traction.

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New: @Microsoft is teaming up with digital pathology provider @paige_ai to build the world’s largest image-based AI model for identifying cancer. “This is sort of a groundbreaking, land-on-the-moon kind of moment for cancer care,” Paige's CEO said. cnbc.com/2023/09/07/microsof…

Microsoft and Paige are building the world's largest AI model for detecting cancer

Microsoft is teaming up with the company Paige to build the world's largest image-based artificial intelligence model for identifying cancer.

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Election ads running on Google and YouTube that are created with artificial intelligence will soon have to carry a clear disclosure, according to new rules created by the company. @lauren_feiner cnb.cx/44CJBGd
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I hope you’ll budget some time for 12,090 words today. I’ve been working on this for many months. A fascinating story of succession gone wrong. cnbc.com/2023/09/06/disney-s…

Disney's wildest ride: Iger, Chapek and the making of an epic succession mess

Here's the inside story of the executive chaos at Disney over the past few years — and how it could shape the fate of the iconic entertainment company.

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New: Klarna reduced its net loss by 67% in first half, after a mega cost-cutting drive that saw the fintech slash hundreds of jobs. Klarna says it recorded one month of profit, tipping it into the black - altho full profitability remains a ways off yet. cnbc.com/2023/08/31/buy-now-…

Buy now, pay later firm Klarna cuts losses in first half but fails to post profit

Swedish buy now, pay later firm Klarna reduced losses by roughly 67% in the first half of 2023, as it cut costs dramatically in a bid for profitability.

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Shares of BYD jump after Chinese EV maker posts 200% surge in first half profit cnb.cx/3sBAgAU
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NEW: Google is planning to license new sets of mapping data to a range of companies to use as they build products around renewable energy, hoping to generate up to $100 million in its first year. cnb.cx/3OOCSD4
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NEW: Last weekend, the White House challenged thousands of hackers to outsmart top AI models from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta & Nvidia. Participants had 50min to try to trick the chatbots into doing dangerous/problematic things. Here's an inside look.cnbc.com/2023/08/15/def-con-…

Inside the largest-ever A.I. chatbot hack fest, where hackers tried to outsmart OpenAI, Microsoft,...

Last weekend, the White House challenged thousands of hackers to try to outsmart top generative AI models from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia and more.

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China wants to limit screen time for kids under 18 to a max of 2 hours per day. Regulators proposing a "minor mode" on smartphones. Unclear if operating system or device maker is responsible for this. Unclear impact on Chinese internet giants too cnbc.com/2023/08/02/china-fl…

China floats two-hour daily limit of smartphone screen time for kids

The draft rules laid out by the increasingly powerful Cyberspace Administration of China are a broader push to prevent addiction among under 18s to apps.

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NEW: CNBC and Statista have today announced the top 200 global fintech companies. From neobanks to digital payments to crypto, the top fintech companies range from giants in like Stripe to up and comers. Check out our full story on CNBC for more: cnbc.com/2023/08/02/here-are…

From banking giants to lending up-and-comers — here are the world's top 200 fintech companies

From across the globe, spanning a diverse range of applications in finance — these are the world's top fintech companies.

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New: Leaked Amazon seller data is being openly bought and sold by brokers on Telegram. For $200-$400, sellers can buy screenshots of internal account info that's (supposed to be) only accessible by Amazon employees. cnbc.com/2023/08/01/amazon-e…

Amazon employees leak secret info that marketplace sellers can buy on Telegram

Third-party merchants who have been suspended by Amazon can pay for confidential data to potentially help them get their accounts back up and running.

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It’s just an opinion — but as I’ve been hearing from almost every lawyer in the space, the XRP ruling was hardly definitive. cnb.cx/3KiuVEz

Some crypto assets are securities, Manhattan judge says, complicating Coinbase and Ripple cases

A Manhattan federal judge said cryptocurrencies are securities regardless of whom they are offered to, contradicting a prior ruling on cryptoasset ripple.

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Lots of interesting pieces in @Uber 's Q2 report this morning. $UBER The company announced its first GAAP operating profit, the departure of its CFO, free cash flow over over $1 billion and a revenue miss. 🚗 cnbc.com/2023/08/01/uber-ube…

Uber shares drop after revenue miss, despite first operating profit

Shares of Uber fell more than 5% on Tuesday after the company reported second-quarter results that missed analysts' expectations for revenue but offered rosy guidance.

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Significant personnel shift inside Amazon: Sarah Rhoads, a major force behind the scaling of Amazon's air cargo unit, will now oversee the company's workplace health and safety division Story w/ @lesliejosephs: cnbc.com/2023/05/25/amazons-…

Amazon's air cargo head changes jobs, will now oversee workplace-safety unit

Sarah Rhoads, who joined Amazon in 2011, has become one of Amazon's top logistics executives and helped to rapidly expand its air-cargo arm.

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It's been non-stop bad news for tech lately, so always good to see something positive for a change.. VC-backed unicorns in Europe and Israel produce 5x the number of startups, as the ecosystem matures and talent is more readily available, says @Accel cnbc.com/2023/05/24/europe-a…

Europe is producing more startup 'mafias' than ever despite tech rout

The development mimics the trend of startup "mafias" in the U.S., where companies like PayPal indirectly helped produce huge businesses like Tesla and Palantir.

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