Anthony Levandowski Eric Risberg | AP Anthony Levandowski, known for advancing self-driving car technology in the last decade, agreed to plead guilty on Thursday to taking sensitive documents from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber. He will serve no more than 30 months in prison as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors […]
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Tencent investors weigh up impact on the tech giant
A pedestrian walks past Tencent Holdings’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Chinese technology giant Tencent seesawed on Thursday as analysts assessed the company’s mixed earnings results as well as the potential impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Hong Kong-listed shares of Tencent popped over 3% in early trade, […]
Tesla Fremont factory not ‘essential business’ says Alameda County
Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images The Alameda County Sheriff’s office said in an official tweet on Tuesday night that Tesla’s Fremont car factory is not an “essential business” under the definition of its “shelter in place” order, implemented to slow the […]
Amazon to hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers
An Amazon warehouse Getty Images Amazon is hiring an additional 100,000 employees in the U.S. to meet the surge in demand from online shopping amid the coronavirus outbreak, the company said Monday.  The company is looking to add extra full-time and part-time positions for warehouse and delivery workers. Through the end of April, it will […]
Alphabet’s Verily launches a limited coronavirus screening website
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during the Google I/O keynote session at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 7, 2019. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Alphabet’s Verily on Sunday night launched a pilot of a COVID-19 screening and testing website in the San Francisco Bay Area, a day earlier than it said it […]
Multilevel marketing sellers use coronavirus to sell oils
Sellers of supplements and essential oils are using coronavirus claims to try to sell on Facebook. CNBC has found dozens of examples where sellers for multilevel marketing, or MLM, companies, such as doTerra and Young Living, claim on Facebook that their products can prevent consumers from getting coronavirus. Some suggest the products can give consumers […]
Everbridge up 38% this year by helping clients manage coronavirus
David Meredith, CEO, Everbridge Scott Mlyn | CNBC With tech stocks plunging alongside the broader market, software-maker Everbridge has emerged a rare profitable bet for investors. Everbridge, whose technology helps companies manage public safety emergencies like the coronavirus reached an intraday record of $116.21 as the S&P 500 sank 4.9%. Over the past three-plus weeks, […]
Google creating coronavirus site to help find testing
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, speaks during the company’s 2017 Cloud Next event in San Francisco. Bloomberg | Getty Images Google and its parent company Alphabet are working on a website for coronavirus testing, according the internal materials viewed by CNBC and an announcement by President Donald Trump on Friday. Trump said during a press conference […]
Microsoft Build in-person events canceled
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., pauses during a Bloomberg event on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said Thursday that its annual Build developer conference in Seattle, set to run from May 19-21 will […]
Amazon tells all employees to work from home if they can
The Amazon headquarters sits virtually empty on March 10, 2020 in downtown Seattle, Washington. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon recommended all employees in its Seattle office to work from home, leaving much of downtown nearly void of people. John Moore | Getty Images Amazon is telling all of its employees globally to stay […]
