Some employees of Mozilla are asking newly-named Chief Executive Officer Brendan Eich to leave his post as three board members left the firm last week, VentureBeat reported.
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Hacker Weev free from prison, talks about establishing a new hedge fund TRO LLC
Hacker Andrew Auernheimer a.k.a Weev has been freed from prison and talked about establishing a new hedge fund called TRO LLC, reported TechCrunch.
Amazon Web Services executive Alyssa Henry joins Square Inc.
Former Amazon Web Services executive Alyssa Henry joins Square Inc., a crucial move following the company's announced public debut within this year.
Mozilla Chief Executive resigns from office after controversial gay marriage opposition
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich resigns from office following his controversial donation supporting California's opposition to gay marriage.
Dubai's sovereign wealth fund acquires stake in Kerzner International
Dubai's sovereign wealth fund, Investment Corp of Dubai, has bought a stake in Kerzner International but did not disclose information regarding the terms of the deal, reported Reuters.
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As part of his move to step back from Y Combinator, Paul Graham announced that others would be taking over the responsibilities of Hacker News, TechCrunch reported.
Former Google Head of Global Strategy for Mobile Ad Platforms Jesse Hurwitz has left the search behemoth for mobile ad platform startup AdBrain, VentureBeat reported.
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's Mega Ltd intends to list in New Zealand by doing a reverse takeover of TRS, an inactive shell company, Reuters reported.
David Byttow, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of anonymous messaging app Secret, said his company is firmly against bullying even if he does not see a lot of cyberbullying in the platform now, TechCrunch reported.
The Australian government is considering if it should surrender Peter Phillip Nash to the US authorities after he was indicted as one of the "small support staff" of alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, Reuters reported.
Warren Buffet emerged as the winner on the bet he made on a Quicken Loans Inc contest that no individual would be able to correctly predict the winner of each game in the NCAA men's basketball tourney, Bloomberg reported.
Investor GeorgePio filed a case against General Motors Co and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra for its failure to take care of the faulty issues that led to the recall of over 3.1 million cars, Reuters reported.
US First Lady Michelle Obama told Chinese students that online freedom is a right that everyone should have but stopped short of urging the Chinese government to grant more freedoms to its citizens, Reuters reported.
Twenty-five tech companies have turned to Senator Ron Wyden asking his help to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP that could potentially limit online freedoms, VentureBeat reported.
