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Google Stadia’s Head of Product leaves the company

A report from The Information confirmed that John Justice, Google Stadia’s Vice President and Head of Product, has left Google. 9to5Google received confirmation of Justice’s departure through a statement from Google. We can confirm John is no longer with Google and we wish him well on his next step. John Justice oversaw the consumer experience for Stadia and has previously talked about the…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Arrival partners with Uber to design an EV for ride-share drivers

EV startup Arrival has announced a new partnership with Uber to design and develop a purpose-built EV specifically for ride-share drivers. Arrival plans to invite Uber’s drivers to participate in the design process to ensure this new “Arrival Car” meets their needs. The new partnership also looks to further a strategic relationship together in primary markets like the UK and the EU. Since…
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MobileNews

Google Doodle honors Japanese-American author Hisaye Yamamoto

As part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Google is honoring acclaimed Japanese-American short story author Hisaye Yamamoto. Life of Hisaye Yamamoto Hisaye Yamamoto was born on August 23, 1921, as the daughter of two Japanese immigrants, and part of a growing population of Japanese-Americans known as the “Nisei,” which loosely translates to “second generation.” Early in life…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 3, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
AI & RoboticsNews

Apple hires ex-Google AI scientist who resigned after researcher firings

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. (Reuters) — Apple said on Monday it has hired former distinguished Google scientist Samy Bengio, who left the search giant amid turmoil in its artificial intelligence research department. Bengio is expected to lead a new AI research unit at Apple under John Giannandrea, senior vice president of machine learning and…
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