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Even for Silicon Valley, Surojit Chatterjee’s rise to extraordinary wealth was lightning fast. The chief product officer has been with Coinbase Global Inc., the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, for just 15 months. Based on the $340 a share indicated opening price for Coinbase’s direct listing on Wednesday, the former Google executive’s stake is worth about $188 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. He’s also set to receive share options within the next five years that are… Source link

The Google logo outside if its New York City offices, which were closed on May 19, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ben Gabbe/Getty Images Samy Bengio, a well-known researcher at Google‘s research group Brain, announced on Tuesday he’s resigning from Google. Bengio is the highest-ranked official to depart amid the fallout from Google’s handling of ethics researcher Timnit Gebru, a well-known artificial intelligence researcher at Google who said the company abruptly fired her last fall… Source link

Waymo LLC Chief Executive John Krafcik said he is stepping down from his role, bringing an end to the former auto executive’s more than five-year tenure leading Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous-vehicle unit. The company said Friday that it is promoting its chief technology and operating officers, Dmitri Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana, to lead a decade-old effort to make self-driving cars a reality. They will share the title of co-chief executive. After… Source link

The new Google Pixelnook Go laptop is on display during a Google product launch event called Made by Google 19 on October 15, 2019 in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Caesar Sengupta, an executive who has led several projects inside Google, including payments and ChromeOS, said Monday he’s leaving the company after 15 years. “I remain very positive about Google’s future but it’s time for me to see if I can ride without training wheels,” Sengupta wrote in a LinkedIn post… Source link

Google Maps Photo Updates Draw Roads on Google Maps Google Maps Community Challenge Google Maps is introducing three new ways for users to add helpful content for others, including the ability to share photos without leaving a review. The Google Maps features announced today aim to make sharing and finding local recommendations easier, and a new community challenge may add some fun to the process. Google Maps Photo Updates A new content type will soon be rolled out to Google Maps called photo… Source link

Google Maps can already tell you which train to take or map out an optimal driving route. Now, it’s simplifying travel even more by letting users pay for parking or public transportation right from their phones. As of Wednesday, users can connect their Google Maps accounts with their Google Pay wallets and make transportation-related payments without ever leaving… Source link

As of Wednesday, users can connect their Google (GOOG) Maps accounts with their Google Pay wallets and make transportation-related payments without ever leaving the app. By bypassing parking meters and train ticket machines, people can save time and also avoid touching public surfaces — a plus during the pandemic. The new features are just the latest update to Google Maps, which has aimed to become more than just a place to find directions. In December, for example, Google added the… Source link

(CNN) — Google Maps can already tell you which train to take or map out an optimal driving route. Now, it’s simplifying travel even more by letting users pay for parking or public transportation right from their phones. As of Wednesday, users can connect their Google Maps accounts with their Google Pay wallets and make transportation-related payments without… Source link

Google has agreed to pay $US76 million ($98 million) over three years to a group of 121 French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents show. Key points: Agence France-Press and other media outlets are angry about the deal which they say is unfair and opaque Australia is seeking to impose a digital media code of conduct that would force Google to pay for news Under the French deal publishers will have to sign up for the Google News Showcase platform, recently… Source link

FILE — In this Jan. 8, 2021 file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines his 2021-2022 state budget proposal during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. On Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 Newsom and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senate President Pro Tem Tempore Toni Atkins announced a proposal that would extend pandemic eviction protections through the end of June and pay up to 80% of some tenants’ unpaid rent. The proposal must still be approved by the state Legislature. (AP Photo/Rich… Source link