Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Here's who sat where during Trump's big meeting with tech leaders - Business Insider


Business Insider

Here's who sat where during Trump's big meeting with tech leaders
Business Insider
On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump convened a meeting with the top execs from the tech world. The meeting is the first major summit between technology leaders and Trump, who has had a shaky relationship with the tech industry and publicly ...
Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji dealPolitico
Trump Team Says Twitter Too Small to Be Included in Tech MeetingFortune
Trump Didn't Invite Twitter to Tech CEO Meeting Because Company Refused 'Crooked Hillary' Emoji (Report)Variety
The Verge -CNBC -CBS News
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Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump - NPR


Fox Business

Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump
NPR
For the most part, the tech industry did not support President-elect Trump. But he won. Trump is convening a technology summit this afternoon in New York City, and expects Silicon Valley leaders will be there. One of the industry's luminaries — Bill ...
What to Expect From Trump's Meeting With Big TechFox Business
Execs from Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Prepare for Tech Summit with TrumpNBCNews.com
Trump invites top tech leaders to NYCBBC News
Forbes -CNNMoney -USA TODAY -Recode
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Transcript: Trump's Introductory Remarks With Tech Executives - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

Transcript: Trump's Introductory Remarks With Tech Executives
Wall Street Journal
President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers met with 13 prominent technology executives at Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday. A pool camera captured introductory remarks from Mr. Trump and the executives. What follows is a transcript: Tim Cook ...
Trump meets with tech leaders: Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Tesla, IntelBoing Boing
Apple's Tim Cook takes close seat to Donald Trump at tech summitAppleInsider (press release) (blog)
See inside the tech leaders' summit at Trump TowerUSA TODAY
Recode -Barron's -The Verge -Wall Street Journal
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Trump talked to tech about jobs, immigration and China, source says - CNBC


CNBC

Trump talked to tech about jobs, immigration and China, source says
CNBC
Jobs, skilled immigration and China were the main topics on the table at a meeting between president elect Trump and the world's most powerful tech executives, a person familiar with what was discussed told CNBC on Wednesday. The discussions were ...



"Damn Corrupt": Trump's Kids Attend Father's Meeting with Top Tech Execs - Common Dreams (press release)


Common Dreams (press release)

"Damn Corrupt": Trump's Kids Attend Father's Meeting with Top Tech Execs
Common Dreams (press release)
The meeting, reportedly coordinated by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is married to Ivanka, was a veritable who's-who of tech billionaires, including Google co-founder Larry Page, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook ...

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Trump Team Says Twitter Too Small to Be Included in Tech Meeting - Fortune


Fortune

Trump Team Says Twitter Too Small to Be Included in Tech Meeting
Fortune
President-elect Donald Trump left Twitter off the invitation list for a meeting of technology company executives on Wednesday because it is too small, a spokesman for his transition team told Reuters. The omission of Twitter from the meeting surprised ...
Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji dealPolitico
Trump reportedly bumped Twitter from tech meeting for rejecting his emojiThe Verge
Trump Didn't Invite Twitter to Tech CEO Meeting Because Company Refused 'Crooked Hillary' Emoji (Report)Variety
The Independent -The Hill -9 to 5 Mac
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What the Tech Summit Needs to Accomplish - Fortune


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What the Tech Summit Needs to Accomplish
Fortune
Tech writer and entrepreneur Anil Dash has written a strongly worded memo to the company chiefs that's worth a read. He digs into the role technology needs to play in the lives of citizens in the Trump era—refusing to assist in the creation of a ...
IBM Announces 25000 US Jobs Before Trump's Meeting with Tech GiantsBreitbart News
IBM promises to hire Americans as tech executives set to meet TrumpReuters
Trump effect? IBM announces US hiring surge prior to tech summitHot Air
BBC News -Politico (blog)
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As Trumplethinskin lets down his hair for tech, shame on Silicon Valley for climbing the Tower in silence - Recode


Recode

As Trumplethinskin lets down his hair for tech, shame on Silicon Valley for climbing the Tower in silence
Recode
Hoo boy, would I have liked to be in the room when Sheryl Sandberg/Tim Cook/Larry Page/fill-in-your-billionaire-tech-leader-here were reacting to the tech summit invite from Donald Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus; his son-in-law and chief ...
When Trump Meets Tech Leaders, Jobs Will Be on the AgendaNew York Times
Tech leaders couldn't beat Trump; they'll meet him insteadYahoo News
Trump to meet with key US tech leaders: 6 questions that need to be answeredTechRepublic
Gizmodo -The Atlantic
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The Alarming Downsides to Tech Industry Diversity Reports - Gizmodo


Gizmodo

The Alarming Downsides to Tech Industry Diversity Reports
Gizmodo
The tech industry doesn't just have a diversity problem. It has a results problem. Major tech companies pour millions of dollars into recruiting, but there remain significant, quantifiable discrepancies—in workforce diversity, in gender equity among ...



Tech workers pledge to never build a database of Muslims - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Tech workers pledge to never build a database of Muslims
Los Angeles Times
When asked a year ago on the campaign trail whether he thought the United States should create a database of Muslims in the country, Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC News: “Oh, I would certainly implement that — absolutely." On Tuesday ...
Tech workers vow not to build Trump Muslim registryUSA TODAY
Tech workers unite against a potential US Muslim registryEngadget
Tech workers vow not to build database to track MuslimsCNET
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US tech employees vow to fight Trump on surveillance - Aljazeera.com


US tech employees vow to fight Trump on surveillance
Aljazeera.com
Drawing comparisons to the Holocaust and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the employees signed an open letter at neveragain.tech rebuking ideas floated by Trump during the campaign trail. The protest, which began with about 60 ...

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The Worst Tech Stocks of 2016 - Motley Fool


Motley Fool

The Worst Tech Stocks of 2016
Motley Fool
... rosy by comparison. Investors in First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP), and Frontier Communications (NASDAQ:FTR) would have loved to just break even this year. Here's why those three tech tickers have fallen 26% or more in 2016.

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Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump - NPR


Wall Street Journal

Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump
NPR
For the most part, the tech industry did not support President-elect Trump. But he won. Trump is convening a technology summit this afternoon in New York City, and expects Silicon Valley leaders will be there. One of the industry's luminaries — Bill ...
Investor Peter Thiel Is Helping Mold Tech's Ties to Donald TrumpWall Street Journal
When Trump Meets Tech Leaders, Jobs Will Be on the AgendaNew York Times
Will Trump Make Silicon Valley Kiss the Ring at His Tech Summit?The Atlantic
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That Trump tech summit comes with some awkward baggage - CNET


CNET

That Trump tech summit comes with some awkward baggage
CNET
Donald Trump's tech summit at Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday will host the heavyweights, with executives from Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and others reportedly set to make an appearance. The summit is already on a shaky foundation, ...
The topic at the Trump tech summit today will be jobs and the economy, with no set agendaRecode
Trump invites top tech leaders to NYCBBC News
Execs from Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Prepare for Tech Summit with TrumpNBCNews.com
Fox Business -MIT Technology Review -TechRepublic -Recode
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IEEE puts out a first draft guide for how tech can achieve ethical AI design - TechCrunch


TechCrunch

IEEE puts out a first draft guide for how tech can achieve ethical AI design
TechCrunch
One of the barriers standing in the way of ethically designed AI systems that benefit humanity as a whole, and avoid the pitfalls of embedded algorithmic biases, is the tech industry's lack of ownership and responsibility for ethics, according to ...

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Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji deal - Politico


Politico

Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji deal
Politico
Twitter was told it was "bounced" from Wednesday's meeting between tech executives and President-elect Donald Trump in retribution for refusing during the campaign to allow an emoji version of the hashtag #CrookedHillary, according to a source close to ...
Jack Dorsey, who created Donald Trump's beloved Twitter, has not been invited to the tech summit. Sad!Recode
Twitter Obsessive Trump Snubs Twitter CEO Dorsey for Exclusive Tech SummitHeat Street
Twitter will not be at Trump's tech summitCNNMoney
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Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump - NPR


NPR

Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump
NPR
For the most part, the tech industry did not support President-elect Trump. But he won, and now Trump is convening a technology summit this afternoon in New York City, and expects Silicon Valley leaders will be there. One of the industry's luminaries ...
That Trump tech summit comes with some awkward baggageCNET
The topic at the Trump tech summit today will be jobs and the economy, with no set agendaRecode
When Trump Meets Tech Leaders, Jobs Will Be on the AgendaNew York Times
BBC News -Fox Business -NBCNews.com -Recode
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Trump Meets Tech Industry Leaders With Effusive Greeting - New York Times


WIRED

Trump Meets Tech Industry Leaders With Effusive Greeting
New York Times
First everyone went around the room and introduced themselves — Jeff Bezos, of Amazon; Elon Musk, of Tesla; Tim Cook, of Apple; Sheryl Sandberg, of Facebook; Larry Page of Alphabet, Google's parent company; Satya Nadella, of Microsoft, and other tech ...
Trump Is Meeting With Tech CEOs, and It's Gonna Be AwkwardWIRED
Donald Trump Strikes Conciliatory Tone in Meeting With Tech ExecutivesWall Street Journal
Trump to tech leaders: 'I'm here to help you folks do well'USA TODAY
ABC News -CNBC -NPR
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Trump gathers 'Tech Roundtable' for economic talks - Washington Times


Washington Times

Trump gathers 'Tech Roundtable' for economic talks
Washington Times
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday will convene a “Tech Roundtable” with industry leaders from companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google to help chart the next administration's economic agenda. The roundtable discussion at Trump ...
Tim Cook & other tech leaders meet Trump today, reports say 'no set agenda' but one topic9 to 5 Mac
Actually, Elon Musk might skip Trump's tech summit (Update: Now he's in.)Recode
What Will Tech Leaders Tell Trump?Barron's
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Why These Female Tech Execs Are Meeting With Donald Trump Today - Fortune


Reuters

Why These Female Tech Execs Are Meeting With Donald Trump Today
Fortune
10 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list, is one of several high-powered CEOs meeting with Trump Wednesday at a tech summit in New York. Also on the list of high-ranking female executives attending the meeting, according to Recode, are Facebook ...
Trump effect? IBM announces US hiring surge prior to tech summitHot Air
IBM promises to hire Americans as tech executives set to meet TrumpReuters
IBM Announces 25000 US Jobs Before Trump's Meeting with Tech GiantsBreitbart News
BBC News -Politico (blog)
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Trump Is Meeting With Tech CEOs, and It's Gonna Be Awkward - WIRED


WIRED

Trump Is Meeting With Tech CEOs, and It's Gonna Be Awkward
WIRED
Donald Trump may have just met with Kanye West, but the tech execs meeting with the president-elect today may outshine even Mr. Kim Kardashian in sheer collective star power. The awkwardness may also run just as thick. The confirmed list of attendees ...
Donald Trump Strikes Conciliatory Tone in Meeting With Tech ExecutivesWall Street Journal
Trump to tech leaders: 'I'm here to help you folks do well'USA TODAY
Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect TrumpNPR
CBS News -Phys.Org -Business Insider
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Investor Peter Thiel Is Helping Mold Tech's Ties to Donald Trump - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

Investor Peter Thiel Is Helping Mold Tech's Ties to Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal
Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and conservative libertarian, has long been a misfit in Silicon Valley. Now as one of the tech industry's main bridges to President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, Mr. Thiel is playing a ...
Will Trump Make Silicon Valley Kiss the Ring at His Tech Summit?The Atlantic
Top Tech Leaders to Meet With TrumpWall Street Journal

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That Trump tech summit comes with some awkward baggage - CNET


CNET

That Trump tech summit comes with some awkward baggage
CNET
Donald Trump's tech summit at Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday will host the heavyweights, with executives from Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and others reportedly set to make an appearance. The summit is already on a shaky foundation, ...
The topic at the Trump tech summit today will be jobs and the economy, with no set agendaRecode
When Trump Meets Tech Leaders, Jobs Will Be on the AgendaNew York Times
What to Expect From Trump's Meeting With Big TechFox Business
BBC News -NBCNews.com -MIT Technology Review -Recode
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Biggest Tech Failures and Successes of 2016 - New York Times


New York Times

Biggest Tech Failures and Successes of 2016
New York Times
From exploding smartphones and hoverboards to the proliferation of fake news on social media, many of our tech hardware, software and web products suffered embarrassing failures. Behemoths like Google, Facebook and Samsung Electronics were on the ...



Tech execs begin to gather at Trump Tower - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

Tech execs begin to gather at Trump Tower
USA TODAY
About a dozen tech A-listers — Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, among them — were expected to sit down with the president-elect to discuss jobs, immigration ...
Why These Female Tech Execs Are Meeting With Donald Trump TodayFortune
Trump effect? IBM announces US hiring surge prior to tech summitHot Air
IBM promises to hire Americans as tech executives set to meet TrumpReuters
icrunchdata News (press release) (blog) -BBC News -Politico (blog)
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Daily Report: When Cars and Tech Repeatedly Collide - New York Times


New York Times

Daily Report: When Cars and Tech Repeatedly Collide
New York Times
Technology is sweeping through cars, and cars are sweeping through the tech industry. Both of those forces were abundantly on display this week. On Tuesday, the federal government proposed rules that require new cars and small trucks to “talk” to one ...
Uber's self-driving cars start picking up passengers in San FranciscoTechCrunch

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