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...However, Astro Teller, head of X, said on Thursday that, “despite the team’s groundbreaking technical achievements over the last nine years, the road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier...
...into the event, there was speculation that Apple “would use the transition as an opportunity to force all Mac software to go through the Mac App Store,” said Matt Ronge, chief executive of app developer Astro...
...The hope, according to Astro Teller, the director of X, is to reduce the world’s dependence on land-based proteins, such as beef, and to free the oceans from damaging fishing practices....
...“It’s been a very hard choice for us,” said Astro Teller, chief executive of X, speaking to the Financial Times on Tuesday....
...to weigh strategic options as profit pressure mounts (BBG) Trump campaign sues New York Times for libel (FT) Lloyds and Direct Line to cut hundreds of UK jobs (FT) Best of Lex Midweek: Moneyball, the Astros...
...their device, they bundle it, and they use private APIs [a programming protocol] that others don’t have access to — so their version has a leg-up on the competition,” said Matt Ronge, chief executive of Astro...
...Jay Penske’s Penske Media recently struck a deal to take control of Rolling Stone magazine, adding it to a portfolio that includes titles such as Variety and Robb Report, while Meredith acquired Time Inc...
...But what reality lacked in pyrotechnics, karate fights and sniper duels has more than been made up for in the star-studded cinema version that has captured the box office and the public’s imagination....
...Astro Teller, its ‘captain of moonshots’, said people must look at cyber security challenges from new angles. Writing in a blog post, he said the digital world needs an “immune system”....
...Holding out the balloon breakthrough as an indication of other technical advances, Astro Teller, head of the X labs, wrote in a blog post: “You make unexpected discoveries that propel you forward faster...
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...For an annual developer conference not known for its fireworks, there have been plenty of tech pyrotechnics at Microsoft’s Build in San Francisco this week....
...Expect more promotional pyrotechnics at next year’s Tokyo Game Show....
...Astro Teller, head of the Google X experimental lab, has said his job is like running “the chocolate factory”, a reference to the weird world of Willy Wonka, where the normal rules do not apply....
...One infamous example is Enron Field – subject of a $100m, 30-year deal in 2000 – whose naming rights were ignominiously handed back to the Houston Astros for $2.1m in 2002 after the energy company’s bankruptcy...
...Customers of the company include EchoStar in the US, Sky in the UK and Europe, and Astro in Asia....
...Some bubbles expire with a resounding pop, others fizzle after a few pyrotechnics while still others deflate in a more stately manner over time. - Tackling Turkish debt: will it work?...
...Formally, the letter is a preferred mode in this collection, and provides some deliciously humorous and memorable reflections – as in “Letter to the President of the American Biographical Institute, Inc....
...Canal Plus, Asian investment group Astro, and Lakestar, which also has stakes in Spotify and Airbnb, are among the new companies to invest in the Los Angeles-based venture....
...company is the primary driver of an antitrust complaint, or simply wants to make its view on a policy clear, they would be more comfortable hearing from it directly, rather than through a grass-roots (or astro-turf...
...On Thursday Astro Malaysia, a pay-TV company controlled by Malaysia’s second-richest man, Ananda Krishnan, became the latest to tap the market by pricing an IPO at the top end of an indicative range....
...When I visited, Doug and Anthony, two former pro-gamers, were on laptops downstairs in chat sessions on the Astro Gaming website, advising on headphone selections....
...Both devices – the Mobelisk MoGo and M&A Technology TUFFnote Astro – are semi-rugged for retail and other business users without any preloaded application software....
...Rich Peterson of Astro says the company’s biggest problem now is finding skilled workers. “Manufacturing requires fewer employees than in the past because of automation,” he says....
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