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ATP roundup: Maxime Cressy sweeps Sebastian Korda in Tel Aviv
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
September 29 - Fourth-seeded Maxime Cressy racked up 14 aces while posting a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Sebastian Korda in a battle of Americans in the second round of the Tel Aviv Watergen Open in Israel. Second-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic had 15 aces while recording a 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4 win over Austrian wild card Dominic Thiem. In another match of note, Constant Lestienne notched a 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over No. Shapovalov will next face Moldova's Radu Albot, who posted a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) victory over American Steve Johnson. Japan's Taro Daniel beat Ecuador's Emilio Gomez 6-4, 6-4.
Tecton, which specializes in a technology called feature stores, was a more divisive subject among industry insiders. Both Databricks and Snowflake have invested heavily in real-time data pipelines, including in Tecton's latest funding round. But it was hardly alone among machine-learning startups in commanding a high valuation with nominal revenue. Many investors wondered whether Tecton's feature stores were "a feature, not a product," as Steve Jobs famously called Dropbox. That skepticism remains, and some insiders expect a roll-up of overvalued machine-learning startups that attack one piece of the workflow, including Tecton.
Mark Cuban says baby boomers went from "fighting the man" to becoming what they'd hated in the 60s and 70s. Last week, the billionaire said on a podcast that he believes Gen-Z is the "greatest" generation. Cuban said Zoomers have a greater consideration for mental health and are changing the workplace. But for so many, to go from 'fighting the man' to being everything that was hated in the 60s and 70s is disappointing." But despite their economic success, baby boomers are about seven times more likely to share misinformation on social media, a 2019 study from researchers at Princeton and New York University found.
The company's refusal to fix this is a burden on iOS users, not Android users. But the company's refusal to fix this is a burden on iOS users, not Android users. If iMessage is truly a major reason that iPhone users stick around, then Apple is on a slippery slope. The more these interoperability issues plague Apple users, the more users will find ways around iMessage. The undistorted reality is, despite Tim Cook's comments, Apple users do want interoperability.
That means Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud could be poised for a merger-and-acquisition spree. As for cloud acquisitions, analysts said Amazon's cloud unit didn't often buy companies. Cybersecurity has been a greater focus for Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud after the hack of the IT-software company SolarWinds in 2020. In 2019, Google purchased the data-analytics company Looker for $2.6 billion in cash under Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. With Kurian at the helm, bringing with him the Oracle acquisition playbook, Google Cloud may now have a bigger M&A appetite.
Later, technology flaws were exposed, resulting in a months-long trial where Holmes was found guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy. As she awaited trial, Holmes reportedly found the time to get engaged — and married — to a hotel heir named Billy Evans. In January, jurors found Holmes guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Since her conviction, Holmes has become the subject of a Hulu limited series, "The Dropout," based on the ABC News podcast of the same name. The show stars Amanda Seyfried as Holmes as it chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of Theranos and Holmes herself.
The Ukrainian leader's speaking style is characterized by short sentences, vivid imagery, and empathy, all of which make him effective. A 2021 research paper published in the Academy of Management Journal found business leaders who led by example boosted productivity in their businesses. Some of the most convincing business leaders of our time have leaned into emotion when making key arguments. Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesThough the pandemic has bent the rules of formality, starched suits are still the go-to for world leaders. "President Zelenskyy remains focused on his core assignment.
He fosters this with an internal "shout-out" chat room, where anyone can share and celebrate wins. I'm the senior vice president and general manager of the hybrid-workplace-solutions group (HSG) at Canon. During the pandemic, I helped to set up a 'shout-out room'This is an internal chat for employees to celebrate big and small wins. All of my team participates in the internal chat, as well as members of different business units and administrative departments. It's important we work together to achieve our business goals, but it's also important to be there for one another on a personal level.
"It took me a long time to figure out how to balance friends, school, and riding, but through the years I figured out the best way to make it all work is to prioritize what is most important to you," Jobs said in a 2016 interview with Upper Echelon Academy. Shutterstock Rex for EEMSource: Upper Echelon Academy
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday that his biggest debate with Steve Jobs was over iPhone sales. The two discussed for years how to sell it: via a subsidy model or a revenue-share strategy, which Jobs wanted. Apple went Jobs' route before switching to Cook's idea, which helped catapult the iPhone to success. Cook appeared at the annual Code conference Wednesday alongside design legend Jony Ive, Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs, and journalist Kara Swisher to discuss the late Apple visionary. Swisher asked Cook what his biggest debate was with Jobs, and Cook said it was the company's iPhone sales strategy ahead of its 2007 debut.
Laurene Powell Jobs said her late husband would be "disappointed" with today's political climate. She said Steve Jobs would be speaking out often against the polarization we're seeing today. Powell Jobs said Steve Jobs would be speaking out often if he was witnessing the political atmosphere today. Ive similarly said Jobs would be "mad" and "furious" at the current political state, but that he would also still maintain his compassion and love for the ideals that Powell Jobs described. Jobs was largely apolitical in his life, although he did champion liberal causes such as environmentalism alongside his wife.
Rethink Robotics was founded in 2008 with the idea that a cobot — a robot working alongside humans in ways that traditional automation couldn't (i.e. "There is no such thing as the cobot without Rod Brooks," Beane said. "No one needs a two-armed robot," Beane said, describing that design decision as "humans projecting onto a robot their own physical form." The opportunity for robotics technology remains significant, though it is still trailing other automation approaches in market penetration. "Manufacturing is about high throughput and high consistency and you can automate the heck out of it without a cobot," Beane said.
Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk are vocal crypto enthusiasts and have been friendly to each other online. Their friendship stands out against other tech execs' feuds, like Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook's. Both Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk have emerged as quasi-bitcoin ambassadors, using their Twitter platforms to spout their devotion to the virtual currency. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook famously have beef stretching back years, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had a long feud with the late Apple visionary Steve Jobs. That fact remains even as Musk subpoenas Dorsey for material relating to spam accounts as part of the Tesla exec's defense against Twitter.
Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, Elizabeth Holmes' ex-boyfriend and former right-hand man at Theranos, was just sentenced to almost 13 years in prison. He was convicted in July on all 12 counts brought against him related to his time as Theranos' president and COO. Late last month, she was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison, with three years of supervised release. Meanwhile, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, who is Holmes' ex-boyfriend and Theranos' former president and COO, has also been convicted of fraud and handed a prison sentence. While Holmes was once lauded as the next Steve Jobs and deemed the world's youngest self-made female billionaire, Balwani has largely remained an enigma.
Apple CEO Tim Cook poses for a portrait next to a line of new MacBook Airs as he enters the Steve Jobs Theater during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California on June 6, 2022 . Apple CEO Tim Cook recently gave the closest thing to a confirmation that Apple's building a headset. Cook was asked in a recent interview with China Daily USA what he thinks the key factors are for augmented reality, or AR, to succeed in the consumer market. AR or "mixed reality" describes technology that superimposes computer-generated images over views of the real world, contrasted with virtual reality, or VR, which completely immerses the viewer in a computer-generated world. It's one of the clearest examples yet of Cook acknowledging that Apple has something bigger in the works.
America's first $1 billion weed brand is here, and it's named Cookies. It's a company that he says is now worth at least $1 billion — the world's first legal $1 billion weed brand. From a logo on a hoodie to a billion-dollar companyThe inside of the Santa Ana, California, Cookies marijuana dispensary. He described this time period, between 2010 and 2018, when the first Cookies retail store opened, as a lengthy learning experience. Though he's repeatedly been offered millions of dollars for his majority stake in Cookies, Berner has thus far refused to sell.
Schmidt, who served as Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011, helped transform the then-young Silicon Valley start-up into today's $1.9 trillion global tech behemoth — and credits in-office work for much of that growth. Younger employees, particularly those between the ages of 25 and 35, can also use in-office settings to more effectively develop their management styles, Schmidt says. "If you miss out [on that] because you are sitting at home on the sofa while you're working, I don't know how you build great management. Still, Schmidt says, a largescale movement to permanently work remotely would deny at least 30 to 40 years of workplace experience. Don't miss:Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt on working with Steve Jobs, handling criticism and finding his management style
Steve Jobs, former CEO and co-founder of Apple, gave some tips for entrepreneurs. Jobs said that companies need to listen to and benefit from the knowledge of employees. He also said that the boss doesn’t need to be the smartest person in the company. The concept of the knowledge workerThe term "knowledge worker" was coined by management expert Peter Drucker as early as 1959. Three important rules for personnel managementBased on Jobs' ideas, the most important principles for management can be summarized in three points.
The Epic Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
  + stars: | 2022-01-03 | by ( David Streitfeld | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
“I’m 21,” Ms. Holmes said. “I’m gonna go tell my two children, they better get off their duffs,” Ms. Gunn exclaimed. Ms. Holmes was asked about her future, and gave the stock Silicon Valley response: You ain’t seen nothing yet. Not, in other words, a fool with regard to Silicon Valley. Yet he told The New Yorker in 2014 that Ms. Holmes “has sometimes been called another Steve Jobs, but I think that’s an inadequate comparison.
Persons: Moira Gunn, Elizabeth, , , ” Ms, Holmes, I’m, Ms, Gunn, Theranos, Ramesh Balwani, William Perry, Bill Clinton, Holmes “, Steve Jobs, Steve Organizations: Tech, Stanford, New Yorker Locations: Silicon
As you unwind for the weekend, we're bringing you some of our best reads spanning travel, real estate, and fashion. This week, we've got stories about a private-jet designer who builds $250 million custom planes, a new luxury trailer from Pottery Barn and Airstream, and the world's first private train. Now, after being converted into a private residence, the former social club is for sale as a $12.5 million waterfront villa. Mikayla Mott27-year-old Mikayla Mott is a swim instructor and founder of Swim Hamptons, a private lifeguarding company. Thierry GaugainSteve Jobs' yacht designer has created the world's first private luxury train that could cost more than $300 million.
In July, it rolled out a dedicated music-streaming service called TikTok Music in five countries. Read about why TikTok music marketers are turning to general-interest accounts to promote songsCreating TikTok music challenges to spark user-generated videosAnd some marketers are opening the door for social-media users who wouldn't traditionally be considered influencers to get paid to promote music. Read more about TikTok's private listening sessionsA dedicated TikTok Music streaming app is bornIn July, TikTok stepped deeper into the music business by launching its own dedicated music-streaming app, TikTok Music, in Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, and Singapore. Insider tested TikTok Music in Singapore, where it launched in a closed beta, to learn more about how it works. Like TikTok, TikTok Music includes a "For You" feed of recommended content and a variety of social features that set it apart from incumbents like Spotify and Apple Music.
Persons: TikTok, Here's, they've, influencers, TikTok influencers, Read, Jonny Kaps, Halsey, Charli XCX, Taylor Upsahl, Upsahl, Steve Jennings, Kristen Bender, Lyor Cohen, Ted Suh, Elissa Ayadi, Sydney Bradley, Getty, Jesse Callahan, It's, Zach Friedman, Dan Asip, Pearpop, Cole Mason, There's, Johnny Cloherty, Andy McGrath, Tarek Al, Hamdouni, Tiagz, John Arano, Tiago Garcia, you'd, Nima Nasseri, Ole Obermann, Rita Franca, NurPhoto, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rudensky, Cyrus, Hailey Bieber, Guillermo Legaria, Khalid, Demi Lovato, Marshmellow, ByteDance, Tatiana Cirisano, Jeffrey Ramsay, Steve Blatter Organizations: Getty, TikTok, MRC Data, Universal Music Group, YouTube, GQ, Snap Inc, Agency, 10K, Records, Sony Music, RCA Records, Warner Music, Getty Images, Movistar Arena, Spotify, Apple, MIDiA Research, MTV, SiriusXM's TikTok Locations: Tempe , Arizona, TikTok, Bogota, Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, Singapore, India, Denver , Colorado
MeOut Group Ungaria organizează online un concurs de idei în perioada 23-25 aprilie, care este disponibil și pentru participanți din Republica Moldova! Aici tinerii vor putea ieși în evidență, învăța chestii noi, conecta cu oamenii și crea ceva interesant alături de mentorii echipei. Challenge MeOut este o competiție de idei creative organizată împreună cu MeOut Group pentru absolvenți și studenții care iubesc provocările. Așadar, participanții vor construi relații pe termen lung între ei și cine știe, poate vor fi deveni un prototip a tandemului Steve Jobs și Steve Wozniak. De asemenea, organizatorii spun că participanții vor beneficia de un premiu de aproape 2 000 de euro.
Persons: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak Organizations: MeOut, Challenge MeOut, Group Locations: MeOut Group Ungaria, Republica Moldova
Ozlem Türeci şi Ugur Sahin, fondatorii BioNTech, laboratorul german care împreună cu cel american Pfizer au conceput vaccinul anti-COVID-19, au primit vineri la Berlin una dintre principalele distincţii germane, Marea Cruce a Meritului cu stea, relatează AFP. Vaccinul Pfizer-BioNTech este o ''descoperire revoluţionară care salvează vieţi, mijloace de trai şi ne asigură supravieţuirea socială, economică şi culturală'', a adăugat Steinmeier, un preşedinte cu rol ceremonial, dar o autoritate morală în Germania. El a comparat ''micul start-up inovator din Mainz'' cu ceea ce a reprezentat legendarul garaj al casei părinteşti pentru Steve Jobs, care a asamblat acolo calculatoare în anii '70. Dar acum compania celor doi cercetători de origine turcă are peste 2.000 de angajaţi, a mai remarcat Steinmeier, care a pledat pentru un acces echitabil la vaccinuri în lume, în pofida dificultăţilor de aprovizionare. Pandemia ''ne ameninţă pe toţi împreună şi numai împreună o putem învinge, atunci când populaţia din toate regiunile lumii va fi protejată în faţa virusului (...) Pandemia nu va fi oprită decât atunci când va fi oprită peste tot'', a concluzionat preşedintele german
Persons: Ozlem, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Angela Merkel, El, Steve Jobs Locations: Ozlem Türeci, Berlin, Germania, BioNTech, Mainz
Lansat în 1996, Adobe Flash Player a fost unul dintre cele mai populare moduri de transmitere a videoclipurilor și a jocurilor online. Din 12 ianuarie, rularea clipurilor video şi a animaţiilor în celebrul Adobe Flash Player nu va mai fi posibilă, a informat BBC, citat de libertatea.ro. A fost afectat de probleme de securitate și „nu a reușit să treacă la era smartphone-ului”, conform BBC. Drept urmare, CEO-ul Apple a recurs la soluția HTML 5 pentru livrarea videourilor și a animațiilor pe dispozitivele mobile și tablete. Lovitura de grație pentru Adobe Flash Player a venit la finalul lui 2011, când Facebook, Netflix și YouTube au transmis streamuri video pe smartphone-uri fără a folosi Adobe Flash.
Persons: Steve Jobs Organizations: Adobe, BBC, Apple, Facebook
Cuvintele care marchează începutul acestui an: conectare, iubire, bucurie. Cuvintele care marchează începutul acestui an: sinceritate, claritate, organizare. Cuvintele care marchează începutul acestui an: comunicare, prietenie sinceră, curățenie spirituală. Cuvintele care marchează începutul acestui an: distracție, iubire, inocență. Cuvintele care marchează începutul acestui an: calm, adaptare, control.
Persons: Berbec, Buddha, Roy E, Audrey Hepburn Rac, Albert Camus Leu, Seneca Fecioară, Fecioară, Jack Penn, John, Martin Page, Steve Jobs, Richard Bach, William Ernest Henley Organizations: Taur, Disney Gemeni, Gemeni, Revelion, Leu, Scorpion Locations: Noul An
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