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Samsung’s Former Strategy Chief Takes on GM, Google in Robotaxis
published Jan 4, 2018, 4:00:00 AM, by Sohee Kim (Bloomberg) — In the future of transportation, what would you get if you mixed the business models of Tesla Inc., Google and Samsung Electronics Co. with the budget of the world’s fifth-biggest automaker? Youngcho Chi is about to find out. Hired

Google’s Diversity Chief Slams Worker Memo on Gender Inequality
published Aug 6th 2017, 3:47 pm, by Megan Durisin and Neil Weinberg (Bloomberg) —Illustrating how Silicon Valley is grappling with the role of women in technology, Google’s new diversity chief forcefully pushed back against a male worker’s argument that a “politically correct monoculture” ignores differences in capabilities between the sexes.

Supreme Court Weighs Possible Curb on Patent Suit Locations
published Mar 27th 2017, 12:45 pm, by Susan Decker (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court grappled over whether to upend a quarter-century of practice and limit where patent-infringement lawsuits can be filed. The justices Monday heard arguments in a case involving water flavoring containers that could end the reign of

A Major Proponent of H-1B Visa Reform Loses Patience With Trump
published Mar 5th 2017, 8:51 pm, by Joshua Brustein (Bloomberg) — For a decade, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin has wanted to reform a program that is alternatively seen as a necessary way for technology companies to hire technical experts and a boondoggle that outsourcers use to exploit foreign labor. Durbin,