by Dominica Y. Wambold | Jun 14, 2017 | Dominica Y. Wambold's Blog, Tech
From the start, Uber has been a bit of a “different” company. This disregard for convention has been what’s made the company stand out, but it’s also raised a lot of eyebrows and a decent amount of criticism. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has recently announced that he...
by Dominica Y. Wambold | Mar 31, 2017 | Dominica Y. Wambold's Blog, Tech
The tech giant Uber, which now has transportation networks in over 528 cities worldwide has been under intense scrutiny during the past couple of weeks. From the company’s first release of its diversity report yesterday, to the unraveling fact that CEO Travis Kalanick...
by Dominica Y. Wambold | Mar 3, 2017 | Dominica Y. Wambold's Blog, Tech
A fake world, an unreality where our surroundings appear and move not according to nature’s laws, but the whims of our impulses. Out of every setting known to humankind there has been only one place capable of housing such fantasies: our imagination; at least, until...
by Dominica Y. Wambold | Sep 12, 2016 | Dominica Y. Wambold's Blog, Tech
The Wall Street Journal reported successful tests of blockchain technology back in April, with banks including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. The test was on credit-default swaps, and the success of these tests could mean a big change in...
by Dominica Y. Wambold | Jun 30, 2016 | Dominica Y. Wambold's Blog, Tech
Note: This post is originally from TechCrunch. Posted by Kristen Hall-Geisler (@kristenhg) Black Caucus urges Airbnb to take reports of racism seriously While we are many years away from an autonomous utopia, where cars pick us up and drive us where we need to go...
by Dominica Y. Wambold | Jun 22, 2016 | Dominica Y. Wambold's Blog, Media, Tech
Slate Money on rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel, Peruvian vulture funds, and Scottish alcohol pricing. Note: This is originally from Slate Money. By Cathy O’Neil, Felix Salmon, and Jordan Weissmann Listen to Episode No. 109 of Slate Money: Subscribe in iTunes ∙ RSS...
