Tag: CoFounder’s

08 APR

Backpage domains seized by feds, co-founder’s Arizona home raided

Enlarge (credit: Backpage) On Friday, federal law enforcement authorities seized Backpage domain names, including Backpage.com and Backpage.ca. In addition, the Arizona Republic reported that on Friday morning, law enforcement raided the Sedona-area home of Michael Lacey, a co-founder of the site. For years, Backpage has acted with impunity as a place that offered thinly veiled […]

31 JAN

Thanks to Al Gore’s fund, this Facebook cofounder’s startup is now worth $900 million (FB)

Asana The collaboration and productivity application company Asana raised $ 75 million in a series D, the company announced Tuesday.  Asana is now valued around  $ 900 million, according to sources close to the company.  Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz is known for starting Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. The round was led by Al […]

30 JAN

id Software co-founders confirm that its biggest games’ heroes are all related

Enlarge / The id Software family tree finally comes together. (credit: id Software) Of all the innovations id Software delivered to the video game industry in the ’90s, plot certainly wasn’t one of them. Still, the company managed to create a few iconic heroes in its PC-action heyday, and decades after their creation, the company’s […]

21 AUG

Microsoft co-founder’s remote vehicles find a legendary WWII ship

The USS Indianapolis played an important role in WWII history, including the delivery of parts for the atomic bombs that would eventually drop on Japan. However, it met a grim fate: not only did a Japanese submarine sink it near the end of the war, but its wreck has remained elusive despite multiple expeditions over […]

02 AUG

New docs: Otto deal couldn’t happen until Uber agreed to protect co-founders

Enlarge / Travis Kalanick, seen here in 2013, served as the CEO of Uber from December 2010 until June 2017. (credit: Fortune Live Media) The intrigue deepens surrounding the early 2016 discussions between Uber’s acquisition of a self-driving trucking company, Otto, according to newly-released court documents. Otto was founded by two then-high-level Google engineers. Waymo […]

01 MAY

Watch Google Co-Founder’s Flying Car Take to the Skies

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