Month: February 2020
Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block steps down
Salesforce today announced that Keith Block, the company’s co-CEO, is stepping down. This leaves company founder Marc Benioff as the sole CEO and chair of the CRM juggernaut. Block’s bio has already been wiped from Salesforce’s leadership page. Block stepped into the co-CEO role in 2018, after a long career…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
The Walt Disney Company announced this afternoon that Robert Iger, the company’s long-time CEO who ushered in the company’s lush franchise and entertainment platform profits, will step down immediately as chief executive. Bob Chapek, a long-time senior exec at the company who most recently held the position of Chairman of…
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Steam just added new search features, including a price filter
Valve is adding new features to its Steam storefront’s search system, letting users filter out games they already own, set a maximum price, and avoid seeing VR-only games if they don’t have a virtual reality headset. The updates are part of its ongoing Steam Labs experiments, and they’re a small…
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Tesla Autopilot, distracted driving to blame in deadly 2018 crash
The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system was one of the probable causes of a fatal 2018 crash into a concrete barrier. In addition, the safety board said the driver was playing a mobile game while using Autopilot before the crash, and investigators also…
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Bob Iger steps down as Disney CEO, replaced by Bob Chapek
Disney CEO Bob Iger will be replaced by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products chairman Bob Chapek as CEO, effective immediately. Iger will stay on as executive chairman through the end of 2021, with a focus on creative endeavors. “I felt with the asset base in place, and with the strategy…
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Facebook acquires the VR game studio behind one of the Rift’s best games
Facebook is aiming to build on its VR hardware launches of 2019 with an investment in virtual reality software. Facebook announced today that it has acquired Bay Area VR studio Sanzaru Games, the developer of Asgard’s Wrath, considered by many enthusiasts to be one of the Oculus Rift’s best games.…
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