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 Frank Artale, a managing director at Ignition Partners, has resigned, according to the firm. Earlier this month, the firm received a misconduct complaint regarding Artale, Ignition Partners wrote on Twitter last night. Within a few days of receiving the complaint, the firm asked for Artale’s resignation and he agreed. “We took this serious and near-immediate step, in part, due to… Read More from TechCrunch via April 25, 2018 at 01:00PM

 AG Gangadhar, who led Uber’s storage, machine learning and infrastructure groups, has left the company, Recode reports. Gangadhar was reportedly a director Fowler referenced in her blog post about mismanagement, sexual harassment and other issues at Uber. But his departure was reportedly not related to Fowler’s claims. Since Fowler’s post came out five months ago, many,… Read More from TechCrunch via April 18, 2018 at 01:00PM

 Unless you’ve had a chance to try some Apple HomeKit products in someone’s home or apartment, it can be hard to understand how it all works. In order to help with that, Apple has unveiled interactive HomeKit experiences in 46 of its retail stores worldwide. Now, when you go into Apple’s new retail stores, you’ll be able to use the Home app from either an Apple Watch… Read More from TechCrunch via March 20, 2018 at 01:00PM

 Online harassment is an all-too-common occurrence in the U.S., with 41 percent of adults saying they have experienced harassment online, and 66 percent of people say they’ve seen it happen to others, according to a new Pew Research Center study. The most common form of online harassment is offensive name-calling, according to the study. It’s worth noting that while men are… Read More from TechCrunch via January 20, 2018 at 01:00PM

 Actor and startup investor Ashton Kutcher is gearing up to host a “live open dialog about gender equality in the work place and in tech in general,” he wrote on his LinkedIn page yesterday. He plans to host it with fellow Sound Ventures Partner Effie Epstein via Facebook on either Monday or Tuesday of next week, according to his post. In Kutcher’s post, he included some… Read More from TechCrunch via October 21, 2017 at 01:00PM

 Lyft just announced it’s hit one million rides a day, a milestone Uber announced in December 2014. As of July 2016, Uber was completing an average of 5.5 million rides a day. Last week, Uber hit 5 billion total completed trips. So, one million rides a day is cool for Lyft, but it’s still nowhere near the number of rides Uber completes on a daily basis. That, of course, could… Read More from TechCrunch via August 10, 2017 at 01:00PM