Kate Conger
The New York Times
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Recent articles by Kate:
Former Uber Executive Pleads Guilty to Trade Theft
Anthony Levandowski was charged with stealing driverless-car plans when he left Google to form a company, which Uber then acquired. → Read More
Pentagon Asks to Reconsider Awarding Huge Cloud Contract to Amazon
The action came after Amazon had contended that it lost the deal because of potential interference from President Trump. → Read More
Twitter Reaches Deal With Activist Fund That Wanted Jack Dorsey Out
Elliot Management had tried to force out Mr. Dorsey, the co-founder and C.E.O., after accumulating a stake in the company. → Read More
Hedge Fund May Push for Ouster of Jack Dorsey as Twitter’s C.E.O.
The activist hedge fund Elliott Management has taken a sizable stake in Twitter and called for changes at the social network. → Read More
The Great Google Revolt
Some of its employees tried to stop their company from doing work they saw as unethical. It blew up in their faces. → Read More
Kickstarter Employees Vote to Unionize
Engineers and other workers at the crowdfunding platform voted narrowly on Tuesday to form a union. → Read More
Bloomberg Campaign Opens First Attack on a Democratic Rival: Bernie Sanders
Michael R. Bloomberg’s campaign mounted a direct offensive against a Democratic opponent for the first time, as Bernie Sanders shot back by accusing the billionaire of trying to buy the presidency. → Read More
Judge Halts Work on Microsoft’s JEDI Contract, a Victory for Amazon
The judge ordered work to stop on a cloud-computing contract for the Pentagon until Amazon’s legal challenge was resolved. → Read More
Uber Posts Faster Growth, but Loses $1.1 Billion
Uber’s ride-hailing business grew faster in the fourth quarter of 2019, even as the company grappled with continued challenges. → Read More
Twitter Moves to Target Fake Videos and Photos
While stopping short of an outright ban, the social media company plans to label or take down material that appears to have been digitally manipulated. → Read More
Lyft Said to Plan Restructuring and Job Cuts
The ride-hailing company has faced questions about whether it can make money. → Read More
Facebook Tests Hiding ‘Likes’ on Social Media Posts
The social network, which has been under fire for extreme content on its site, said it was testing making Likes to posts private in Australia. → Read More
Facebook Says It Has Suspended ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Apps
The scale of suspensions, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, was far larger than the social network had previously revealed. → Read More
Uber Says It Will Not Change Driver Status Under California Gig-Worker Law
The company said it would not treat drivers as employees, defying a bill state lawmakers passed this week to extend minimum wage and other protections to independent contractors. → Read More
California Passes Landmark Bill to Remake Gig Economy
With the bill’s passage, California’s ride-hailing drivers, food-delivery couriers, janitors and others are set to be reclassified as employees and not contractors. → Read More
The Work Diary of Parisa Tabriz, Google’s ‘Security Princess’
When you oversee a web browser used by a billion people, you eat a lot of cereal for dinner. → Read More
Uber Posts $5.2 Billion Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate
The double whammy immediately renewed questions about the prospects of the world’s biggest ride-hailing company. → Read More
Uber Lays Off 400 People From Its Global Marketing Team
The ride-hailing company’s cuts follow an internal reorganization and questions about whether it can make money. → Read More
Twitter Backs Off Broad Limits on ‘Dehumanizing’ Speech
After a year of debate and criticism, an effort to add to a policy on banned speech led to a narrower restriction that applies only when religious groups are targeted. → Read More
YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
The decision by YouTube, which is owned by Google, is the latest action by a Silicon Valley company to stem the spread of hate speech and disinformation on their sites. → Read More