Tragedy strikes as Uber CEO Kalanick loses mother in boating accident, father in serious conditionWe’ve received word from Uber that the Kalanick family suffered a tragic event this weekend. CEO Travis Kalanick’s parents were in a boating accident in Fresno yesterday and his mother Bonnie Horowitz Kalanick has passed away. His father Donald Kalanick was also injured. The company provided the following statement. “Last night Travis and his family suffered an unspeakable tragedy. His mother passed away in a devastating boating accident near Fresno and his father is in serious condition. Our thoughts and prayers are with Travis and his family in this heartbreaking time.” [ Tech Crunch ] Girls Who Code founder: Brown girls can do 'white guy things'In a commencement speech at Harvard Graduate School of Education on Wednesday, Saujani remarked that while white men may have led the past major revolutionary moments of U.S. history, the tide needs to start turning. "The culture is the problem. And the solution, graduates, is you," she added. said Saujani, whose nonprofit organization Girls Who Code gives middle- and high school girls access to coding education. [ CNN ] These High-Tech Sensors Track Exactly How Fresh Our Produce Is So We Stop Wasting FoodThe 30 highest-paid CEOs in techWhile media companies dominate the list of top paid CEOs, leaders of tech companies aren't far behind. Combined, the top 30 CEOs in tech made $662 million in 2016, according to a new report out from Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, in partnership with the New York Times. The study only looked at executives at publicly-traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue that had filed proxy statements before May 1. [ Business Insider ] Here are all the times Facebook has copied Snapchat so farSheryl Sandberg – When Option A Isn’t AvailableSheryl Sandberg — of “Lean In” fame — has inspired another movement. This one emanated from tragedy, when you’re one of the most influential corporate executives in the nation trying to pick up the pieces where devastation lay. Sandberg found her husband, Dave Goldberg, lifeless on the floor of an exercise/workout venue at a ritzy Four Seasons Hotel resort on a private beach in Punta Mita, Mexico. [ Value Walk ] Chasing dreams may be the next sleeper hit for venture capitalistsI was brought up in a highly religious family in Sweden, where evangelizing was encouraged from a very young age. I was just seven years old when I first had to preach to a crowd of over 700 adults. Soon afterward, I was sent out to go knocking on doors in search of potential converts. The nation’s top tech companies are asking Congress to reform a key NSA surveillance programA eulogy for the golden era of VC-subsidized meals, which is finally overThere’s no such thing as a free lunch, except in Silicon Valley. Then, lunch is free (or discounted) until the venture-capital money runs out. For years now, we have been living in a golden era of VC-subsidized meals. As startups piled into the food delivery space, they showered customers with coupons and promotional offers made possible by generous investor financing. [ QZ ] Mark Zuckerberg Should Really Listen to Himself |