Barack Obama says Democrats need to get smarter about tech taking jobsBarack Obama is taking a “quick vacation” after leaving office Friday. But before he handed over the keys to the Oval Office, he urged his fellow Democrats to pay attention to job automation. For his last interview as president, Obama sat down Wednesday with Pod Save America, a podcast hosted by four of his former aides: Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor. He told them that he expects advancements like “driverless Uber” will be followed by job automation “in office buildings across the country.” “We, I think, probably have to be more creative about anticipating about what’s coming down the pike,” Obama said. “Automation is relentless and it’s going to accelerate.” [ Re/code ] The Elephant In The Room: How To Cope With A New Reality (Swisher, Haddad, Rosen, Murphy) at the DLD Conference in Munich Why Coinbase’s Cofounder Is Moving OnFive years after co-founding Coinbase, one of the most well-funded Bitcoin ventures, Fred Ehrsam has decided to leave the company. The former Goldman Sachs (GS, +0.34%) trader revealed in a blog post Wednesday that he would resign from his day-to-day role at the company at end of the month. He plans to remain on its board. Having raised a total of $117 million in venture capital funding at a private valuation approaching half a billion dollars, Coinbase was one of the first well-designed Bitcoin wallets to enter the scene. Since its debut, the company has transformed into more of a brokerage for people to trade digital assets that exist on a blockchain, the public ledger system that undergirds digital currencies like Bitcoin. [ Fortune ] There are Zombie Social Networks. Then There’s Facebook.Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the tech industry. [ NY Times ] VC JOBS :vestment Analyst at Village Capital, Washington, US. Research Engineer at Lurkin, Los Angeles, US Account Executive at Lurkin,Los Angeles, US.Corporate Counsel at EQUIDATE, San Francisc, US.Sales Executive at Merrill Corporation, San Francisco, US.Senior Sales Agent at Silent Models, NY, US.Medical Cannabis Careers at Medical Marijuana Career Center, Pennsylvania, US.VP Engineering at EQUIDATE, San Francisco, US.UX/UI Designer at True North Business Exchange, San Francisco, US.Deep Learning Engineer Phd at 26 Venture, San Francisco, US.Investment Analyst at LaunchCapital,New Haven, US.Growth Hacker at Lurkin,Los Angeles, US.Strategy & Operations at EQUIDATE, San Francisco, US. |