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After leaving Harvard’s doctorate program in systems biology to join Google as a software engineer in 2013, James Damore joked on his Facebook page that he knew he had made the right move as he enjoyed a morning smoothie with oats. It was the type of workplace perk that is standard for Google employees.

"Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and Out" is from the August 08, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

For 11 minutes Thursday night, when President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was unexpectedly disabled, Twitter went into panic mode.

"Twitter’s Panic After Trump’s Account Is Deleted Caps a Rough Week" is from the November 03, 2017 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Mike Isaac and Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Apple, which had long deferred paying taxes on its foreign earnings and had become synonymous with hoarding money overseas, unveiled plans on Wednesday that would bring back the vast majority of the $252 billion in cash that it held abroad and said it would make a sizable investment in the United States.

"Apple, After Tax Cut Windfall, Will Bring Billions Back to U.S." is from the January 17, 2018 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and Brian X. Chen and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

After nearly a year of legal wrangling, dramatic last-minute delays and uncooperative witnesses, a jury will soon hear arguments in Waymo’s high-profile lawsuit accusing Uber of stealing driverless car technology.

"Secrets or Knowledge? Uber-Waymo Trial Tests Silicon Valley Culture" is from the January 30, 2018 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking up the gun control debate.

"After Florida School Shooting, Russian Bots Pounce to Divide" is from the February 19, 2018 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Sheera Frenkel, Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

SAN FRANCISCO — The vast majority of videos removed from YouTube toward the end of last year for violating the site’s content guidelines had first been detected by machines instead of humans, the Google-owned company said Monday.

"YouTube Says Computers Are Catching Problem Videos" is from the April 23, 2018 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

After years of trying unsuccessfully to build a social network to rival Facebook, Google finally got something out of all of its failures: cover.

"Russia Investigation Has Tech Giants Shying From ‘Social’ Label" is from the November 02, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and Mike Isaac and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Google announced late Wednesday that it was spending $1.1 billion to hire a team of engineers from the smartphone business of the struggling Taiwanese manufacturer HTC in a bid to bring more hardware expertise to its own mobile technology operations.

"Google Is Buying HTC’s Smartphone Expertise for $1.1 Billion" is from the September 21, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Google on Monday fired a software engineer who wrote an internal memo that questioned the company’s diversity efforts and argued that the low number of women in technical positions was a result of biological differences instead of discrimination.

"Google Fires Engineer for Divisive Memo" is from the August 07, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

As new employees were brought into Apple’s secret effort to create a self-driving car a few years ago, managers told them that they were working on the company’s next big thing: A product that would take on Detroit and disrupt the automobile industry.

"Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions for a Self-Driving Car" is from the August 22, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Uber and Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, used to be like brothers. Google invested in Uber. The internet giant’s top lawyer even served on Uber’s board of directors.

"Why Google’s Bosses Became ‘Unpumped’ About Uber" is from the February 07, 2018 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

After a weekend when Americans took to social media to debate President Donald Trump’s admonishment of NFL players who do not stand for the national anthem, a network of Twitter accounts suspected of links to Russia seized on both sides of the issue with hashtags such as #boycottnfl, #standforouranthem and #takeaknee.

"Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face Congress Over Role in Election" is from the September 27, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and Scott Shane and narrated by Kristi Burns.

YouTube videos of police beatings on American streets. A widely circulated internet hoax about Muslim men in Michigan collecting welfare for multiple wives. A local news story about two veterans brutally mugged on a freezing winter night.

"How Russia Harvested American Rage to Reshape U.S. Politics" is from the October 09, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Nicholas Confessore and Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Google and Walmart are testing the notion that an enemy’s enemy is a friend.The two companies said Google would start offering Walmart products to people who shop on Google Express, the company’s online shopping mall. It’s the first time the world’s biggest retailer has made its products available online in the United States outside of its own website.

"Google and Walmart Partner, With Eye on Amazon" is from the August 22, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and Michael Corkery and narrated by Kristi Burns.

A British security researcher, who became an internet hero after he was credited with stopping a malicious software attack this year, was arrested at the Las Vegas airport and charged in connection with a separate attack.

"He Won Praise for Halting a Global Cyberattack. Then He Was Arrested." is from the August 03, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

Uber said Tuesday that it had fired Anthony Levandowski, a star engineer brought in to lead the company’s self-driving automobile efforts who was accused of stealing trade secrets when he left a job at Google.

"Uber Fires Star Engineer at Heart of Self-Driving Dispute" is from the May 30, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Mike Isaac and Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

AT&T, among the biggest advertisers in the United States, was one of several companies to say Wednesday that it would stop its ads from running on YouTube and other Google properties amid concern that Google is not doing enough to prevent brands from appearing next to offensive material, like hate speech.

"AT&T Pulls Ads From YouTube Amid Hate Speech Concerns" is from the March 22, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Sapna Maheshwari and Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

From self-driving cars to multilanguage translation, machine learning is underpinning many of the technology industry’s biggest advances with its form of artificial intelligence.

"Google Cousin Develops Technology to Flag Toxic Online Comments" is from the February 23, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Over the years, Google trained computer systems to keep copyrighted content and pornography off its YouTube service. But after seeing ads from Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Wal-Mart appear next to racist, anti-Semitic or terrorist videos, its engineers realized their computer models had a blind spot: They did not understand context.

"Google Trains Ad Computers to Be Offended" is from the April 03, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Late last year, Uber, in defiance of California state regulators, went ahead with a self-driving car experiment on the streets of San Francisco under the leadership of Anthony Levandowski, a new company executive.

"At the Heart of a Legal Battle Facing Uber, a Star Engineer" is from the February 25, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Mike Isaac and Daisuke Wakabayashi and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.