November 2, 2018
Google staff stage walkout to protest sexual misconduct, starting in Singapore
They are demanding Google end its practice of forced arbitration, which prevents...
September 8, 2018
Deep-linking startup Branch is raising more than $100M at a unicorn valuation
Branch, the deep-linking startup backed by Andy Rubin’s Playground...
August 11, 2017
Tencent invests in Android inventor’s new phone
Tencent, Foxconn, and Amazon’s Alexa Fund are part of a US$300 million...
July 26, 2017
Google launches its own AI Studio to foster machine intelligence startups
Another week, another new Google initiative targeting AI startups. We...
June 30, 2017
Andy Rubin’s Playground Ventures is raising another $15M
Playground Ventures — the VC fund co-founded by Android inventor and...
June 9, 2017
Andy Rubin’s Essential has reportedly raised $300 million
Hype hasn’t been an issue for Andy Rubin’s new hardware...
May 6, 2017
Inside Andy Rubin’s futuristic Playground hardware incubator
With titanium 3D printers, electrostatic charge tables, and a giant slide,...