Global Game
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Nice guys hire better
High-flying tech companies face constant staffing challenges. Airbnb's process kills the chaos
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China's tech giants are painting the Silicon Valley red
China's tech giants—Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent—are quietly ploughing billions into America's hottest startups. Their goal: Slit each other's throats back home. The result: Astounding valuations for app developers
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Thai Lee: The modest tycoon
SHI International is the largest woman-owned business in America, and it's made Thai Lee a billionaire. She'd rather you not call her that
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'Improbable' merchants of parallel worlds
Improbable invented a new way to simulate almost any complex system in software. Warriors, gamers and economists are extremely interested
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Drones got Frank Wang his billions and enemies
At 34, Frank Wang has turned his dream of flying robots into the world's biggest drone company—and a $4.5 billion fortune. Now, as the market for his devices explodes, his old colleague is trying to take him down
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How to train your robot
Decades of science fiction movies have trained us to fear robots: They will enslave us. Wipe us out. Take our jobs. In real life, humans and machines are teaching each other how to do more together than they could do alone. Here are six companies where robot training is well under way and the humans are getting valuable tech skills in the bargain
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How to make money honestly, Jessica Alba style
Actress Jessica Alba has quickly built a personal $200 million fortune, and she's done it the hard way, in a field that has nothing to do with showbiz
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America's Richest Self-Made Women
Entrepreneurs, CEOs, entertainers, designers and even an author make it to the exclusive club
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David Caldwell and his magic touch
A dozen years ago touchscreen pioneer David Caldwell narrowly missed a chance to revolutionise consumer electronics. Can his latest invention bring redemption?
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The Google for the broken web
If you could expose every flaw on every website, all at once, wouldn't that be a good thing? Not everyone agrees
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Bentley on a roll
Amid chaos at parent company Volkswagen, could the venerable British automaker's CEO get a second shot at the top?