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Disney has hired its first-ever companywide tech chief as its leadership shuffle under CEO Josh D’Amaro continues.Karandeep Anand is joining Disney as chief technology officer and a senior EVP, D’Amaro told employees on Friday.”Karandeep brings a rare mix of experience across infrastructure, consumer technology, and AI,” D’Amaro said in a…
PwC US is overhauling its offshore delivery structure in India, bringing its local operations closer to PwC India’s consulting business.The US firm and PwC India plan to form a new joint venture that will merge PwC US’s India-based offshoring hubs — known as Acceleration Centers, or ACs — with PwC India’s…
Netflix is shaking up its ads leadership.Jon Whitticom, a prominent Netflix exec who helped build the streamer’s advertising business, is leaving the organization, according to a memo viewed by Business Insider.Advertising president Amy Reinhard shared the news with staff last week, saying she had “decided to part ways” with Whitticom.…
New York City homeowners say they’re confused by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rollout of the pied-à-terre tax — and they’re joining City Council on Tuesday to testify.The Mayor’s Office opted to forgo an in-person appearance at the hearing, instead submitting a written memo. In a copy obtained by Business Insider, Mamdani’s…
Looking for a beach read this summer? Michael Burry of “The Big Short” fame has a recommendation.In a late Tuesday post on X, Burry shared a link to an Amazon listing for “The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron.””History is repeating,” he wrote.…
Bernie Sanders has heard enough about rogue AI agents.The Vermont senator wrote a letter to three leading AI development CEOs: Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. He called for the leaders to “stop building machines that humans cannot control.”In his letter, Sanders cited an agent that…
If you feel like your messages are getting lost in the void, you may be onto something.Executives are often bombarded with many sales pitches and introductions every day — and that makes it difficult to stand out with a cold outreach. Becca Millstein, cofounder and CEO of the trendy tinned…
The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving after about a year.Adam O’Neal was hired as part of owner Jeff Bezos’s push to champion “personal liberties and free markets” in the opinion section. O’Neal had been a correspondent at The Economist. A replacement hasn’t been named.Bezos unveiled the changes to the…
Big cuts are coming for Monday.com.The enterprise software company plans to cut 20% of its workforce, according to a Form 6-K it filed. The layoffs are meant to align the company with its “strategic focus on the AI Work Platform,” the disclosure said.Monday.com joins the growing group of companies citing…
