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Tess Townsend

Tess Townsend

Associate Editor

    Latest articles by Tess Townsend

    Technology
    This Chrome add-on lets you see Twitter through the eyes of other usersThis Chrome add-on lets you see Twitter through the eyes of other users
    Technology

    FlipFeed wants to burst your social media bubble.

    By Tess Townsend and Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Oracle has filed an appeal in its copyright lawsuit against GoogleOracle has filed an appeal in its copyright lawsuit against Google
    Technology

    A jury ruled in Google’s favor in May.

    By Tess Townsend
    Technology
    Breitbart gets to keep using Shopify to sell its merchandiseBreitbart gets to keep using Shopify to sell its merchandise
    Technology

    “We don’t like Breitbart, but products are speech and we are pro free speech,” said CEO Tobias Lütke.

    By Tess Townsend
    Technology
    Snap looks like it’s Google Cloud’s biggest customerSnap looks like it’s Google Cloud’s biggest customer
    Technology

    The soon-to-IPO company is on the hook for $400 million a year with Google — equal to the search giant’s estimated 2015 cloud revenue.

    By Tess Townsend
    Technology
    Snap has a $2 billion contract with Google for cloud servicesSnap has a $2 billion contract with Google for cloud services
    Technology

    The company is on the hook for $400 million a year.

    By Tess Townsend
    Technology
    Alphabet’s venture arm wants you to give money to the ACLUAlphabet’s venture arm wants you to give money to the ACLU
    Technology

    GV, or Google Ventures, has added a button to its website for donations to the civil liberties defense nonprofit.

    By Tess Townsend
    Technology
    This visual recognition startup has poached AI talent from TwitterThis visual recognition startup has poached AI talent from Twitter
    Technology

    New York-based Clarifai has picked up a former Google Brain engineer and four members of Twitter’s Cortex machine learning team.

    By Tess Townsend and Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Google’s former security chief is retiring from the companyGoogle’s former security chief is retiring from the company
    Technology

    Eric Grosse confirmed today that he is leaving Google after a decade with the company.

    By Tess Townsend
    Technology
    Google employees are rallying around the world against Trump’s immigration banGoogle employees are rallying around the world against Trump’s immigration ban
    Technology

    Co-founder Sergey Brin addressed Mountain View Google employees.

    By Tess Townsend
    Technology
    A Silicon Valley activist is asking techies to leak their employment contractsA Silicon Valley activist is asking techies to leak their employment contracts
    Technology

    “Tech workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your goddamned open-plan offices.”

    By Tess Townsend