Andy Rubin

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  Google Parent Alphabet Settles Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit

  Alphabet on Friday announced moves to address sexual misconduct at Google and its other operating divisions, putting in place changes worked out to settle a lawsuit filed by shareholders.

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  Andy Rubin Smartphone Startup Essential Products Shuts Down

  Smartphone startup Essential Products, launched by one of the co-creators of Android mobile software, announced Wednesday that it was shutting down.

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  Essential’s Next Phone Shown Off by Andy Rubin, Sports Super Tall Display With Punch Hole Camera

  Andy Rubin has tweeted a short video and a few images of Essential’s upcoming phone that sports a super tall display with a punch-hole design.

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  Android Creator Andy Rubin Concealed Google Payments From Wife, Ran Sex Ring, Lawsuit Alleges

  Rubin's estranged wife Rie Hirabaru Rubin alleged that he and a former attorney conspired to convince her to sign a premarital agreement a few days before they were married.

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  Google Shareholder Sues Company Board, Senior Managers for Allegedly Covering Up Sexual Misconduct

  The suit, by shareholder James Martin, stems from revelations last year that the company awarded a $90 million exit package to executive Andy Rubin.

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  Essential Phone Discontinued, Company Working on 'Next Mobile Product'

  Essential Phone has gone out of stock and the company has said it won't replenish the stocks, thus, effectively discontinuing the phone.

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  Google Outlines Steps to Tackle Workplace Harassment After Walkouts Over Sexual Misconduct

  Google on Thursday outlined changes to its handling of sexual misconduct complaints, hoping to calm outrage that triggered a worldwide walkout of workers last week.

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  Google 'Walkout for Real Change' Sees Thousands Leave Work Globally to Protest Sexual Misconduct Handling

  Starting in Asia and spreading across Europe, employees gathered outside Google offices in Zurich, Dublin, Singapore, London and Hyderabad, India.

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  Google Employees to Participate in 'Walkout for Real Change', Protesting Treatment of Women

  Hundreds of Google engineers and other workers are expected to walk off the job Thursday morning to protest the Internet company's lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct.

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  Google Workers Said to Plan Walkout to Protest Handling of Executive Misconduct

  Bloomberg reports the workers are planning to leave their desks at the same time and gather. Timing of the protest is still being set, but it may happen on Thursday.

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  Google CEO Tries to Calm Staff After Report on Misconduct

  Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai sought to reassure employees of the internet giant after a newspaper report said a former top executive was paid millions of dollars when he left following allegations of harassment and sexual misconduct.

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  Essential Products Confirms Layoffs, Said to Be About 30 Percent of Employees

  The 30 percent layoff in the Essential Products workforce has impacted staff in the company's hardware, marketing, and sales division.

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  Essential Is Reportedly Making an AI-Powered Phone That Mimics Its Users and Replies to Texts

  Essential is reportedly planning an AI smartphone that operates through voice commands.

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  Andy Rubin's Essential Products Is Said to Consider Sale

  Essential Products, a startup co-founded by Android creator Andy Rubin that launched last year to great fanfare, is said to be considering a sale.

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  Google Pixel Smartphone Shipments Doubled to 3.9 Million in 2017: IDC

  Google shipped 3.9 million Pixel devices in 2017 but Essential managed only 88,000 shipments of its first smartphone.