{"id":342620,"date":"2017-06-03T02:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1498964"},"modified":"2017-06-03T02:27:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:27:37","slug":"weekly-roundup-elon-musk-leaves-trumps-advisory-councils-blue-apron-files-for-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/weekly-roundup-elon-musk-leaves-trumps-advisory-councils-blue-apron-files-for-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Roundup: Elon Musk leaves Trump\u2019s advisory councils, Blue Apron files for IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week President Trump made the senseless decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, prompting Elon Musk and Bob Iger to leave the White House advisory councils. Blue Apron filed for IPO, and Mary Meeker\u2019s 2017 internet trends report was released. These are some of the top events that happened in tech this week, and\u00a0you can also get this post as a weekend newsletter sent to your inbox on Saturdays.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0<\/strong>US withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord sparks pushback from Elon Musk and other corporate leaders<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Elon Musk left President Trump\u2019s White House advisory councils, he said today on Twitter. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO promised Wednesday<\/a> he would step down from his official advisory roles with the administration should Trump go through with his plan to leave the Paris Climate Accord. Trump announced the U.S. would be removing itself form the agreement on Thursday, and Musk Disney CEO Bob Iger have departed since then. Apple CEO Tim Cook also spoke out in a letter to employees, saying that he spoke with President Trump<\/a> two days prior to the announcement and \u201ctried to persuade him\u201d not to withdraw, but \u201cit wasn\u2019t enough.\u201d\u00a0Major businesses and investors<\/a> have come out against President Trump\u2019s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord as well.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0<\/strong>Mary Meeker\u2019s 2017 internet trends report arrives<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Mary Meeker\u2019s annual internet trends report was released, which is pretty much the State of the Union for tech. We broke down a few of the most noteworthy slides<\/a> from the 355 page document and explained why they\u2019re important. Some of the highlights are that eSports is booming, smartphone sales and internet penetration are dropping, tech is shaping healthcare<\/a>, and Google and Facebook control 85% of online ad growth. You can read the whole thing here too.<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0<\/strong>Blue Apron is going public\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Blue Apron, the meal ingredient delivery service, filed to go public. The company\u2019s financials are showing an incredible amount of growth.\u00a0Blue Apron said it generated nearly $800 million in revenue in 2016, up from $341 million in 2015.<\/p>\n

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4.<\/strong> Andy Rubin\u2019s Essential company unveils its first smartphone<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Android-creator Andy Rubin\u2019s new company Essential unveiled its first smartphone<\/a> alongside an Amazon Echo-like device and a new operating system called \u201cAmbient.\u201d On first impression, the phone is pretty stunning, and costs $699. It may be awhile though until it reaches consumer success.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0<\/strong>Sprig is shutting down<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sprig, the startup that makes and delivers its own food, shut down.\u00a0\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that my co-founders and I share that Sprig, Inc. will be shutting down the app today,\u201d Sprig CEO Gagan Biyani wrote in an email to customers.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0<\/strong>Silk Road creator sentenced to serve lifetime prison sentence\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht lost his appeal and will serve a life sentence in prison. Two years ago, Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for his role in running the dark web exchange, best known as a once-thriving online marketplace for drug transactions.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0<\/strong>Uber\u2019s head of finance is leaving<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Uber\u2019s head of finance, Gautam Gupta, is leaving the company in July.\u00a0Gupta\u2019s plan is to join another SF-based startup as COO. News of his impending departure comes as Uber has reported losses of $708 million. New documents also showed that Uber blew through $1 million a week in efforts to make UberPool viable in San Francisco.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0<\/strong>Uber fires Anthony Levandowski<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Uber has terminated the employment of Anthony Levandowski, the co-founder of self-driving trucking company Otto and Uber\u2019s former self-driving project engineering lead.\u00a0Levandowski is at the heart of an ongoing legal battle between Uber and Waymo<\/a>, the Alphabet company that resulted from Google\u2019s self-driving car project.<\/p>\n

Weekend reads<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo: Asa Mathat for Vox Media<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hillary Clinton appeared on stage at Code Conference to discuss the election<\/a>. Mark Andreessen also spoke at Code, calling Silicon Valley \u201cextremely liberal.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNet neutrality is viewed by many as a bright spot in the otherwise rather dim and confused tech policies of the United States, and its enemies are subject to the harshest disdain. How, many ask, could anyone oppose such a simple, common-sense measure, except out of ignorance, avarice or both?\u201d Read on in \u2018Commission Impossible: How and why the FCC created net neutrality.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" This week President Trump made the senseless decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, prompting Elon Musk and Bob Iger to leave the White House advisory councils. Blue Apron filed for IPO, and Mary Meeker’s 2017 internet trends report was released. These are some of the top events that happened in tech this week, and\u00a0you can also get this post as a weekend newsletter sent to… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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