YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki to step down

YouTube CEO Wojcicki, one of the first Google employees, steps down

February 16, 2023 12:11 PM EST

(Reuters) -YouTube Chief Executive and one of the first Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, is stepping down from her role at the tech giant that started in her garage nearly 25 years ago, she said in a personal update on the video-sharing platform on Thursday.

Wojcicki, 54, will be replaced by her deputy Neal Mohan, a senior advertising and product executive who joined Google in 2008.

The change of guard... More

YouTube (GOOGL) CEO Susan Wojcicki to Step Back From Role

February 16, 2023 12:05 PM EST

(Updated - February 16, 2023 12:07 PM EST)

(Updated - February 16, 2023 12:05 PM EST)

A personal update from Susan on stepping back from her role as CEO of YouTube. (Nasdaq: GOOGL)

Editor's note: This note was sent to YouTube employees earlier this morning.

Hi YouTubers,

Twenty-five years ago I made the decision to join a couple of Stanford graduate students who were building a new search engine. Their names were Larry and Sergey. I saw the potential of what they were building, which was incredibly exciting, and... More

Exclusive-Alphabet spinoff Sandbox AQ raises $500 million for cyber security, other quantum work

February 14, 2023 4:52 PM EST

By Jane Lanhee Lee

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) -Sandbox AQ, a startup spun off from Alphabet Inc last year, said on Tuesday it raised $500 million as it helps customers prepare for a quantum computing future.

Quantum computers, whose processors run based on quantum physics, could one day carry out certain calculations millions of times quicker than today's fastest super computers, yet they remain years away from making a big change, such as breaking encryption.

But as hackers can harvest data today and wait to decrypt them when the quantum computers are ready, the National Institute of Standards... More