Monica Lewinsky Thinks People Should Listen to Their Gut; And Showtime Chairman: We Are a Tech Company

Monica Lewinsky Thinks People Should Listen to Their Gut

The psychology major says Americans are becoming dependent on big data. Lewinsky explains why she thinks we're losing touch with our gut reactions. 

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Showtime Chairman: We Are a Tech Company

Matt Blank says that, while he'd like to see his primary cable distributors healthier, his company sees benefits in the rise of streaming technology and skinny bundles.

NYT Columnist Maureen Dowd on Zuckerberg's Presidential Aspirations

She says the Facebook founder's invention turned into a "Frankenstein." Dowd discusses why Americans might have a hard time trusting Zuckerberg enough to vote for him.

Sonos VP: Endgame Is Filling Homes With Music

The company has raised over $100 million in funding and expects to do a billion dollars in sales this year. We asked VP of Finance Mike Groeninger about his company's endgame. 

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GOOGLE TRIES TO TAKE ON APPLE & AMAZON

The new Pixel 2 comes with a 5.5 inch screen and will have many of the same features as its predecessor, but the XL option sports a larger 6-inch display with an almost bezel-less screen. At $649 and $849 respectively, they are cheaper than the latest iPhone offerings. Google also announced the "Home Mini," the company's answer to Amazon's "Dot." The digital assistant will carry a $49 price tag. The new products fall into what CEO Sundar Pichai calls an "A.I.-first world." The exec took the stage at the top of the event, saying "computers should adapt to how people live their lives, rather than people having to adapt to computers."

UBER'S BOARD MAKES BIG MOVES

It unanimously approved a series of corporate level changes intended to spread power between its shareholders. It will add six new directors, three of whom will have no affiliation with the company. The company will also eliminate so called "supervoting rights," weakening the influence of former CEO Travis Kalanick. Uber's board also approved SoftBank's multi-billion dollar investment. The Japanese conglomerate is investing at least a billion dollars at the company's latest valuation of about $68 billion and could buy up to $9 billion more from existing shareholders at a discount.

IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A YAHOO ACCOUNT, YOU'VE BEEN HACKED

The company now says all 3 billion accounts were impacted in the 2013 breach, triple the number Yahoo initially claimed were compromised. Hackers stole usernames, passwords, telephone numbers, and dates of birth. The new disclosure comes amid a spate of several other major cyberattacks, which have put focus on big companies' security vulnerabilities.