Booting Up: Larry Ellison Doles Out Lots of Grants in the Hopes of Dodging Death

Another day, another sky-high valuation for Uber. Today’s figure is $3.5 billion, with $258 million coming from Google Ventures [AllThingsD]

With a girlfriend like this...  (Photo: Getty)
With a girlfriend like this… (Photo: Getty)

Another day, another sky-high valuation for Uber (UBER). Today’s figure is $3.5 billion, with $258 million coming from Google Ventures [AllThingsD]

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Since you people can’t stop watching House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Netflix (NFLX) is speeding up its spending on original content. [Variety]

Larry Ellison’s foundation dishes out $40 million a year in research grants to end mortality. God bless him, tbh. [Business Insider]

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Booting Up: Larry Ellison Doles Out Lots of Grants in the Hopes of Dodging Death