Daily Crunch: Travis Kalanick is leaving Uber’s board
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Daily Crunch: Travis Kalanick is leaving Uber's board
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1. Uber founder Travis Kalanick is leaving the company's board of directors
Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick will officially resign from the board as of December 31, to "focus on his new business and philanthropic endeavors," according to a company press release.
Kalanick, who was forced out as Uber CEO and eventually replaced by Dara Khosrowshahi, has been in the process of selling off his considerable ownership stake in the company. In fact, it looks like Kalanick has now sold all his remaining stock.
2. Plenty of Fish app was leaking users' hidden names and postal codes
Dating app Plenty of Fish has pushed out a fix for its app after a security researcher found it was leaking information that users had set to "private" on their profiles. Before the fix, the app was silently returning users' first names and postal ZIP codes, according to The App Analyst.
3. As DraftKings finds an exit, a reminder of what could have been
DraftKings, a betting service focused on fantasy sports, will go public via a reverse merger. Not too long ago DraftKings and its erstwhile rival FanDuel were ubiquitous on television; now the two companies are fractions of what they once were. (Extra Crunch membership required.)
4. Gift Guide: 13 last-minute subscription gifts for the people you totally didn't forget
It's too late to order things online, and brick-and-mortar stores are either closed for the week or absolutely slammed. So what can you do? Subscriptions!
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