Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died
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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died

Top Stories Tamfitronics Susan Wojcicki, who served as YouTube's CEO for almost a decade until she stepped down last year, has died. She was 56 years old. Her husband Dennis Troper has shared the news on Facebookrevealing that Wojcicki lived two years with non-small cell lung cancer. "Susan was not just my best friend and partner in life, but a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many," he wrote in his post. "Her impact on our family and the world was immeasurable."Google operated out of Wojcicki's garage when the company was just starting out, with founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin using it as their office. She became the company's first marketing manager, co-created Google Image Search and was the first product manager of AdSense. Wojcicki also headed Google's video efforts...
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Former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet quits state politics
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Former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet quits state politics

Politics tamfitronics Former NSW Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet has announced he's quitting politics after 13 years in state parliament.The background: Perrottet became the youngest premier in the history of NSW when he was appointed to the top job in 2021 after Gladys Berejiklian's resignation. He was 39 at the time.He previously served as treasurer, minister for industrial relations, and minister for finance, services and property.The key quote: "I love NSW. It has been an absolute honour to represent the eight million people who call this great state home, especially as their 46th premier." — Dominic PerrottetWhat else to know: Perrottet, who is giving up his lower house seat of Epping, has previously been touted as a possible Liberal candidate for a seat in federal parliament.His five budgets delivered strong surpluses and record infrastructure investment, driving...
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Former US Senator Inhofe, defense hawk and climate change skeptic, dies at 89
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Former US Senator Inhofe, defense hawk and climate change skeptic, dies at 89

Politics tamfitronics OKLAHOMA CITY, oklahoma —Former Senator Jim Inhofe, a conservative known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for more than six decades, died Tuesday morning after suffering a stroke during the July Fourth holiday, his family said in a statement. Inhofe, a Republican who underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery in 2013 before being elected to a fourth term, was elected to a fifth Senate term in 2020, before stepping down in early 2023. 'The greatest hoax'Inhofe frequently criticized the mainstream science that human activity contributed to changes in the Earth's climate, once calling it "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." In February 2015, with...
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