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NBC takes you inside the command center of Amazon Prime  In an exclusive look at today’s Amazon Prime day, NBC News Business & Technology Correspondent Jo Ling Kent spoke to Neil Lindsay, the Vice President of Prime at Amazon, and went inside their command center where every step of Prime Day is analysed. Lindsay, who described the day as “our Super Bowl,” said: “We train all year for things like this… We work really hard on Prime day to make sure it’s the best deal we can get out customers,” adding that “50 percent of everything we sell worldwide is actually sold by small or medium size enterprises.” Enjoy your prime day! Video Courtesy of NBC News’ TODAY # # #

NBC Megyn Kelly Sits Down with Six Female Entrepreneurs Who Talk about Sexual Harassment in the Tech Industry Photo Courtesy of NBC News’ “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly.” In NBC's recent “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly,” Kelly sat down with six female entrepreneurs who shared their stories for the first time on national television about sexual harassment by venture capitalists in the tech industry. Her show is not making strides against CBS's stalwart "60 Minutes" in the same time slot but this episode was interesting to watch.  Here are some quotes from the show. Wethos CEO Rachel Renock told Kelly, “To walk into a pitch or a room just to get hit on is devastating to a certain extent. And to experience that over and over and over again-- can really take a toll, an emotional toll.”  Recode's Executive Editor Kara Swisher told Kelly when asked about the valley's "bro" culture, Swisher said " It sounds like a fraternity, it so...

NBC's Harry Smith Talks with Jay Leno on why Leno Looks Forward to a Driverless Future Harry Smith, reporting for   “On Assignment,”  sits down with Jay Leno in his automobile "hanger" and gets Leno's forward looking thoughts on driverless cars(no one told Leno that he has to retrofit his 1971 Pantera). Smith also explores the driverless car revolution with the godfather of the technology, Sebastian Thrun , and Brad Templeton , a Silicon Valley pioneer who has worked on self-driving cars at Google. Smith tracks the movement’s origins from a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) challenge to current efforts of researchers racing to get self-driving cars on the road. The segment airs on   “On Assignment,” the limited series from “Dateline NBC,” airs on NBC   Sunday, June 5 at 7 p.m. ET /  6 p.m. CT .     Check out the preview below.

NBC's Lester Holt Talks with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky in Cuba Our friends at NBC asked us to share this with you. On  this Sunday’s NBC's  “On Assignment,” Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky speaks to Lester Holt in Cuba of all places. Well, Airbnb has about 4000 listings in Cuba and has some crazy growth in that market. Chesky talks about what he likes to call “the worst idea that ever worked”: the birth and growth of the revolutionary home-sharing website and app, in Chesky’s first network news magazine profile. A billionaire three times over at just 34 years-old, Chesky also addresses criticism that Airbnb faces in cities across the world. Among the others interviewed: the world’s third-richest man, legendary investor Warren Buffett, who paid Chesky the ultimate compliment, saying, “Why couldn’t I have thought of it?”  It  airs on NBC   Sunday, June 5 at 7 p.m. ET /  6 p.m. CT . Check out the preview below.

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