Apple shareholders vote to approve proposals on civil rights audits and the use of NDAs in employment agreements, and Tim Cook's ~$99M compensation package
Apple investors pass two proposals after worker controversy Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Meet Apple's least popular board members Veronica Irwin / Protocol : Apple shareholders approved...
Profile of Jack Poulson, a former Google researcher who exposes tech company ties with the US military, as the head of the Tech Inquiry nonprofit
Jack Poulson has developed an encyclopedic knowledge of how tech companies are evolving into military contractors. Tweets: @fastcotech , @mattdrange , @fastcompany , and @seancaptain Tweets: Fast Co /...
Emails show how Facebook responded to requests by Turkey to censor content during the authoritarian government's 2018 military offensive against Kurds
or risk getting shut down entirely. “I am fine with this,” wrote Sheryl Sandberg. My latest with @JustinElliott: https://www.propublica.org/... Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv : “I am fine with this” Just...
Anonymous Twitter account @VCBrags hits a nerve mocking VC's propensity for self-promotion by quote-retweeting boastful tweets
Investors either are loving or blocking @VCBrags, which retweets investors' best brags. — A parody Twitter account is getting under the skin … Tweets: @andrew__reed , @dhaliwas , @vcbrags , @vcbrags...
Gun sales continue on Facebook and Instagram after 2016 ban as sellers keep finding workarounds that evade Facebook's algorithm
Matt Drange / Protocol : Tweets: @mattdrange , @protocol , @popularmechani4 , @mattdrange , @protocol , @issielapowsky , @mattdrange , @senatormenendez , and @atharproject Tweets: Matt Drange / @matt...
Report details the activities of Apple's New Product Security team, created after a major iPhone 5c leak, which is now increasing focus on CAD schematics leaks
and sometimes get away Tweets: Wayne Ma / @waynema : Apple has spent the past seven years plugging leaks in its Chinese supply chain, which have grown more audacious. We reviewed an internal document ...
Sources: Amazon Web Services is considering selling its own networking switches to business customers, challenging companies like Cisco, Juniper, and Arista
For Now Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch : Cisco and other networking stocks plunge amid Amazon competition fears Mitch Wagner / Light Reading : Will Amazon White Box Switches Take On Cisco, Juniper & Ar...
Thiel defends Trump donation: says lewd tape was poor taste, doesn't back policies like Muslim ban with religion test, and his business relationships are intact
Speakers NPC — This event is open … Mark Wilson / BetaNews : Tinder has spoken — Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Really not sure about this livestream from Peter...
Behind the struggles of 3D Robotics, a once-promising US drone startup that has burned through almost $100M and laid off 150+ employees
On a clear March day last year, Chris Anderson led FORBES onto the outdoor deck at 3D Robotics' Berkeley, Calif. headquarters to discuss the future of flying robots. Tweets: @mattdrange , @rmac18 , @e...
Gurbaksh Chahal out as CEO of Gravity4, will be replaced by his sister Kamal Kaur, after judge finds he violated probation
Tech founder Gurbaksh Chahal has handed over his CEO role at Gravity4 to his sister, Kamal Kaur, after a judge found last week that he violated his domestic violence probation. Tweets: @danprimack and...