In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19
There's a debate emerging … Justine Coleman / The Hill : Amazon doubling overtime pay for warehouse workers Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers, but hol...
A look at a secretive team of quantum researchers at Alphabet's X, who are focused on creating new algorithms and applications to run on quantum computers
Google's parent touted its quantum supremacy achievement last year. It doesn't talk about a group at X working on software. Tweets: @glenngabe , @scottthurm , @tsimonite , @gregoryjbarber , and @nxth...
A look at a secretive team of quantum researchers at Alphabet's X, who are focused on creating new algorithms and applications to run on quantum computers
Google's parent touted its quantum supremacy achievement last year. It doesn't talk about a group at X working on software. Tweets: @scottthurm , @gregoryjbarber , @nxthompson , and @tsimonite Tweets...
A close reading of the S-1 of the soap opera that is The We Company, a “tech company” whose mission “is to elevate the world's consciousness”
Fruit Water and Financial Arbitrage Shira Ovide / Bloomberg : WeWork IPO Shows It's the Most Magical Unicorn Byrne Hobart / Medium : What is We!? Understanding the WeWork IPO Gabriela Barkho / Observe...
Why I (Still) Love Tech: In Defense of a Difficult Industry
We have graduated, along with oil, real estate, insurance, and finance, to the big T. Trillions of dollars. Trillions! Get to that number any way you like: Sum up the market cap of the major tech co...
The Pentagon needs Silicon Valley's brightest minds to work on AI but struggles to attract them because of job instability, poor compensation, and more
Amy Webb / Wired : Tweets: @aparanjape and @nxthompson Tweets: Amit Paranjape / @aparanjape : “Using #AI techniques, a military can “win” by destabilizing an economy rather than demolishing countrysi...
Sources: Amazon in late-stage talks with several cities including Crystal City, VA, Dallas, New York for HQ2, may place smaller operations in runner-up cities
What Happens Next to Tech Stocks Worldwide Nat Levy / GeekWire : Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va. Rick Smith / WRAL TechWire : Report:...
Kevin Systrom had the CEO title, but Zuckerberg controlled Instagram's destiny, with unwavering focus on building a great business, not simply a great product
Bloomberg Nitasha Tiku / Wired : With Instagram Cofounders Out, It's Facebook All the Way Down Catherine Clifford / CNBC : How a cheap plastic camera on a trip to Italy inspired Instagram, according t...
Profile of Google's SVP of hardware Rick Osterloh, who restructured its hardware organization and is tasked with integrating Google Assistant into devices
IT'S EARLY IN the morning on October 4, 2016, and in a few seconds, Rick Osterloh will present Google's latest gadget portfolio to the world. Tweets: @kevinctofel and @nxthompson Tweets: Kevin C. Tofe...
Profile of Anthony Levandowski, covering his early life and schooling, career before and after Alphabet and Uber, and AI-focused religion, founded in 2015
soon they might have them Olivia Solon / The Guardian : Deus ex machina: former Google engineer is developing an AI god Carl Velasco / Tech Times : Former Uber Exec Anthony Levandowski Built A Religio...