How the pay gaps between CEOs and employees fare at Amazon.com Inc., Apple, Facebook, Walmart and the nation's other largest companies...
Continue ReadingDuring a virtual appearance at the Financial Times Future of the Car conference on Tuesday, Musk said "a temporary suspension is appropriate, but not a permanent ban."...
Continue ReadingThe masters of the metaverse are in Central Florida. Central Florida is moving to be the first U.S. market to embrace the identity of a metaverse hub, said OEP Chief Innovation Officer David Adelson...
Continue ReadingMetaverse stocks may have been lackluster, but could a turnaround happen soon?...
Continue ReadingThanks to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, “metaverse” became such a buzzword in late 2021 that you couldn’t miss it unless you lived under a rock. In addition to the 1992 science fiction novel “Snow Crash,” whose writer Neal Stephenson coined the term, the metaverse was the topic of the dystopian novel/movie “Ready Player One” and inspired a number of articles including this amazing piece by venture capitalist Matthew Ball. The presentation ended with an opportunity to purchase one of her physical paintings we saw in the gallery...
Continue ReadingAfter an unlikely rise to national prominence, whistleblower Frances Haugen has turned her energy to legislative advocacy, some of it involving California law...
Continue ReadingSell-side ad technology platform PubMatic (NASDAQ: PUBM) just put up some solid numbers for its shareholders -- particularly in light of the tough operating environment it's facing. PubMatic's 25% year-over-year growth in its first quarter is particularly impressive when investors consider the tough year-ago comparison the tech company was up against. Further, PubMatic's first-quarter 2022 revenue is above the midpoint of management's guidance range for the period, despite the macro environment for advertising budgets deteriorating (due primarily to the war in Ukraine and uncertainty surrounding the impact of rising interest rates on the economy) since the company provided its first-quarter outlook...
Continue ReadingA former moderator working for Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions for contracted content moderators violate the Kenyan constitution...
Continue ReadingYahoo Finance Live anchors discuss reports that Uber is cutting back on hiring and spending and the broader hiring slowdown in tech...
Continue ReadingMeta Platforms (FB) allegedly took down Facebook pages of hospitals, emergency services, and charities in Australia to block media law...
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