Bill Gates is warning about the dangers of gene editing tech, AT&T and its fake 5G update and a genetics testing company 23andMe deal exposes its data sharing. All of today’s stories come
Published on: January 9th, 2019 Meagan Simpson @megesimpson
Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes settles the fraud charges against her company. The former CIO of Equifax has been charged with insider trading. And tech giants including Microsoft, Google, and Apple remember
Published on: March 15th, 2018 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates might be the world's richest man, and both he and Facebook Inc. co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have pledged to give away more than half their fortunes, but
Published on: June 30th, 2017 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
Fostering an innovative, open-minded, and collaborative corporate culture - one that gives employees the means to pursue new ideas and the freedom to abandon them if they don't work out - has a
Published on: September 30th, 2016 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
Microsoft Corp.’s new CEO says his first day on the job is “a very humbling day for me.” In an email to employees Satya Nadella, who has been with the company for 22
Published on: February 4th, 2014 Howard Solomon @howarditwc
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the South African man who would serve a 27-year prison sentence and emerge to become President and lead the anti-apartheid movement, passed away yesterday at the age of 95. Mandela
Change at the top of the world’s largest tech companies is always a seismic event. We all remember where we were when we first heard Bill Gates was going to step down as
Published on: August 23rd, 2013 Carmi Levy @carmilevy
Bill Gates has been inspired to push on with his philanthropic work after the death of Steve Jobs reminded him that we only have "limited time" on earth.Gates spoke to Nightline in a
Published on: January 27th, 2012 Ben Camm-Jones @itbusinessca
by Andrew Berthoff Back in the late-1990s I wrote a column for Computer Dealer News in which I somewhat facetiously contended that the Pope is the world's greatest living spokesperson for a
Published on: November 7th, 2011 Andrew Berthoff @itbusinessca
Now that Steve Jobs has stepped down as Apple's CEO, it's an understatement to say that his successor, Apple COO Tim Cook, has mighty big shoes to fill. Cook--who Jobs singled out to
Published on: September 7th, 2011 Eric Mack @itbusinessca
The year is 1975. Gerald Ford is in the White House, South Vietnam falls, Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla in Manila" world championship boxing match, the late-night comedy show NBC's
Published on: March 25th, 2010 Preston Gralla @itbusinessca
Microsoft's standing as an operating system developer is on the line today as the company launches Windows 7, according to analysts and other experts."There's a reputation issue at stake here," said Michael Silver,
Published on: October 28th, 2009 Gregg Keizer @itbusinessca
