2022-03-12 08:11:00 CAFIAC FIX 2022-01-24 22:00:30 RT @BradStone: Why Covid, a falling stock price, and inhumane HR policies may be pushing Amazon employees to embrace the Great Resignation.… 2022-01-20 22:19:07 RT @dinabass: In most US states, pandemic applicants for unemployment had to verify thru https://t.co/5Zjz7K09CP -- some of the most vulner… 2022-01-20 20:56:30 RT @jenn_elias: Good deep dive into a Google SRE team that claims a toxic culture effected their health crisis while a director, who had do… 2022-01-20 18:30:00 RT @livcarville: A journalistic feat delivered by @NicoAGrant today. Deep dives on toxic cultures and mental health woes inside big corpora… 2022-01-20 17:52:27 RT @Techmeme: Current and former members of Google's site reliability group Borg SRE say managers, including the team's leader Pierre Auber… 2022-01-20 17:11:44 We see the lengths Google goes to protect managers. In one instance, Google HR confirmed to Shari, who at almost 60 alleged ageism, that her boss had indeed been “inappropriate” for asking about when she would retire, but that he did not violate any Google policies. 2022-01-20 17:11:43 Some of Google’s most essential workers, who keep its services online, are speaking publicly about a toxic workplace on their team that damaged their mental health, elicited suicidal thoughts and derailed their careers. https://t.co/E7yqqueMkF 2022-01-20 00:00:50 RT @mhbergen: Here's some news: Google has put a veteran VP in a group working on "blockchain and other next-gen distributed computing and… 2022-01-17 08:11:00 CAFIAC FIX 2022-01-12 18:18:52 RT @NotoriousECG: In 2016 we at @TheBayKQED broke down how Silicon Valley thrives off of a tiered system of contract work where the color o… 2022-01-12 01:01:25 RT @sarahfrier: If you’re a full time employee for Google, working from home, you get a high-end Cue reader and Covid tests with rapid resu… 2022-01-11 22:37:24 Google full-time employees working from home get fancy and fast Cue Covid tests while contractors coming into the office receive home tests they must mail in — another example of different treatment of employees and contractors. With ⁦@mhbergen⁩ https://t.co/emwicLEOQq 2022-01-11 08:11:00 CAFIAC FIX 2021-12-27 08:20:00 CAFIAC FIX 2021-11-06 23:20:00 CAFIAC FIX 2021-12-16 17:17:00 RT @Priyasideas: If you work at Reddit (or used to) and want to chat about your experience there, DM me for my signal #. Happy to talk th… 2021-12-10 06:55:06 Tyson Clark, a GV general partner who became one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent Black VCs, is dead at 43. This is our obituary. https://t.co/9BbrjdS2Sk 2021-12-10 01:16:33 Over the years, we had deep and meaningful conversations about race, class, society. With his candor and compassion, we transcended roles as reporter and VC and were just humans trying to process and contend with reality. 2021-12-10 01:16:32 I’m heartbroken by the loss of Tyson Clark. I send my deepest condolences to his wife and children, the rest of his family, his colleagues at GV, and all those fortunate enough to call him a friend. https://t.co/jnRy0e3aO1 2021-12-07 15:59:32 RT @mhbergen: New story: I wrote about @brianjungy and the wild, scammy world of crypto YouTube. https://t.co/KEMM86o5c9 2021-12-02 17:23:56 RT @dinabass: Timnit Gebru is marking the 1 year anniversary of her dismissal from Google by announcing her new AI research institute -- a… 2021-12-01 18:57:14 RT @mhbergen: Some news: a Google data center employee has filed an NLRB complaint after being dismissed for behavior deemed "unacceptable… 2021-11-17 16:49:43 RT @mhbergen: When @emilychangtv asked Pichai about Google's metaverse strategy, he first replied with a joke from this website about the s… 2021-11-16 22:04:07 RT @rhjameson: Google’s cloud services experienced outages on Tuesday, leading to issues for the websites of multiple companies, from Home… 2021-11-11 18:01:02 RT @mhbergen: Meta nee Facebook spiked its facial recognition. For @bw, @dinabass & 2021-11-11 17:16:38 @laurenceb No, this was not a company spokesperson. 2021-11-10 16:53:48 As Google makes a fresh bid at working with the Pentagon, employees have been largely quiet — a massive shift from just a few years ago. Here’s why. https://t.co/MuUb2PSyhg 2021-11-08 23:00:56 RT @NewsyNick: Alphabet briefly joins the $2 trillion club https://t.co/QCR4vNEdPB via @katrinamlewis @NicoAGrant 2021-11-06 23:20:00 CAFIAC FIX 2021-11-06 19:50:00 CAFIAC FIX 2021-11-06 18:59:00 CAFIAC FIX 2021-11-02 17:07:57 RT @dinabass: Microsoft’s metaverse is (almost) here and it will include PowerPoint https://t.co/4wqMBIUKvC @emilychangtv spoke to Satya Na… 2021-11-01 19:20:00 CAFIAC FIX 2021-11-01 17:30:00 CAFIAC FIX 2021-10-13 17:58:36 RT @Lucas_Shaw: This Dave Chappelle special has caused the greatest worker uproar inside Netflix I can remember. Here is a story about the… 2021-10-12 15:59:52 Google’s cloud-computing division is trying to go green, unveiling tools to help clients monitor and reduce their environmental impact. It's part of the company’s broader push to fight climate change. https://t.co/DzsACmQZYF via @business 2021-10-08 19:26:29 RT @ellenhuet: i wrote about THE HANDPAN, an enchanting musical instrument caught in a bizarre, acrimonious legal feud between its artist i… 2021-10-06 20:02:55 @sooo__phie You are WELCOME. Did I not tell you it gets better? This, Insecure and Adele will be my entire fall 2021-10-06 19:56:22 RT @drakepbennett: In which I investigate the strangest spawn of the streaming wars https://t.co/v04QVAs5XR via @BW 2021-10-06 01:00:58 YouTube banned R. Kelly from its video platform, taking an unusual step to distance itself from the disgraced recording artist recently convicted of sex crimes. https://t.co/Ae15DAPLyC via @business with @Lucas_Shaw 2021-10-01 20:29:30 RT @NewsyNick: The former head of Google Pay has a new fintech startup that's 100% staffed by ex-Google employees. Wonder how he came up wi… 2021-09-29 19:17:25 Google will start adding details and context about topics and sources to search-engine results, a move aimed at combating misinformation. https://t.co/cuZF0H7TZE via @technology 2021-09-27 19:31:49 YouTube CE0 Susan Wojcicki says the video platform is beneficial to adolescents’ mental health, amid growing concern that rival Instagram may be “toxic” for teenage girls. With @emilychangtv https://t.co/vkNs8WSDva via @technology 2021-09-24 17:02:16 RT @Priyasideas: News: Amazon is working on a 15-inch Echo, an Alexa soundbar w camera, more wearables. Also exploring developing baby moni… 2021-09-22 17:01:21 Come take my old job covering the crazy world of cloud companies, computer makers and IT stalwarts trying to keep up! https://t.co/E1RlbVzKfY 2021-09-21 16:02:00 RT @mhbergen: "Putin the user first." https://t.co/qh3mJzLlFW 2021-09-20 16:27:42 Timnit Gebru says regulators need to provide whistleblowers working on artificial intelligence with fresh protections backed up by tough enforcement. @dinabass gets @timnitGebru's latest thoughts and plans on how to reform Silicon Valley. https://t.co/Jty0ORSjWy 2021-09-08 16:19:26 Google Teams Up With Cisco WebEx to Make Videoconferences Easier - Bloomberg https://t.co/UyBdtJFrdU 2021-08-31 17:37:07 Back in the saddle on the Google beat. Read this piece on Google's delayed return to the office and reach out to share what else I should be writing. https://t.co/HKM0sfVoJB via @technology 2021-07-28 23:34:49 RT @mattmday: Area man has really, really tough job: https://t.co/uCozhX9xEC Nice look at Google's cloud czar, from @NicoAGrant 2021-07-27 17:04:16 RT @mhbergen: And this very good profile of Google chief from @NicoAGrant https://t.co/oyB5c0A4W0 2021-07-26 21:32:00 RT @AustinCarr: After arriving in New Jersey from India, he went to an American sandwich shop and "was stunned to learn he had more than on… 2021-07-26 18:17:32 RT @Techmeme: Profile of Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian, an Oracle veteran who oversees 37,000 employees and has focused on improving Goog… 2021-07-26 18:17:10 RT @tsgiles: Google Cloud staffers were baffled when they learned that their next boss would be Thomas Kurian, writes @NicoAGrant in this v… 2021-07-26 18:14:14 @brettashtonsj Thank you! 2021-07-26 18:00:02 RT @tedladd: h/t @NicoAGrant for the fair, honest, revealing feature story today on @ThomasOrTK. n of 1, but I think it's exciting to wor… 2021-07-26 17:59:27 RT @BradStone: Here's @NicoAGrant with a wonderful profile of Thomas Kurian, the ex-Oracle ex who's trying to turn Google into a cloud-comp… 2021-07-26 17:02:46 RT @benwolfson10: "He didn’t finish the job of making Oracle a powerful force in cloud computing. His position at Google offers him a secon… 2021-07-26 17:02:33 RT @markgurman: Great story from @NicoAGrant https://t.co/zX2Pf5RCUH 2021-07-26 17:01:54 A tidbit that didn't make the cut--Kurian watched a documentary about Pele recently and personally identified with the football great. Naturally, the rest of the Brazilian national team is his executive staff. They're ready for glory. https://t.co/Who1MEOwVX 2021-07-26 17:01:53 Google entered into an unlikely marriage with Thomas Kurian, of old-school Oracle fame, in 2018. Ever since, he's transformed the culture and image of the cloud unit. And Google's changed him--he doesn't scream at employees as much. Go inside his fiefdom: https://t.co/Who1MEOwVX 2021-07-20 17:18:32 Google Cloud tools will help governments be in compliance with Biden's order on improving cybersecurity. https://t.co/RMdkMUwOIw via @technology 2021-07-15 16:51:03 RT @mhbergen: I spoke with a Google HR exec about their return-to-office plan, engineer productivity and surveys that say Googlers want "co… 2021-07-14 15:53:31 RT @Priyasideas: News: amazon has considered developing an Alexa wearable with GPS for kids ages 4-12 that would allow parents to track the… 2021-07-02 19:18:58 RT @mattmday: Jeff Bezos, arguably America's most famous business executive, steps down as Amazon CEO on Monday. I spent some time trying… [] 2021-07-02 19:18:58 RT @mattmday: Jeff Bezos, arguably America's most famous business executive, steps down as Amazon CEO on Monday. I spent some time trying… 2021-07-02 18:28:43 Tech giants were early to send their office workers home during the pandemic. They may be among the last to coax them back. A tour of Silicon Valley's reopening with @Priyasideas https://t.co/wdm5Xrcgj4 via @technology 2021-06-30 19:02:52 RT @NicoAGrant: Google and Microsoft’s five-year peace treaty came to an end, after fraying over ad tech disputes and competitive pressures… 2021-06-30 03:24:17 RT @mattmday: The Google - Microsoft peace seems to have broken down: https://t.co/DAmXReWNZu by @dinabass @NicoAGrant 2021-06-30 01:45:52 Google and Microsoft’s five-year peace treaty came to an end, after fraying over ad tech disputes and competitive pressures. Great details inside. By @dinabass and me https://t.co/K5RLwFIB9j 2021-06-30 01:40:56 RT @dinabass: Microsoft and Google's 5-year truce has expired and neither company wants to renew it after a year plus of public/private spa… 2021-06-28 23:33:43 RT @spencersoper: Worried a robot will take your job? What if a robot became your boss and fired you? Welcome to the present at #amazon, wh… 2021-06-28 21:11:34 RT @sarahfrier: FTC hit a big roadblock with their Facebook case today, but government scrutiny of big tech marches on. Scoop by @NicoAGran… 2021-06-28 20:18:37 DOJ lawyers have been speaking to competitors and partners of Google’s $23 billion display ads business and collecting evidence this year, sources say. With @mhbergen and @NaomiNixWrites 2021-06-28 20:18:36 NEW: Antitrust investigators at the U.S. Justice Department have stepped up scrutiny of Google’s digital ad market practices in recent months, showing that the Biden administration is actively pursuing a probe that started under Trump. https://t.co/4qsamvGPHr 2021-06-24 16:09:37 RT @spencersoper: Google hoping video can help it get in on the e-commerce game dominated by Amazon, which has a big video push on its own… 2021-06-24 15:44:15 Today YouTube is hosting a small-business day to attract more entrepreneurs and shoppers to its platform. Viewers can buy products they see onscreen during a QVC-style portion, part of Google's latest effort to be an e-commerce hub. https://t.co/MoUOqfTy0i via @technology 2021-06-22 16:01:43 RT @markgurman: News! I am thrilled to launch my newsletter: Power On. It’s all about Apple scoops, consumer tech/devices/apps, product rev… 2021-06-16 15:46:32 Google will open its first retail store in New York City, on the ground floor of its corporate offices and a block away from an Apple store in Chelsea. Doors open on Thursday morning. https://t.co/Q1NyDWoqGD via @technology 2021-06-16 15:45:01 Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, raised $2.5 billion in a funding round to help advance its technology and replace a management team. Bloomberg reported this spring that the company was in talks to raise a multibillion $$ round. https://t.co/ksRa8CAPSQ via @technology 2021-06-16 15:42:30 Google made a rare surrender to regulators last week when it offered global changes to its ad sales and tracking practices and the move could prompt other enforcers to follow suit. With @aoifewhite101 and @mhbergen https://t.co/53rTMGZfos via @technology 2021-06-15 20:48:08 RT @sarahfrier: Some personal news: I'm now in charge of big tech coverage at @business, working with incredible reporters!! And I'll keep… 2021-06-14 15:43:09 Google rolls out a series of updates to its Workspace productivity suite to better compete with Microsoft and embrace hybrid-work arrangements. https://t.co/fgSnIVSIIU via @technology 2021-06-11 16:45:56 RT @sarahfrier: Join us on Social Power Hour today to discuss ethics in AI and the recent tension at Facebook, Google and beyond, with @_Ka… 2021-06-07 16:59:44 RT @ZSchneeweiss: Big tech watches the tide turning on taxes after its years of plenty https://t.co/lWb6FiUR3c via @NicoAGrant @WHorobin ht… 2021-06-07 16:59:28 RT @economics: A tax deal between the world’s richest countries brings global governments a step closer to clawing back some power from tec… 2021-06-03 20:24:44 Google will let Android mobile software users opt out of being tracked by advertisers on their smartphone applications https://t.co/lvvX7wOcsJ via @technology 2021-06-03 20:23:59 RT @dinabass: Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman talks to @emilychangtv about his view that merit should trump diversity goals and the whole area… 2021-05-18 22:31:03 RT @mhbergen: A roundup of #googleio tl 2021-05-07 19:55:17 RT @josheidelson: Exclusive: Google childcare and education workers say they're being summoned back to the office while Google shuttles are… 2021-05-03 19:23:33 Apple hires Samy Bengio, a scientist who ended his 14-year career at Google after the ousting of two women AI researchers who reported to him. First reported by Reuters. https://t.co/Pq3I9JA0Rq via @technology 2021-04-30 00:00:21 RT @emilychangtv: Post-Tesla crash, new @Waymo CEOs double down on why their way is the self-driving future. Story with @NicoAGrant @EdLudl… 2021-04-29 23:56:32 RT @EdLudlow: How will outside funding, "Bipartisan" support and technology bring @Waymo beyond just a small pilot in Arizona? Watch (or r… 2021-04-27 18:07:00 RT @dinabass: The third-party cookie is going away. Adobe wants to replace it: https://t.co/qxTgUBsYuM My story on how Adobe is adding the… 2021-04-27 18:01:15 RT @rakshitasaluja: Color of Change is urging Google to undergo a racial equity audit of its operations. scoop by @NaomiNixWrites https://… 2021-04-23 21:23:30 RT @mhbergen: Next year, $goog will start doling out exec bonuses based on hitting "environmental, social and governance" goals, from @Nico… 2021-04-23 17:09:37 @sidhubaba @dinabass @josheidelson Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! 2021-04-23 16:30:49 RT @dinabass: @rcalo @Marketplace @mollywood Great podcast on this important issue of AI regulation! And thank you so much Molly for mentio… 2021-04-22 19:28:53 RT @sbanjo: TIKTOK PODCAST TIME How did TikTok hook America's teens? It began w/ execs making fake accounts to watch young kids and p… 2021-04-22 16:02:42 RT @dinabass: ICYMI Our investigative piece on the unravelling of Google's AI ethics research group amid allegations of harassment, racism,… 2021-04-22 00:01:56 RT @Shawn_Wen: This quote “I chose to go to Google knowing that I would face discrimination... And I used to say, I'm trying to pave a… 2021-04-21 21:55:26 @BenBrodyDC Thank you!! 2021-04-21 18:16:56 RT @NBuhayar: I'll admit I didn't understand the hubbub about the collapse of Google's Ethical AI team a few months back. Luckily, this g… 2021-04-21 18:16:21 RT @alistairmbarr: Google Ethical AI researchers wanted to know if Waymo's driverless car software detects Black pedestrians as well as lig… 2021-04-21 18:08:07 RT @danahull: The @Waymo details in this excellent deep dive by @NicoAGrant, @dinabass and @josheidelson are fascinating: https://t.co/dMVL… 2021-04-21 17:59:45 RT @BradStone: Google's ethical AI research group has been mired for two years in disputes over how management handles allegations of haras… 2021-04-12 16:44:46 RT @markgurman: Nvidia is getting into CPUs for servers, going after Intel. Story from @ianmking https://t.co/a1MehnCI9C 2021-04-12 15:43:51 Larry Ellison’s use of politics to reclaim Oracle’s glory falls short in three stinging defeats. https://t.co/bzDpbugsHx 2021-04-09 19:07:19 RT @josheidelson: New @BW: The Amazon vote is a painful defeat for labor, & 2021-04-09 19:06:50 RT @sbanjo: This is one of the most wild business stories I've ever reported. Join me as we go on this ride together...because it's bana… 2021-04-07 21:59:57 RT @dinabass: Okta, which is unveiling two new products today, forecasts 30% annual growth through fiscal 2024, at which point the company… 2021-04-06 20:11:09 RT @BrodyFord_: NEW: #DeclineNow is a guerrilla experiment to train Doordash's algorithm to pay workers better, and its proponents insist i… 2021-04-06 20:05:12 RT @inafried: Scoop from @dinabass ⁦@NicoAGrant⁩ Google AI Research Manager Samy Bengio quits following forced exits of ⁦@timnitGebru⁩ and… 2021-04-06 19:20:50 RT @mmitchell_ai: @TexanExiled @josheidelson @NicoAGrant @dinabass @timnitGebru Resignations coming now bc people started interviewing soon… 2021-04-06 18:15:58 RT @josheidelson: Scoop w/ @NicoAGrant & 2021-04-06 18:15:02 A Google AI research manager, Samy Bengio, announced his resignation in the wake of the company ousting two of his reports, Timnit Gebru and Meg Mitchell. The saga has elicited controversy and scrutiny since December. With @josheidelson and @dinabass https://t.co/zGMXqx4ykl 2021-04-05 20:52:35 RT @GregStohr: Full story here on a big win for Google in its decade-old legal clash with Oracle. https://t.co/VktozNyXxW 2021-04-02 18:13:14 @mhbergen WE need you! Welcome back! 2021-04-02 18:12:47 RT @mhbergen: *cracks knuckles* I'm back on this hellhole site. And I've written a web log for you to read if you like. https://t.co/vBV6G… 2021-04-01 19:49:46 RT @sbanjo: I'm SO STOKED to take you behind the scenes of #TikTok in a NEW @technology podcast! I talk to TikTok stars, investors, employe… 2021-03-31 18:15:21 RT @josheidelson: Exclusive: Google has agreed to post a notice telling staff "WE WILL NOT tell you that you cannot discuss policies with o… 2021-03-30 15:41:19 RT @tsgiles: In the final quarter of 2020, YouTube removed tens of thousands of videos and millions of comments for violating hate speech p… 2021-03-30 15:19:44 During a special townhall to discuss the song last Thursday, one white executive said he has an Asian-American wife. That evoked scorn from some employees, who took to Google's internal meme page to criticize the admission as beside the point. https://t.co/syCrApQIYY 2021-03-30 15:19:43 YouTube staff asked the Trust & https://t.co/syCrApQIYY 2021-03-26 01:06:16 RT @dzuidijk: "Yes, but you also have to take into consideration a broader ecosystem,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in response to a questi… 2021-03-26 01:05:50 RT @rhjameson: The CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet faced a fresh round of questioning in the U.S. House over how they police misinfo… 2021-03-17 05:28:14 New: YouTube removed a Steven Crowder video uploaded Tuesday for violating its Covid misinformation policies. Many people online criticized the racist views Crowder espoused about Black people, and the delay before YouTube took it down. https://t.co/D3eFxQPO5r 2021-03-16 17:41:36 RT @alistairmbarr: Audio of users’ snores will be processed on the Nest Hub device rather than being sent to Google’s servers https://t.co/… 2021-03-10 17:36:04 RT @rzgreenfield: And the amazing story from @BSteverman to go with it. Dorothy Brown has been studying the U.S. tax code for decades 2021-03-10 17:35:46 RT @rzgreenfield: I mean, this cover!!!!! https://t.co/6tEXUyg3I4 2021-03-04 22:09:31 RT @business: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said Donald Trump’s channel will remain suspended due to the risk that he will use the online vide… 2021-03-03 18:13:37 RT @alistairmbarr: “Not one of my clients requires an HQ-based executive anymore. If they do, I won’t take the project, because that means… 2021-03-03 17:35:27 Google will move ahead with a plan to phase out third-party cookies that help advertisers track customers around the web, shunning alternative methods to track individuals. https://t.co/JoNqXTtZdd via @technology @aoifewhite101 2021-03-01 19:52:08 Congratulations on an amazing run so far @emilychangtv. Always a pleasure to talk tech with you. Looking forward to the next decade! https://t.co/glMO0RoUqq 2021-03-01 19:41:49 Google, founded on a belief in free information, is increasingly being forced to pay for content by regulators around the world. This story will not end with a media law in Australia. The company may have to play whack-a-mole in Canada, the U.S., elsewhere https://t.co/wF3J5dXK5o 2021-03-01 19:37:34 RT @alistairmbarr: New Democratic US administration. Same Google antitrust case pushes ahead with detailed request for Search data https://… 2021-03-01 19:37:05 RT @GerritD: Strike 2 for Rudy. From @NicoAGrant https://t.co/zRe7PAp1ar 2021-03-01 19:36:14 New: YouTube suspends Rudy Giuliani for two weeks, for spouting election misinformation and hawking cigar ads that promote nicotine use. https://t.co/Y7oePWtT7H 2021-03-01 17:18:12 RT @alistairmbarr: From the co that labels search ads almost exactly like organic results: Gingras argued this would undermine the trust of… 2021-03-01 17:17:28 RT @alistairmbarr: Google tweaks Workspace software for a WFH world. "It will never be the same again," @jsoltero says https://t.co/aPcS8Ht… 2021-02-26 22:50:10 RT @jasonschreier: NEW from me on the failure of Google Stadia: - Missed initial sales targets by hundreds of thousands - Tried to take on… 2021-02-24 18:55:20 RT @Lucas_Shaw: To recap: Kids under 13 aren't supposed to watch YouTube But millions of kids do… 2021-02-24 18:34:57 YouTube unveiled new safety settings to let tweens and teens roam portions of its main website with parental supervision, in an effort to lure younger viewers with appropriate content. With @Lucas_Shaw https://t.co/k7G3IYv0RA via @technology 2021-02-23 23:05:36 @NaomiNixWrites Shook thinking of the great work you’ll do! 2021-02-23 23:02:48 RT @sarahfrier: Time for some personal news... After YEARS covering social media companies, chronicling their transformation into giants,… 2021-02-23 23:02:00 RT @NaomiNixWrites: Some Personal News: I am joining Bloomberg's global technology team to cover Facebook, Snap and other social media com… 2021-02-20 01:24:40 RT @dinabass: Jeff Dean held an all-hands with Google staff this afternoon saying he takes "some amount of responsibility" for all that has… 2021-02-20 01:22:19 With @dinabass and @josheidelson 2021-02-20 01:21:47 New: Google AI head Jeff Dean says he takes "some responsibility" for break in trust with researchers during an all-hands meeting with his organization. He said he knows the Ethical AI team feels "aggrieved." More remarks inside: https://t.co/AhlLgYSSJl 2021-02-19 22:58:18 RT @josheidelson: New: Google fired the lead of its Ethical Artificial Intelligence team, Meg Mitchell, escalating the turmoil surrounding… 2021-02-19 22:56:16 RT @dinabass: Just hours after Jeff Dean apologized for the way @timnitGebru's firing made women, POC etc at the company feel, the company… 2021-02-19 22:56:06 RT @dinabass: Google, in a rather, um, unorthodox way to follow up today's apology, has fired @mmitchell_ai https://t.co/3FcjgTUHhA 2021-02-19 20:38:59 RT @dinabass: As per previous by @inafried Google's Jeff Dean has apologized for the way @timnitGebru's dismissal was handled in terms of h… 2021-02-19 20:35:58 RT @inafried: .@timnitGebru responding to Google concluding it’s investigation. 2021-02-18 19:08:49 Google makes it official in a YouTube video. Croak will be the Lead for the Responsible AI Research and Engineering Center of Expertise. With @dinabass Updated story here: https://t.co/rPqif4x5lH https://t.co/8j8lRDdZjd 2021-02-18 05:53:47 RT @dinabass: At Google where AI ethics researchers are still reeling from @timnitGebru's dismissal & 2021-02-18 05:19:33 The reshuffle can be announced as soon as Thursday. Besides the Ethical AI team, Croak will also oversee fairness researchers from other groups. Croak will report to Jeff Dean, SVP of AI. 2021-02-18 05:19:32 Scoop: Google to reorganize its responsible AI teams under Marian Croak, a prominent Black executive, after months of chaos stemming from the departure of @timnitGebru. Story with the great @dinabass https://t.co/TZYbVYDQKB 2021-02-18 00:48:32 @mrwillhayward The shade... 2021-02-18 00:43:52 Facebook and Google have taken very different paths in Australia. Both threatened to reduce services if the country went ahead with a law to force them to pay for news. But while Google has scurried to ink media deals, FB is doing this.... https://t.co/OJRwFoJgrc via @technology 2021-02-18 00:37:48 RT @KurtWagner8: This is an obvious but good reminder that when FB executives say they "want" updated internet regulations, what they reall… 2021-02-17 17:31:37 Read this meticulously reported, beautifully written story about the “Uberization” of the American workforce. https://t.co/NoCgCOoVli 2021-02-17 16:15:58 RT @Lucas_Shaw: YouTube CPO @nealmohan made some news this morning: > > 2021-02-11 18:21:26 RT @dinabass: Microsoft, taking aim at Google and Facebook, says US should pass its own version of a proposed Australian law that would for… 2021-02-09 21:30:24 RT @markgurman: Apple Is the $2.3 Trillion Fortress That Tim Cook Built — @AustinCarr and I’s in-depth feature story on Apple’s CEO and the… 2021-02-08 22:03:50 RT @alexisohanian: @business knows https://t.co/anekaCKgHk https://t.co/n1YvvpiN9x 2021-02-04 17:17:07 RT @markgurman: Google is exploring a less-stringent Android alternative to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature that irked Facebook.… 2021-02-03 18:38:27 RT @alistairmbarr: Google is asking the FAA for permission to test agricultural drones from Homeland Surveillance & 2021-02-03 18:28:00 RT @davidjoachim: NEW --> https://t.co… 2021-02-03 00:14:23 RT @alistairmbarr: Google manages to lose more $$$ on cloud computing than it does on internet balloons and driverless cars https://t.co/F1… 2021-02-02 21:52:28 RT @BradStone: An opportune time, perhaps, to announce my new book coming in May - a sequel to The Everything Store and a look at Amazon's… 2021-02-02 21:43:46 Alphabet reported quarterly sales that beat estimates, buoyed by heavy digital advertising spending during the holiday shopping quarter. Shares jumped more than 5% in extended trading. $GOOGL https://t.co/zfktbYEKR3 via @technology 2021-02-01 22:54:47 RT @Adam_Mansfield_: @dinabass @NicoAGrant From my perspective, there are going to be more enterprise deals to won by Google in 2021. There… 2021-02-01 17:16:48 RT @KeithNaughton: CAR CLOUD: @Google Snags @Ford Cloud Partnership in Coup Against @Microsoft 'We’ve had a great relationship with Microso… 2021-02-01 17:16:27 RT @dinabass: There was a lot of focus last week on how well Microsoft's cloud business is doing -- here's a deal they didn't win: https://… 2021-02-01 17:16:03 Google signed a six-year deal with Ford that will bring Android technology to the automaker’s cars and cloud services to its factory floor, in a triumph for the internet giant over rival Microsoft. https://t.co/cKTedoHzDO via @technology 2021-01-26 19:32:39 RT @alistairmbarr: Rudy's election lies = no ads on his YouTube videos https://t.co/0QAwWiJBk5 via @technology 2021-01-26 19:31:40 RT @davidjoachim: NEW: YouTube suspended Rudy Giuliani from its partner program for at least 30 days after he repeatedly shared misinformat… 2021-01-26 19:30:35 YouTube suspended Rudy Giuliani from its partner program for at least 30 days after he repeatedly shared misinformation about the 2020 presidential election. He won’t be able to monetize his videos and couldn’t upload new content for a week https://t.co/F0cOuKAYoN via @technology 2021-01-26 16:16:34 RT @Lucas_Shaw: Under growing scrutiny from the media & 2021-01-20 18:06:31 RT @dinabass: Two months after Google dismissed one co-head of ethical AI @timnitGebru, Google has now sidelined the other, @mmitchell_ai h… 2021-01-20 17:22:41 RT @MikeShepard4: Google AI researcher Margaret Mitchell is locked out of corporate systems, making her the second critic at the company to… 2021-01-15 19:53:03 RT @josheidelson: New: NLRB says around 6,000 Amazon Alabama warehouse workers will vote by mail on unionization starting February 8, rejec… 2021-01-14 17:12:50 @bgurley @Lucas_Shaw @pkafka @emilychangtv @mhbergen @benthompson YouTube of course does content moderation, but this doctor won’t be part of that effort. Full details in the story Lucas tweeted. 2021-01-14 17:06:47 @bgurley @Lucas_Shaw @pkafka @emilychangtv @mhbergen @benthompson YouTube’s doctor is forging partnerships with health orgs like the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Harvard School of Public Health so that their experts can create accurate videos for YouTube. So this is about more speech. 2021-01-14 16:39:49 RT @Lucas_Shaw: YouTube has hired a doctor to help combat covid misinformation, per @NicoAGrant and @mhbergen https://t.co/u2ZTAJJNI1 2021-01-13 19:14:28 Google suspended political advertising, trying to tamp down the risk of inciting violence and promoting hatred in the run-up to Biden’s inauguration https://t.co/hW8elH78Dg via @technology 2021-01-13 17:54:41 YouTube will partner with health organizations to create more accurate medical videos for its platform, trying to counter a scourge of online misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic. With @mhbergen https://t.co/d3IxZbr4iH via @technology 2021-01-11 19:39:15 RT @dinabass: More on Microsoft, Google and Facebook's decision to pause PAC donations after the DC riot: https://t.co/pMSApuPn5s with @sar… 2021-01-11 19:00:03 RT @dinabass: Google pausing now too, reports @NicoAGrant 2021-01-07 01:08:50 RT @rhjameson: Facebook and YouTube have removed a video posted by Trump in which he repeated false claims of a rigged election and said "w… 2021-01-04 17:21:52 RT @josheidelson: New: Google workers are launching a new union with the Communications Workers of America, open to all employees and contr… 2020-12-29 21:04:54 VMware said that one of its former top executives, @RajivRamaswami, violated his contractual obligations while being courted to be the chief executive officer of rival Nutanix. Exclusive remarks from VMware inside. $VMW $NTNX https://t.co/BssSvpYWNt via @technology 2020-12-29 17:23:45 RT @ellenhuet: !!!! the WeWork season of Foundering made this @TheAtlantic list of 50 Best Podcasts of 2020 https://t.co/K0J5HKYV… 2020-12-18 20:45:21 A Zoom Video employee working in China has been charged by the U.S. with conspiring to censor dissidents and disrupt a video conference commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown $ZM https://t.co/qpz7TWvN6m via @technology 2020-12-18 17:34:48 RT @alistairmbarr: Has Wall Street ever been more wrong about a company? https://t.co/ZAXqCWexX1 2020-12-15 23:48:58 RT @alistairmbarr: Two days in a row. When was the last time that happened? https://t.co/wJ4eMsuz3t via @technology @NicoAGrant 2020-12-14 21:36:26 Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison said he has moved his primary residence to Hawaii, becoming the latest Silicon Valley executive to depart the state where they built their fortunes. Ellison is the world’s 11th wealthiest person. $ORCL https://t.co/qkdRQVwrCp 2020-12-11 22:08:53 Oracle, a software maker that has been based in Silicon Valley since its 1970s founding, will now call Austin, Texas, home, joining other big tech names departing California. $ORCL https://t.co/UeVZSk2Rhp 2020-12-04 22:45:17 Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said he believes he will become one of Salesforce’s presidents after the companies’ $28B combination is completed. He also said, "I’m sick of talking about Microsoft." Too bad the rest of us aren't. $WORK $CRM https://t.co/LPP0Z7FNEs via @technology 2020-12-03 18:00:52 RT @ellenhuet: post-salesforce slackquisition, @stewart will work under someone else again last time, he didn't seem to enjoy that very mu… 2020-12-02 22:41:24 Okta gave a revenue forecast for the current quarter that topped analysts’ estimates, signaling steady demand for its identity software while corporate employees log on to work from home during the pandemic. $OKTA https://t.co/2QczWAJa9y via @technology 2020-12-02 22:39:11 Software maker Snowflake, which had the year's biggest IPO in September, gave a lackluster product sales forecast for the current quarter. $SNOW https://t.co/aoIZkI96Wk via @technology 2020-12-02 17:23:53 With Slack, Salesforce’s Marc Benioff is culminating a decade-long dream of having a transformational communications asset. He’s also further cementing Salesforce as Microsoft’s chief rival in business applications. $CRM $WORK https://t.co/EO31ZX7QVY via @technology 2020-12-01 21:37:53 Salesforce agreed to buy Slack for $27.7 billion in one of the biggest technology deals of the year $CRM $WORK https://t.co/ePXQlV6WQe via @technology 2020-12-01 18:38:38 Congratulations @sarahfrier https://t.co/9Fi4pfd051 2020-12-01 00:06:46 Zoom's results gave a sign of steady customer demand for the videoconferencing service during the coronavirus pandemic, but supporting such a popular service is expensive, hitting gross margins. $ZM https://t.co/4C0o0b3Fla via @technology 2020-11-30 17:57:16 ServiceNow will buy Canadian startup Element AI as the software maker embarks on its fourth acquisition this year $NOW https://t.co/FoDIUOhsJV via @technology 2020-11-27 17:53:36 This Black Friday, Marc Benioff is going shopping. My newsletter on a possible Salesforce-Slack combination. $CRM $WORK https://t.co/1N4nU4D3V0 via @business 2020-11-26 17:08:52 A good time to revisit how Benioff does deals. Thanks Alex https://t.co/mkWewahVRJ 2020-11-25 19:55:13 Salesforce is considering acquiring workplace chat tool in a deal that could be announced as soon as next week. $CRM $WORK @MsNabilaAhmed @LianaBaker https://t.co/LLhJlrLE2Q via @markets 2020-11-20 18:53:15 Delve into the Hawaiian island of Lanai, where billionaire Larry Ellison controls almost every aspect of life for 3,000 Americans. And now a new threat: Coronavirus is spreading on the island, further disrupting a struggling local economy. Great reporting from @sooo__phie https://t.co/vleSzcMvgZ 2020-11-11 21:04:35 It's been six months since George Floyd protests roiled Minneapolis, when a Target branch was burned. "The site’s destruction incited a wider debate on what giant corporations owe their local communities." Here's what Target, headquartered in the city, did in response. https://t.co/6KLz172WMj 2020-11-09 21:25:27 Adobe will buy Workfront for $1.5 billion to add a collaboration tool to its marketing software, during a pandemic that forces companies to be productive while employees work from home. More inside. With @LianaBaker and @Katie_Roof $ADBE https://t.co/maYkBRX0Ff via @technology 2020-11-09 20:46:07 RT @LianaBaker: Adobe is close to buying privately held software maker Workfront for about $1.5 billion. Scoop w/@NicoAGrant @Katie_Roof h… 2020-11-09 19:09:27 Zoom will boost its security to settle claims it misled users about its access to meetings and other issues, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said. Zoom says it's already addressed these concerns. With @BenBrodyDC $ZM https://t.co/vk4pdjwAyS via @business 2020-11-02 20:45:09 SAP CEO Christian Klein sought to put a positive spin on his company’s slowing revenue growth, saying more clients are transitioning to the cloud after the software giant lost a third of its value on a forecast that alarmed investors. With @emilychangtv https://t.co/kUGoGrSczL 2020-10-28 22:10:12 ByteDance pulled most of its TikTok traffic from the network of Fastly, suggesting a crackdown by the Trump administration is forcing the Chinese technology giant to change its operations. https://t.co/LRUfmdzTNU via @technology 2020-10-28 22:06:25 ServiceNow projected subscription sales in the current quarter that narrowly topped Wall Street estimates, signaling that companies are continuing to invest in upgrading business workflow software while employees remain stuck at home. $NOW https://t.co/vE8Oyn1dRL via @technology 2020-10-27 03:12:11 Earlier, investors worried that SAP's slowing growth would spread to other software makers. Benioff blamed SAP's CEO transition and that company's poor cloud execution. 2020-10-27 03:12:10 Salesforce’s Marc Benioff criticized rival SAP's business performance in stark terms, rejecting the notion that the German software giant’s challenges are an omen for his company. $CRM $SAP https://t.co/lOIeSdrgbG 2020-10-21 21:52:28 Dell unveiled software to burnish its hybrid-cloud aspirations, in the hardware giant’s effort to plot a future beyond a spinoff of its most prized asset, VMware. https://t.co/ZZz2Jkoyd5 via @technology 2020-10-20 16:15:52 Adobe debuted a software tool to help media creators prove their images are real, the latest move by the maker of Photoshop to combat the spread of deepfake technology. $ADBE https://t.co/Chwke4xeTj via @technology 2020-10-20 16:14:28 Adobe rolls out the Illustrator app for iPad after a rocky Photoshop debut, part of the software maker’s effort to hold on to artists and designers shifting to work on mobile devices. Part of the MAX conference happening now. $ADBE https://t.co/Gekxw1FmCw via @technology 2020-10-14 22:45:48 Zoom CEO Eric Yuan said the company will do a better job integrating office chatroom products from Slack and Microsoft, betting that cooperation is better than competition for the software maker’s growth. Slack shares rose on the news $ZM https://t.co/XRntkJzdnd via @technology 2020-10-14 18:31:10 Zoom said it’s rolling out a promised end-to-end encryption feature to secure user meetings and announced a raft of new products, seeking to put safety concerns behind it and maintain the company’s lofty growth. $ZM https://t.co/svMLtydgx0 via @technology 2020-10-12 20:55:53 RT @dinabass: Snowflake has signed a deal worth millions with Goldman Sachs: https://t.co/LVuPqZnCFy by @NicoAGrant and me 2020-10-07 17:02:12 RT @Techmeme: Salesforce partners with Okta to help customers use Salesforce's https://t.co/jjZ4caWDnJ COVID-19 tools, like contact tracing… 2020-10-07 16:24:46 Salesforce announced an alliance with Okta that will connect key employee data with contact-tracing technology, expanding Salesforce’s effort to develop software for businesses dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. $CRM $OKTA https://t.co/jwdTyNmCR5 via @technology 2020-10-05 18:13:45 Slack says it continues to see slow service for some users after an earlier partial outage that disrupted work for thousands of employees on Monday morning. $WORK https://t.co/nbn8nqon7Q 2020-10-05 17:58:16 RT @climate: NEW: Leaked documents reveal Exxon's secret projections for higher carbon emissions, even as other oil giants cut back https:/… 2020-10-05 16:20:31 There's a brewing debate over how remote employees should be compensated now that they no longer have to clock into an office in any particular city. Tech companies are making it tough to be a rolling stone, though. https://t.co/xqVjNSxzxu 2020-09-30 17:59:43 RT @gina_lynn_rossi: Salesforce unveils software aimed at helping health care companies and governments manage the largest vaccination push… 2020-09-23 18:55:04 Cisco pledged to increase the number of Black employees and leaders, adding its name to a list of technology companies promising to try to fix the lack of diversity in their workforces. https://t.co/6cvHehbym0 via @technology 2020-09-23 18:39:31 RT @joshuabrustein: Magic leap is a parable for what happens when a startup believes its own hype. Here’s a look back https://t.co/cEq1GboM… 2020-09-20 17:44:33 Oracle’s deal to attain a 12.5% stake in TikTok Global and provide computing services to the video-sharing app furthers the software maker’s years-long plan to become a cloud computing heavyweight. $ORCL https://t.co/xHsutxHKgV via @technology 2020-09-17 22:02:09 A spicy new cover story from @BW that delves into the ways Facebook has aligned itself with the Trump administration, sometimes to the detriment of its own employees’ wishes and the company’s stated policies. By @sarahfrier and @KurtWagner8 https://t.co/5nR1FaFA3a 2020-09-17 02:56:10 RT @levie: Remember when Google went public at a mind bogglingly large market cap at their IPO. Snowflake is now nearly 3X that valuation t… 2020-09-16 23:19:06 RT @jwittenstein: Quote of the day. "So far, so good," says Snowflake's CEO as the stock gains 112% in its trading debut. Via @crystalttc… 2020-09-16 20:58:35 RT @crystalttc: $SNOW: closed +111.6% Its CEO: “So far, so good” @NicoAGrant 2020-09-16 14:54:38 RT @LianaBaker: Just got announced. Small deal in the grand scheme of things at $370 million in cash but Pure Storage’s largest deal so far… 2020-09-16 06:23:40 Pure Storage could announce a deal to acquire storage provider Portworx as soon as Wednesday morning. More details/expected terms inside. With ⁦@LianaBaker⁩ and ⁦@Katie_Roof⁩ $PSTG https://t.co/t2E80A2mKS 2020-09-15 17:07:43 RT @TheStalwart: Read @NicoAGrant and @dinabass on why investors are going crazy about Snowflake, which is set to come public in a mammoth… 2020-09-14 22:01:22 Dell told employees it will cut some jobs this week, part of an effort to focus on strategic areas and cut costs amid the pandemic and recession. If you're affected, best of luck and please reach out. $DELL https://t.co/RpLRdOsZF6 2020-09-13 23:42:25 RT @jolingkent: NEWS: A source directly familiar with the deal tells me that Oracle has been chosen to acquire TikTok US as the technology… 2020-09-11 22:25:22 @EdLudlow @tsgiles @sooo__phie @KurtWagner8 You’re not getting a raise, Ed. As far as other companies, status quo pay for those who stay local. 2020-09-11 21:03:35 @MikeJeffers @technology @sooo__phie @KurtWagner8 If it’s any consolation, the Bay Area real estate market has already traumatized them. 2020-09-11 21:02:21 RT @KurtWagner8: VMware, Twitter, Facebook say employees can work from wherever. BUT you may have to take a pay cut... w/ ⁦@NicoAGrant⁩ ⁦+… 2020-09-11 19:59:04 Have you thought about leaving the big city behind during the pandemic, but holding on to the big-city paycheck? These companies will cut your pay. Thinking about a SF> https://t.co/XfkgeiFMqM 2020-09-11 19:53:40 RT @alistairmbarr: Want to know how much your clever WFH move away from Silicon Valley will cost you in salary? Read on. It's financially p… 2020-09-08 21:27:01 Slack's results today show that the optimism for outsized cloud growth during the work-from-home period is tempered by these companies' reliance on clients in less prosperous industries. A tale of two economies and Slack is caught between them. https://t.co/wUXlxg2m2j 2020-09-04 16:55:17 @sarahfrier So cool! Congrats! 2001-01-01 01:01:01