Despite the pandemic, it was a record-setting year for the world’s wealthiest—with a $5 trillion surge in wealth and an unprecedented number of new billionaires. It’s...
TOPLINE Tech CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey will soon have to answer to lawmakers about the rise of misinformation on their platforms and...
TOPLINE Apple will introduce privacy features this spring limiting the ability of apps to track users—but while the change is applauded by privacy advocates, Facebook is...
TOPLINE Facebook will no longer recommend political groups to users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday, amid criticism for how the platform was used by pro-Trump extremists...
Despite seeing his net worth skyrocket in recent months—and a report from Bloomberg on Wednesday that he’s now the world’s richest person—Elon Musk remains the second-richest person in the...
Even with the presidential election in flux, the U.S. stock market—led by a rally in tech shares—jumped on Wednesday, helping America’s ten richest people add billions...
THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST After briefly becoming the fifth centibillionaire in the world on Monday, August 31, Tesla CEO Elon Musk ended the week down...
Nearly a decade ago, Zuck’s college roommate became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire by moving fast and breaking things. Now Moskovitz is set to take his...
It’s not just Amazon stock that has boosted the fortunes of its billionaire backer. Dramatic changes in the share prices of Tesla, Reliance and Microsoft have...
TOPLINE Dozens of Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout on Monday, in an escalation of protests against CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s failure to act on President Trump’s...
The coronavirus pandemic has continued to take a catastrophic toll on America’s small businesses. According to Facebook’s State of Small Business report, 31% of small businesses and...
TOPLINE Former Facebook moderators will receive at least $1,000 each after Facebook agreed to pay $52 million to settle a lawsuit over allegedly failing to protect...
Facebook said late Tuesday that roughly 100 developers may have improperly accessed user data, which includes the names and profile pictures of individuals in certain Facebook...
The founder of some of Nigeria’s best-known startups on the mistakes and the millions that made him click in the technology business. Sometimes, the simplest business...
Love is in the air at F8, the annual Facebook developers conference. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday, among other things, Secret Crush, an iteration of...