Some tech workers who quit the Bay Area during the pandemic are trickling back, as Twitter reopens its SF HQ and, along with Google, plans to expand in the area
Critics said the pandemic would make the industry flee San Francisco and its southern neighbor, Silicon Valley. Tweets: @jaycueanimal , @nytimes , @eliotwb , @coryweinberg , @nytimes , @kateconger , @...
A look at some of the designers, competitors, streamers, voice actors, and labor activists working to shift the insular gaming world culture towards inclusivity
New York Times : Tweets: @vera_lopezphd , @nytstyles , @jcassadybiz , @taylorlorenz , and @blackwomencrim1 Tweets: Vera Lopez / @vera_lopezphd : Justice Studies doctoral alumna @KishonnaGray in the N...
Seesaw, a remote learning startup with just 60 employees in February, saw rapid growth during the pandemic and is now used in over 75% of American schools
It wasn't simple to become a do-it-all education tool almost overnight. — The first requests that upended Seesaw, a popular classroom app … Tweets: @nytimestech , @kmi_edu , @ryanstrutin , and @aaro...
Current and former employees provide an inside look at Airbnb amid layoffs, as its warm and fuzzy office culture met with the business realities of a pandemic
Erin Griffith / New York Times : Tweets: @dpteran , @twadhwa , @nbashaw , @briangaar , @mdudas , @nytimes , @alex_peys , @eringriffith , @karaswisher , @roseveleth , and @chrisalbon Tweets: Dan Teran...
Current and former employees provide an inside look at Airbnb amid layoffs, as its warm and fuzzy office culture met with the business realities of a pandemic
What happens when a kumbaya office culture meets the business realities of a pandemic? — SAN FRANCISCO — On May 5 … Tweets: @eringriffith , @karaswisher , @roseveleth , @nytimes , @chrisalbon , @ale...
How services like Cameo and Substack have opened up new ways for prominent media figures and journalists to make a living from smaller audiences
a new way for notable individuals to present custom tailored insights and information. It is part of a platform liberation process that will allow valuable journalists, artists, actors—any creative to...
A book based on labor ideas from the early 20th century has provided a blueprint for workers at Google, Uber, and Kickstarter to organize without a formal union
A book based on ideas associated with a labor group from the early 20th century has provided a blueprint for organizing without a union. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @nytimes , @freedaaron , @tobiashigb...
A new memoir by Marc Randolph, Netflix's co-founder and first CEO, recounts the entertainment giant's startup days, when DVDs in red envelopes were all the rage
Nicole Sperling / New York Times : Tweets: @mbrandolph , @nytimesbusiness , @nytimesbusiness , @billaulet , @nicsperling , @karaswisher , and @jimwindolf Tweets: Marc Randolph / @mbrandolph : “Marc's...
Conversations with execs at the World Economic Forum reveal that many are racing toward automation to stay ahead of competition regardless of impact on workers
DAVOS, Switzerland — They'll never admit it in public, but many of your bosses want machines to replace you as soon as possible. Tweets: @reckless , @reckless , @nytimes , @joe_atikian , @noahpinion ,...
Q&A with Hadi Partovi on starting Code.org, working on IE at Microsoft, what he is looking for in startup founders, and teaching computer science in schools
David Gelles / New York Times : Tweets: @levesquepat , @dkhos , and @hadip Tweets: Patricia Levesque / @levesquepat : All students should learn #computerscience. “...computer science is as important ...