Month: October 2019

Executives fanned out in Washington to court lawmakers and regulators. Mark Zuckerberg is expected to testify about Libra this week before the House.

The company also announced several new steps to reduce the spread of false information, including an effort to label posts from state-sponsored media.

Members of Congress questioned whether the power of Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon could hurt consumer privacy.

Mr. Hurd, who previously ran Hewlett-Packard and other technology businesses, had stepped aside last month from Oracle for health reasons.

Facebook’s Libra project led Beijing to accelerate its efforts. The government could soon know a lot more about how people are spending.

‘The market was ready because of the growth in Apple podcasting, Spotify and Netflix,’ says Jen Grogono, CEO of uStudio.

This documentary streaming service is a fraction of the price of Netflix.

Ann Hand, CEO of Super League Gaming, shares her thoughts on the growth of esports and how important it is to create a community for the diverse range of gamers.

Despite early-stage virtual reality market and augmented reality market valuations softening in a transitional period, total global AR/VR startup valuations are now at $45 billion globally — include non-pure play AR/VR startups discussed below, and that amount exceeds $67 billion. More than $8 billion has been returned to investors through [CONTINUE READING]

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann didn’t plan for his family’s control of WeWork to end at his death but instead expected to pass that control to future generations of Neumanns, too, says Business Insider. The outlet reports that in a speech Neumann gave to employees in January of this year, footage [CONTINUE READING]