Influence
In the past year, she’s given away $1.7 billion.
The record sales that prompted Amazon to pay workers more during the pandemic aren’t abating — so will it reinstate those bonuses?
Jeff Bezos was calm and polite in his first congressional appearance. But he did nothing to quiet a huge concern.
Bezos will join the CEOs of Apple, Facebook, and Google at a congressional antitrust hearing on Wednesday.
A Silicon Valley outsider has spent almost $1 million to reshape a US Senate race in America’s heartland.
The net worth of Jeff Bezos grew by a record $13 billion on Monday.
Everyone from Barack Obama to Kanye West tweeted a bitcoin scam that raises concerns about how secure their accounts really are.
What the head of the Anti-Defamation League has to say about Facebook, hate speech, and the advertiser boycott of the platform.
The new, deeply critical report highlights the tension between free expression and hate speech on the social network.
They say despite repeated promises over the years, Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t stopped “vitriolic hate” from spreading on the platform.
It’s the newest chapter of our Land of the Giants podcast, out now.
Inside the unrest at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
It’s one of the stories in our new Land of the Giants podcast, out now.
Workers at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ask: “What side of history will this organization be on moving forward?”
It’s the biggest gift so far by any individual or couple for racial justice.
“We should trust voters to make judgments for themselves,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in response to critics.
As Congress pressures Tim Cook to testify, the EU announces two antitrust investigations into Apple.
Park County hasn’t been able to figure out who is behind a 2,100-acre center for education reform. It’s Reed Hastings.
Congress has wanted to hear from Jeff Bezos for a long time. Now Amazon’s CEO says he’s willing to testify.
The Twitter CEO’s plan to give away $1 billion shows charity is not as hard as billionaires say it is.
A predictable result.
At least three have resigned in protest in the past week.
His gift is the largest yet from tech billionaires who are donating to criminal justice reform.
This is how Facebook’s CEO is thinking about democracy, speech, and racial justice at a critical moment.
On a tense call with employees, the Facebook CEO defended his decision not to moderate Trump’s posts.
Change will be harder for Silicon Valley than just donating money.
Facebook employees are fed up with how Mark Zuckerberg is handling Trump’s “looting ... shooting” post.
Privately owned orbital human spaceflights are here. A new era of commercialized space travel begins.
The study saying Bezos will be a trillionaire is bogus, but the criticism of Bezos it prompted is real.
The small messages that Gates sends the signers of the Giving Pledge could have big effects.
Elon Musk thinks it’s okay for his Tesla factory to break the rules on reopening. Local officials disagree.
This push is one of the few coronavirus initiatives focused on political advocacy.
Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates are being asked to “reimagine” New York. Not everybody loves that.
Elon Musk declared he’s selling all his possessions, and Tesla’s stock price dropped 10% in a matter of minutes.
The Twitter and Square founder is making an unexpected and important philanthropic push in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
That’s not to say that the donation — one of tech’s largest gifts yet — won’t make an impact.
Making ventilators is hard. Getting politicians to agree on paying for them is harder.
Elon Musk’s reaction to the coronavirus crisis has been, um, less than ideal, but it’s improving.
Silicon Valley’s elite can’t actually jump the line.
Gates rebuked the proposal of leaders like Donald Trump.