Avery Hartmans
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Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann's friendly relationship with Jared Kushner reportedly led to meeting Trump and a White House visit
Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann's friendly relationship with Jared Kushner eventually led him to meet President Donald Trump in 2018.
Quibi's founder reportedly told staffers to listen to a song from the movie 'Trolls' as he announced they would be losing their jobs
Employees were told Wednesday that they would be laid off and receive severance as the company shuts down, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Mobile-video app Quibi is reportedly considering shutting down after only 6 months
The mobile-video service launched only six months ago but has failed to attract viewers, and none of its shows have become major hits.
Silicon Valley's workforce is feeling more burned out than before the pandemic, with nearly 70% reporting work-home-home exhaustion
While working remotely has alleviated some daily stressors like commuting, it's added new stress like longer hours and less work-life balance.
The career of Ryan Graves, Uber's first employee and billionaire CEO, was launched by a single tweet
Ryan Graves landed a job at Uber through a tweet in 2010. Years later, Uber is going public, and Graves is donating at least $14 million in Uber shares to charity.
Google's CEO says the future of work involves a 'hybrid model' and that the company is already reconfiguring its offices for employee 'on-sites'
"I see the future as definitely being more flexible," Pichai said during a video interview for Time 100 this week.
Jeff Bezos is about to open a tuition-free preschool called the Bezos Academy where 'the child will be the customer'
Jeff Bezos is weeks away from opening the first Bezos Academy, a year-round preschool for underserved kids.
Nancy Pelosi wonders how top Facebook employees can 'look themselves in the mirror' because they 'make money off of poison'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she held Facebook "very accountable" for posts on the platform that push the conspiracy-theory movement QAnon.
There's a scary iPhone feature that erases all your data after too many password attempts — here's why you should turn it on anyway
Apple includes a feature on your iPhone that erases all your phone's data after 10 failed passcode attempts.
If you've ever wondered how a startup founder mulls a giant acquisition offer, read all of the texts between Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom and one of his investors after Mark Zuckerberg first approached them
A 2012 exchange between Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom and investor Matt Cohler provides a rare glimpse into the mind of a startup founder.
More than 40% of Bay Area tech workers would leave the area for somewhere less expensive if they were asked to work from home forever, a new survey found
San Francisco is the most expensive US city for homebuyers, and only 18% of households are able to afford a median-priced home in the region.
A former Microsoft engineer stole more than $10 million from the company and used it to buy a $1.6 million lakefront home and a Tesla
He stole $10 million worth of "currency stored value," like online gift cards, and resold them online in exchange for bitcoin, a court ruled.
How tech companies from Google to Salesforce are planning to reopen offices and bring employees back to work in the wake of the coronavirus crisis
Tech companies are eliminating all-you-can-eat cafeterias in favor of boxed lunches and limiting capacity in meeting rooms and elevators.
Athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick is joining Medium's board of directors and will write stories about racism for the site
The former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist will also be conducting "high profile" interviews and writing stories about racism for Medium.
Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T are all down in some parts of the US
Wireless carriers throughout the US are experiencing outages as of Monday afternoon.
'We had no idea how to do it': YouTube's founders, investors, and first employees tell the chaotic inside story of how it rose from failed dating site to $1.65 billion video behemoth
YouTube's earliest employees and investors tell the story of the site's climb to the top, full of all-nighters, lawsuit threats, and food poisoning.
Watch Elon Musk pronounce his baby's name, which he says Grimes mostly picked out
Elon Musk cleared up the mystery of his baby's name on Thursday when he pronounced it out loud on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
A restaurant sales director saw his income dry up overnight. Here's how he launched a successful Zoom trivia business in 4 days and is making more than he was making before.
Stephen Walsh has now hosted over 40 straight days of trivia and has drawn more than 20,000 players to his Zoom sessions.
How to pronounce 'X Æ A-12,' the name Elon Musk tweeted he and Grimes gave their new baby
When a Twitter follower asked Musk on Monday night what they'd named their son, Musk replied, "X Æ A-12 Musk."
Elon Musk said his and Grimes' new baby is named X Æ A-12, and no one can figure out what it means. Here are the best guesses we've seen so far.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and musician Grimes have had their first baby, a boy born Monday night.