“Netflix has gone from the underdog and outsider poking the establishment to the epicenter of the Hollywood establishment,” he said. “When you’re at the center, everything is magnified 100 times. […]
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Back to news homeBlackstone in London Sets Vaccine Rule to Work in Office
3 hours agoErin Griffith On redirect we discuss the definition of a start-up, rebutting defense’s claim that Theranos was just a tiny upstart dealing with a big bad corporation. “Do […]
Racial Bias Skewed Small-Business Relief Lending, Study Says
But Sergey Chernenko, an associate professor of finance at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, who was not involved in Dr. Howell’s research, said the new paper aligned with his […]
Tesla to Move Headquarters to Texas from California
Tesla will move its headquarters from California to Austin, Texas, where it is building a new factory, its chief executive, Elon Musk, said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on […]
How Black and Hispanic Millennials Are Looking Outside of 401k’s for Investing
“We almost went bankrupt,” he said. “We lost almost $350,000.” To date, Mr. Napoleon has been able to replenish only a fraction of the savings he poured into the business, […]
Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men
Facebook users who recently watched a video from a British tabloid featuring Black men saw an automated prompt from the social network that asked if they would like to “keep […]
Alibaba Faces Reckoning Over Harassment
At an employee dinner, women were told to rank the attractiveness of the men at the table. During a team-building exercise, a woman was pressured to straddle her male co-worker […]
How the law got it wrong with Apple Card
Liz O’Sullivan Contributor Liz O’Sullivan is CEO of Parity, a platform that automates model risk and algorithmic governance for the enterprise. She also advises the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and […]
How Facebook Failed to Stem Racist Abuse of England’s Soccer Players
In May 2019, Facebook asked the organizing bodies of English soccer to its London offices off Regent’s Park. On the agenda: what to do about the growing racist abuse on […]
Activision, Facing Internal Turmoil, Grapples With #MeToo Reckoning
More than 1,500 workers for the video game maker Activision Blizzard walked out from their jobs this week. Thousands signed a letter rebuking their employer. And even as the chief […]