Last fall, Lidiane Jones discovered that Slack founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield was leaving Salesforce—by learning that she was a candidate for his job. Jones was blindsided by the news but immediately interested in the “dream job” that combined her…
The gap between what executives want and what employees are capable of (or care to give) is widening by the day. That may be the permanent state of things. The current skills gap, as it were, is so big that…
U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Births to moms 35 and older continued to rise, with the highest…
The irony for Meghan Glaser was that she was already checking for a bicyclist–the one to her right, stationary at a stop sign in the coastal La Jolla neighborhood near San Diego. She never saw the two cyclists on her…
Santa Monica, CA-based Beautycounter has appointed Board Director Mindy Mackenzie as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, succeeding Marc Rey. “Rey and the Board have mutually decided to transition to a new phase of leadership for Beautycounter,” said the brand…
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is laying the groundwork for a defense that argues he relied upon the advice of a prominent Silicon Valley law firm in taking many of the actions for which he is now facing fraud charges. Bankman-Fried’s…
Students graduating this year will see A.I. transform the workplace as they enter it. They can ride the new technological wave to professional success or be left in the dust, Nvidia’s CEO told graduates at National Taiwan University. Jensen Huang,…
Elon Musk has retaken the title of world’s wealthiest person. The Tesla chief executive officer surpassed luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault on Wednesday after shares of Arnault’s LVMH fell 2.6% in Paris trading. Musk and the 74-year-old Frenchman have been neck-and-neck…
Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid has been a hit with critics, but the casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel has brought racists and alt-right critics out in force. And efforts to scuttle the film’s success has led one…
Memorial Day is usually a time for families to fire up the backyard grill, invite the neighbors over, and enjoy the sunshine over hot dogs and hamburgers—and, yes, beer. But when the coolers were cracked open this weekend, fewer and…