Google employees get private Lizzo concert as they return to the office
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Google hires Lizzo to perform for return-to-office “celebration” among thousands of employees Emma Wong @_emwong_ For years, Google lured people to its sprawling Silicon Valley campus with the promise of amazing perks, like gourmet meals from top chefs and massages. Now, there’s Lizzo. Earlier this month, as Google officially started […]
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TikTok looms large in tech earnings reports as digital ad giants struggle to keep up
Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images As the heart of tech earnings season wraps up, one persistent theme has been weakness in the digital ad market. The war in Ukraine, rising inflation, Apple’s privacy changes and an overall pullback in ad spending help explain why Facebook, Google, Amazon and Twitter all reported disappointing revenue […]
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Facebook forecast points to possible revenue drop for the first time after decade of growth
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, October 23, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters Prior to the first quarter of this year, Facebook’s revenue growth had never sunk into the single digits. In the second quarter, it may not grow at all. Though shares of Facebook […]
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Alphabet CFO warns of another potentially weak quarter
Alphabet executives on their Q1 earnings conference call warned Q2 will show more deceleration. Source
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Alphabet reports miss on earnings and revenue
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures while speaking during a discussion on artificial intelligence at the Bruegel European economic think tank in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet reported first quarter earnings after the bell. Here are the results: Earnings per share (EPS): $24.62 per share, vs. […]
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Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter leaves many key questions unanswered
SpaceX founder Elon Musk reacts at a post-launch news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifted off on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters The Twitter board has agreed […]
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A members-only club for female executives is coming to San Francisco with the help of Google’s cash
Chief co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan Photos courtesy of Chief As companies see a record number of women leaving their jobs in “the Great Resignation,” Google parent Alphabet is putting money behind an initiative that could help them stay. Launched in 2019, Chief is a membership-based company for female executives that’s designed to provide […]
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Check out Google’s new Hudson River campus in Manhattan, a magnet for New York talent
Google officially opened its new mixed-use campus on New York’s Hudson River that includes a two-acre rooftop and public gathering spaces. Photo courtesy of Google As Google employees return to campus life following over two years of remote work, the company has a splashy new office for workers in New York. Google has officially opened […]
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Tesla shares dip after CEO Elon Musk makes bid to buy Twitter
Customers experience new energy electric vehicles at a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, On December 4, 2021. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Tesla shares were down about 3.5% Thursday after company CEO Elon Musk offered to buy social media company Twitter. Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, or about […]
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Here are Google’s most important US real estate investments in 2022
Google has dozens of real estate projects around the U.S., and it says at least 20 key projects will receive investments this year to the tune of nearly $10 billion. In a blog post Wednesday, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted country-wide offices and data centers either under construction or opening in 2022. In […]
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