• This colorful billionaire reportedly played outsized role in recent market rally

    This colorful billionaire reportedly played outsized role in recent market rally

    The mystery player behind the unprecedented summer-long rally in tech stocks appears to be the colorful billionaire CEO of Japanese conglomerate Softbank. Masayoshi Son, known for making big plays in tech giants like Alibaba and Uber, has spent billions of dollars buying options on individual tech stocks starting in the spring, according to multiple reports …
  • Big Tech CEOs Bezos, Zuckerberg, others to appear before Congress

    Big Tech CEOs Bezos, Zuckerberg, others to appear before Congress

    Big Tech will be under the spotlight once again on Wednesday, as the CEOs of the largest companies in the industry will face a grilling before Congress. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple chief Tim Cook are scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust …
  • Google’s self-driving car company Waymo loses head of safety

    Google’s self-driving car company Waymo loses head of safety

    A top executive overseeing safety issues at Google’s self-driving car company Waymo has left the company. Debbie Hersman is stepping down as chief safety officer after just over a year on the job, Waymo said Thursday, and will instead serve as a consultant to the company. Hersman, the former chair of the US National Transportation …