Last month, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella teased “one of the most significant updates of Windows of the past decade,” and on Thursday the company is planning to present it to the public. Refreshing the 35-year-old operating system can result in additional revenue growth for the world’s second-most valuable public company, behind only Apple. Over time, the new Windows will likely be widely […] Read more
Google explains how accurate the average position metric is in Search Console’s search performance report. Google’s John Mueller answers a question regarding the accuracy of the average position metric which appears in the search performance report in Search Console. This question is answered in the latest installment of the Ask Googlebot video series on the […] Read more
As a vice chairman at major management consultancy firm Korn Ferry, Alicia Yi has risen through the ranks of female leadership and is today responsible for helping top companies improve and diversify their senior teams. It’s a career path that has required major jumps, including living and working across continents, and taking on roles as one […] Read more
Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has been chosen by the government to crack down on social media companies over how they deal with harmful content. The watchdog will be handed new powers by London, allowing it to impose a “duty of care” on technology giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter to ensure they take a proactive […] Read more
In the past five years, workplaces have had many conversations about harassment and equality, with the rise of the Me Too and Time’s Up movements. But as a result, has anything really changed for women? That’s what the fifth annual “Women in the Workplace” study from consulting firm McKinsey and Company and the organization Lean […] Read more
Chinese state-run television network CCTV said it was suspending the current broadcast arrangements for the NBA’s preseason games in China. Tencent, which owns the digital streaming rights for NBA in China, said it would also “temporarily suspend” the preseason broadcast arrangements. It follows a tweet made by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey in which […] Read more
Zuckerberg blasts Elizabeth Warren’s plan to break up Facebook and says it’s an ‘existential’ threat
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the company’s challenges in two hours of leaked audio from internal meetings published in part by The Verge on Tuesday. The audio from two July Q&A meetings with employees provides a glance into Zuckerberg’s thoughts on key issues facing his company while not under the spotlight of press cameras or […] Read more
With the U.S. 2020 presidential election looming, Facebook on Tuesday said it will not fact check or remove content posted posted by politicians even if it is in violation of the company’s rules. The company will treat speech from politicians as newsworthy content that should be seen and heard, wrote Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president […] Read more
As more video-streaming services flood the market, professional sports leagues are finding themselves in an increasingly precarious situations, because they’re not included in the packages. At this week’s Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, some of the top sports executives gathered to discuss the future of sports. We spoke to the commissioners of […] Read more
A number of prominent Hollywood studios have said this week that they will reconsider filming their projects in Georgia if the “Heartbeat Law” is enacted. The law is scheduled to go into effect in January if it survives a legal challenge filed by the ACLU. While several companies said they respect due process and would […] Read more
