Daron Acemoglu, Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz, among others, signed a letter defending a one-time 5% tax on individuals whose wealth is above $1 billion. The initiative will be submitted to a vote on November 3
A group of corporate power brokers is responsible for the democratic collapse we are witnessing on a global scale. Through their algorithms, they have managed to trap citizens in a mire of information overload and misinformation, while political leaders improvise in response to each new crisis. When business practices carry an unacceptable moral and human cost, they must be abolished. We did it with child labor. And with slavery
The rise of artificial intelligence is causing shifts in the rankings, with Larry Page, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison in the top five
The proposal to tax the wealth of the ultra-rich at 5% pits the governor against a segment of the electorate that sees it as a direct response to inequality
The author of ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ applauds the EU’s initiatives to curb big tech and calls on the bloc not to bow to pressure from Trump
Besides the quantum leap in storage, Gmail also came equipped with Google’s search technology so users could quickly retrieve a tidbit from an old email, photo or other personal information stored on the service
Most of the world’s 20 largest fortunes increased thanks to the strong performance of tech companies and rising stock prices
The company’s ad revenue during the final six months of last year dropped 5% from the previous year
