Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies.

The top executive didn’t inform the board of directors about some reports, including alleged rapes. The company is facing multiple regulatory investigations.

The social-media executive, who dated the Activision Blizzard CEO, was part of a campaign to persuade the U.K. tabloid to shelve a potential article.

Federal regulators have launched an investigation into Activision Blizzard, including how the videogame company handled employees’ allegations of sexual misconduct and workplace discrimination.

Pressed by businesses, interest groups and governments, the internet giant uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and an army of contractors to shape what you see.

The $160 billion business-software company has joined the tech industry’s retrenchment, laying off thousands.

Palmer Luckey, co-founder of virtual-reality pioneer Oculus, was ousted after his political activity sparked a furor within the social-media giant and Silicon Valley. His firing was one of the...

A Wall Street Journal investigation shows how dubious copyright complaints citing 1998 law led the search giant to make unfavorable articles vanish. “We worked hard to reveal corruption,” says an...

The videogame giant’s actions have come in the wake of pressure from investors, business partners and employees to address complaints over its handling of misconduct issues.

Federal prosecutors are scrutinizing personal benefits Tesla may have provided Elon Musk since 2017—longer than previously known—as part of a criminal investigation examining issues including a...

Entrepreneurs including Elon Musk and Sergey Brin are part of a psychedelic movement that proponents hope will expand minds, enhance lives and produce business breakthroughs.

Tesla chief’s liaison with Google co-founder’s wife led to couple’s divorce filing, according to people familiar with the matter.

The inspirational executive seemed to lose his way after moving to a mansion in Utah and giving up his corporate role, including a starvation diet and fascination with fire.

Facebook’s parent has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom it accused of improperly taking over user accounts.

After the tech executive died in a stabbing, some were quick to blame San Francisco’s street violence. The truth was more shocking.

The top executive didn’t inform the board of directors about some reports, including alleged rapes. The company is facing multiple regulatory investigations.

A Wall Street Journal investigation found hundreds of instances in which day-care centers were incorrectly listed on Care.com as state-licensed, and nine caregivers with criminal records who later...

Pressed by businesses, interest groups and governments, the internet giant uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and an army of contractors to shape what you see.

The U.K. Parliament released internal Facebook emails that lawmakers said show how executives at the social-media company, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, gave some developers special access to user...

Palmer Luckey, co-founder of virtual-reality pioneer Oculus, was ousted after his political activity sparked a furor within the social-media giant and Silicon Valley. His firing was one of the...

Facebook struck customized data-sharing deals that gave select companies special access to user records well after the point in 2015 that the social network has said it walled off that information.

The company faces a question likely to consume the tech industry: How much responsibility should it assume for safety problems on its site? It has taken some recent steps, but former employees say...

The group that surrounded the late Zappos boss comprised a dozen or so men and women drawing salary and commissions from his $840 million fortune. They helped sustain his drug habit, protected him...

Advisers on touchy issues include Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and, on the left, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Their involvement behind the...

Facebook and other competitors host the same videos, but engineers have made changes that effectively preference YouTube—owned by Google—over other video sources. Journal tests show YouTube usually...

Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh

Online child-care marketplace Care.com plans to overhaul its business model to include in-depth background checks for caregivers following heightened scrutiny of its vetting practices.

Users with account problems go to extreme lengths to reach someone, anyone, for customer service. “I have never been able to speak to a human.”

Hired last year as the home-sharing giant’s first “chief trust officer,” former FBI official Sean Joyce left six months later over concerns about how Airbnb shared data on millions of its users with...

The entrepreneur is laying plans for a new community outside Austin next to Boring and SpaceX facilities, dubbed Snailbrook. Entities tied to Mr. Musk’s companies or executives have purchased at...

The group that surrounded the late Zappos boss comprised a dozen or so men and women drawing salary and commissions from his $840 million fortune. They helped sustain his drug habit, protected him...

Advisers on touchy issues include Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and, on the left, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Their involvement behind the...

Facebook struck customized data-sharing deals that gave select companies special access to user records well after the point in 2015 that the social network has said it walled off that information.

Tony Hsieh wanted to make the world a happier place. In the end he couldn’t find a sense of peace himself.

Doctors say there’s no magical food that can cause contractions to start, but that hasn’t stopped parents-to-be from lining up for the ‘Prego’.

Pressed by businesses, interest groups and governments, the internet giant uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and an army of contractors to shape what you see.

Mission Local is told that San Francisco police this morning arrested a suspect, Nima Momeni, in the April 4 killing of tech exec Bob Lee.

Entrepreneurs including Elon Musk and Sergey Brin are part of a psychedelic movement that proponents hope will expand minds, enhance lives and produce business breakthroughs.

Kanye West and Marc Andreessen got owner’s attention after his takeover of the platform now called X.

What would you do with an extra hour each day? For many people, the answer is…work more.

The top executive didn’t inform the board of directors about some reports, including alleged rapes. The company is facing multiple regulatory investigations.

Entrepreneurs including Elon Musk and Sergey Brin are part of a psychedelic movement that proponents hope will expand minds, enhance lives and produce business breakthroughs.

Bill Hwang’s appetite for risk and big, debt-fueled bets backfired spectacularly. Banks loved the fees they earned from the former hedge-fund manager, and were stunned to learn the extent of his...

Activision Blizzard, one of the world's biggest videogame makers, is facing multiple investigations over sexual harassment and workplace misconduct. WSJ's Kirsten Grind looks at the CEO helming the...

Security employees at the online marketplace allegedly orchestrated deliveries of live cockroaches, pornographic videos and a mask of a bloody pig’s head. The U.S. attorney’s office is investigating...

Users with account problems go to extreme lengths to reach someone, anyone, for customer service. “I have never been able to speak to a human.”

Authorities are looking into at least one meeting between Bobby Kotick, the chief of the videogame firm, and one of three traders who made a timely options trade just before a merger announcement.

Remote-learning plans by schools have parents crafting ways to get children out of the house. ‘We’re calling it dome school,’ said one enterprising mother who erected a geodesic polyhedron in her...

After the tech executive died in a stabbing, some were quick to blame San Francisco’s street violence. The truth was more shocking.

Her husband bought Nipton 35 years ago on a whim; she’s been trying to sell it for years—trading post, ‘desert art’ and ghost included.

Some sold in January 2020 when the government began mobilizing against the threat. Others bought shares as a market-rescue plan was taking shape.

Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies.

Dumpster divers say it’s easy to list discarded toys, electronics and books on the retailer’s platform, where just about anyone can set up shop. So we decided to try.

Once criticized for “soft” coverage of Trump, the paper is back to producing scoops. But newsroom morale remains a problem.

Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh

Videogame giant Activision has been thrown into turmoil by multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including rape and sexual harassment, and the mistreatment of female employees dating back years....

The CEO, who splits his time between two companies, delegates most major business decisions in part so he can pursue his personal passions—including an intense curiosity about others. His management...

It is becoming hard to know what is legitimate and what is jest in early-stage technology

Plans for Tesla’s secret “Project 42” called for an unusual-looking glass structure in the Austin, Texas, area.

A heralded effort to bring Silicon Valley tech giants including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon together with investors and the White House on tools to fight the coronavirus is fizzling.

The tech giant, trying to navigate an age of heightened political disagreement, struggles to tame a workplace culture of nonstop debate. Often organized by small groups of employees, the discussions...

The protest occurred after a WSJ report on the chief executive’s handling of sexual misconduct issues at the videogame company.

Pressed by businesses, interest groups and governments, the internet giant uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and an army of contractors to shape what you see.

Palmer Luckey, co-founder of virtual-reality pioneer Oculus, was ousted after his political activity sparked a furor within the social-media giant and Silicon Valley. His firing was one of the...

Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network, though it didn’t find evidence of misuse. The company opted not to disclose the issue this past...

Care.com, the country’s largest marketplace for babysitters and other caregivers, unveiled a set of policies aimed at overseeing its members and said it had taken steps to remove fake day-care center...

With travel nearly at a standstill, the home-sharing giant is facing increasing losses and doubts about its planned public listing.