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Facebook has been publicly searching for a solution to harassment, hate speech and bullying on the site for years — and at the same time, less publicly, the company has been honing its internal approach to these subjects. Today, Facebook published its US harassment policy, in full, in an attempt to “be as transparent as […]
Sarah Jacobs/Business Insider • PayPal recently expanded its Manhattan office. • The online payments system shares the space with Venmo, which it acquired in 2013. • Business Insider stopped by the office to check out the space and perks. PayPal is in a good place, right now. Markets Insider reported its latest earnings report sent […]
Sarah Jacobs/Business Insider What do you picture when you imagine a hedge-fund office? A noisy trading floor full of hedge-fund guys in fleece vests? Two Sigma, a $ 45 billion hedge-fund firm that uses advanced technologies to find investment opportunities, is a little different. The firm, which says it has seen head count grow by […]
Ripcord, a startup that’s using robotics, machine vision, and artificial intelligence to create what it calls the “truly paperless workplace,” has raised $ 40 million in a series B round of funding led by Icon Ventures, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. The funds constitute $ 25 million in equity financing and […]
Spoof ads are appearing all around Google offices in California after the tech giant fired an engineer over a politically incorrect internal memo. A free speech protest has also been organized against Google over the controversy. On Friday, a street artist who goes by the name Sabo took credit for plastering anti-Google fake ads just […]
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Enlarge / Alexander Ljung, CEO and co-founder of SoundCloud, seen here in 2013. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) SoundCloud announced Thursday that it would be closing its San Francisco and London offices—firing 173 employees, or around 40 percent of its staff. The Berlin-based company has been struggling for years: it reported losses of over […]
Norman Foster has a qualm about Apple’s new headquarters: What happens when people stop driving? The post Apple’s Architect Says the Future of Offices Must Be Flexible appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
Sarah Jacobs Who says offices have to be boring? Not everyone toils the day away in a drab cubicle farm. There are some pretty incredible offices out there. At Business Insider, we’ve gone on numerous virtual and in-person tours of amazing workspaces — including those of Facebook, Twitter, and Spotify. Here’s a glimpse of some […]
A few years ago, Marvel Studios moved from their Manhattan Beach offices to the Walt Disney Studios lot. And yesterday, for the first time, Disney has opened the door to press. On Monday afternoon, I visited the new Marvel offices in Burbank. Here’s what I saw. The Marvel Studios offices are located on the second floor of […]
