Bill Gates Sr., Father Of Microsoft Co-Founder, Dies At 94 "My dad's wisdom, generosity, empathy, and humility had a huge influence on people around the world," Gates wrote in a tribute to his father. Suzanne Nuyen
Hastings Writes About Netflix's Cultural Reinvention In 'No Rules Rules' Netflix added 26 million subscribers so far this year. Reed Hastings co-founder and CEO of the streaming service credits the company's unorthodox office culture for its meteoric rise. Bobby Allyn
Long Before Cambridge Analytica And Facebook, Simulmatics Linked Data And Politics In "If Then," author and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore unearths Simulmatics' story and makes the argument that the company paved the way for our 21st-century obsession with data and prediction. Shannon Bond
Microsoft, Oracle Lose Bids For TikTok, According To China State TV In a surprise move, ByteDance rejects a bid made by tech giant Microsoft to acquire the U.S. assets of hit video-sharing app TikTok. The company also spurned Oracle. Bobby Allyn
ByteDance Rejects Offers For TikTok's U.S. Operations With its deadline to sell or be banned in the U.S. fast approaching, Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it will not sell TikTok to either Microsoft or Oracle. That's according to China state TV. Bobby Allyn
Google Will Block Its Autocomplete Suggestions For Some Election-Related Searches The company said its new policy would eliminate search predictions that could be seen as favoring a political candidate or as making claims about "the integrity or legitimacy of electoral processes." Jason Slotkin
Microsoft Warns Russian Spies Who Hacked 2016 Election Are Back Microsoft says it found the Russian spies who hacked the 2016 election, and they are targeting political parties again. The company says more than 200 organizations have been targeted since 2019 Miles Parks
Fortnite Fight: CEO Explains Why He Launched War Against Apple, Google The Epic Games CEO tells NPR that the tech titans are abusing their power and exploiting developers by demanding a 30% cut of every app purchase made on a smartphone or tablet. Bobby Allyn
Twitter's New Rules Aim To Prevent Confusion Around The 2020 Vote Twitter will label or remove posts that spread misinformation. Social media companies are under pressure to curb the spread of false claims and prevent interference from foreign and domestic actors. Shannon Bond
California Scientists Build A Camera To Take Pictures Of Huge Swath Of Sky Scientists and engineers in California are building a unique 3.2 billion pixel camera for a telescope under construction in Chile. The camera has taken its first test pictures — of broccoli. Joe Palca