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It’s official: Data visualization has gone mainstream

When the United States president is showing a Sharpie-doctored chart, you know data visualization isn’t hovering at the margins anymore.

It’s official: Data visualization has gone mainstream

Salesforce is putting an Alexa-like voice assistant in the boardroom

The customer management software giant will let users speak with—and get advice from—its Einstein artificial intelligence system.

Salesforce is putting an Alexa-like voice assistant in the boardroom

Gucci took action on climate change. Now it’s daring other companies to do the same

The $8.8 billion fashion giant is offsetting the carbon footprint of its entire supply chain. CEO Marco Bizzarri is challenging other business leaders to join him.

Gucci took action on climate change. Now it’s daring other companies to do the same

Salesforce’s Marc Benioff: ‘I was in unexplored territory for a CEO’

The cofounder of San Francisco’s largest company on giving back, taking stands, and trying to goad other tech executives into doing the same.

Salesforce’s Marc Benioff: ‘I was in unexplored territory for a CEO’

Here’s why we need more diversity in AI

At the Fast Company European Innovation Festival in Milan today, tech executives discussed how artificial intelligence is only as good as the data that trains it.

Here’s why we need more diversity in AI

Salesforce is acquiring data viz company Tableau for $15.7 billion

Is this the biggest acquisition of a data visualization company of all time?

Salesforce is acquiring data viz company Tableau for $15.7 billion

Schools are using software to help pick who gets in. What could go wrong?

Admissions officers are increasingly turning to automation and AI with the hope of streamlining the application process and leveling the playing field.

Schools are using software to help pick who gets in. What could go wrong?

Marc Benioff hopes to dent America’s homeless crisis with $30M research project

Salesforce’s co-CEO donates $30 million to create a homelessness research center at the University of California, San Francisco.

Marc Benioff hopes to dent America’s homeless crisis with $30M research project

These are the companies where most U.S. employees want to work

The most sought-after companies today are some of the largest, best known tech organizations.

These are the companies where most U.S. employees want to work

50 women are suing Salesforce for allegedly profiting from sex trafficking

The lawsuit stems from Backpage.com’s use of Salesforce products

50 women are suing Salesforce for allegedly profiting from sex trafficking

Politics are tearing tech companies apart, says new survey

A survey commissioned by a conservative group shows most tech workers identify as moderate, but the findings leave plenty of room for the right or left to argue about bias.

Politics are tearing tech companies apart, says new survey

Why Salesforce, Gap, Bloomberg, and others are teaming up to buy solar

In a new clean energy deal, five companies are pooling their resources to fund a solar project in North Carolina, hopefully paving the way for more companies to collaborate on clean energy investments.

Why Salesforce, Gap, Bloomberg, and others are teaming up to buy solar

Stanford students are vowing not to work at Salesforce over its border patrol deal

Dozens of students have signed a pledge to not intern or work for Salesforce unless it drops its contract with Customs and Border Protection.

Stanford students are vowing not to work at Salesforce over its border patrol deal

This tech CEO is offering a $1 million donation to inspire tech companies to help fight homelessness

The CEO of the booming startup Twilio will put $1 million of company’s money toward alleviating homeless problems, urging other tech leaders to pony up, too.

This tech CEO is offering a $1 million donation to inspire tech companies to help fight homelessness

Silicon Valley voters just demanded that tech companies be responsible for their communities

Three Bay Area cities approved new taxes to help even out the income divide. They may inspire a movement across the state and country.

Silicon Valley voters just demanded that tech companies be responsible for their communities

With the passage of Prop C, San Francisco homeless advocates now have $300 million in new funds

After the landslide victory of the Prop C business tax, San Francisco homeless and housing advocates start planning how to make a difference.

With the passage of Prop C, San Francisco homeless advocates now have $300 million in new funds

Chris Rock and Jewel endorse San Francisco’s tax to help homeless

The comedian and once-homeless musician added star firepower to the controversial $300 million tax to get people off the streets.

Chris Rock and Jewel endorse San Francisco’s tax to help homeless

The dirty political fight to get tech’s richest companies to give less than 1% to the homeless

A ballot initiative that would tax the city’s biggest companies to fund housing services has become an ethical litmus test for technology leaders.

The dirty political fight to get tech’s richest companies to give less than 1% to the homeless

4 steps to prepare your business for a carbon-neutral future

It’s now or never to shift to a low-carbon economy. Businesses need to lead the way. Here’s how.

4 steps to prepare your business for a carbon-neutral future

Marc Benioff just Twitter-shamed Jack Dorsey over San Francisco’s homeless tax plan

Marc Benioff has embraced a proposed business tax to fund housing and homeless programs. Jack Dorsey of taxpayer-funded Twitter has not.

Marc Benioff just Twitter-shamed Jack Dorsey over San Francisco’s homeless tax plan

Tech

3 free cooking resources for people who have no time to cook

How to keep your data from brokers and marketers

Chatbots need to evolve to stay relevant in the age of virtual assistants

News

Can a Supreme Court justice be removed? Yes, and here’s how

Trump’s war on Twitter ban continues with appeal of lawsuit dismissal

In other SCOTUS news: Supreme Court ruling boosts school prayer

Co.Design

Yes, PPE can be reusable. AmorSui is making sure of it

Why ‘recycled’ clothes are so hard to recycle

What does a hybrid office look like? This company has 5 ideas

Work Life

This paradoxical way of thinking can help you build resilience

How ‘new collar workers’ can help companies push past the Great Resignation

Avoid these 9 mistakes when answering interview questions