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This week: Google's bottom-up worker revolution is a shot against the reign of corporate stockholders Sundar Pichai AP Photo/Virginia Mayo If this were a normal year, corporate CEOs would be just starting to pack their bags for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where many execs would eagerly preach the virtues of stakeholder capitalism — the notion that companies have obligations to more constituents than just their investors. Davos is a virtual affair this year because of COVID-19, but for Alphabet CEO Sundar P...

This week: Google's bottom-up worker revolution is a shot against the reign of corporate stockholders If this were a normal year, corporate CEOs would be just starting to pack their bags for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where many execs would eagerly preach the virtues of stakeholder capitalism - the notion that companies have obligations to more constituents than just their investors. Advertisement Google's parent company, the stakeholder capitalism debate has suddenly become more real than any speech they would have heard in Switzerland. The new Alphabet Workers Union, l...

2020 is almost over (finally).  But before we close the book on this difficult and eventful year, it's worth reviewing some of the big developments in tech that defined 2020 and will shape the months and years to come. Readers of the Insider Tech newsletter have followed all the industry's twists and turns in this weekly report (subscribe here to get Insider Tech in your inbox every Wednesday). Highlighted below, in this special edition of this newsletter, are some of the top stories reported by Business Insider's crew of intrepid journalists this past year. Note: Insider Tech will be back t...

The 10 stories that defined tech in 2020 - and reveal what to expect in 2021 and beyond The 10 stories that defined tech in 2020 - and reveal what to expect in 2021 and beyond Alexei OreskovicJan 1, 2021, 02:47 IST Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity; Olivia Reaney/Business Insider 2020 is almost over (finally). But before we close the book on this difficult and eventful year, it's worth reviewing some of the big developments in tech that defined 2020 and will shape the months and years to come. Readers of the Insider Tech newsletter have followed all the industry's twists and turns in thi...

This week: Twitter's app abattoir and MacKenzie Scott's $4 billion example Jack Dorsey in 2019. Toby Melville/Reuters Periscope, the livestreaming app, that Twitter acquired in 2015, is going the way of Vine. Twitter announced plans Tuesday to shut down the Periscope standalone app, the latest example of Twitter's odd habit of euthanizing apps that it buys.  Unlike the 2017 shutdown of video-clip-looping app Vine, which came as a shock to many loyal users and for which Twitter never really provided an explanation, Twitter ascr...