David Streitfeld

2 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | David Streitfeld |Teddy Schleifer |Theodore Schleifer

Durante décadas, Larry Ellison se deleitou em ser o executivo do Vale do Silício que realmente sabia como se divertir. Ele gastou cerca de US$ 200 milhões na construção de uma vila imperial de inspiração japonesa perto de Palo Alto, na Califórnia, comprou a sexta maior ilha do Havaí e namorou, casou e se divorciou com um zelo sem fim. Poucos prestavam muita atenção ao que exatamente sua empresa de banco de dados, a Oracle, fazia. Às vezes, nem Ellison.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Streitfeld |Teddy Schleifer |Theodore Schleifer

"Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on," he told Oracle investors last fall. "It's unimpeachable."Also on Mr. Ellison's to-do list is combining thousands of databases into one enormous electronic repository, which can be mined by A.I. That will cure diseases and fix everything else, he told Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, at a symposium on reinventing government held in Dubai in February.

2 months ago | watoday.com.au | David Streitfeld

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2 months ago | smh.com.au | David Streitfeld

By David Streitfeld February 11, 2025 — 6.21am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The older he gets, the more Bill Gates is surprised by what the world dishes up. Take billionaires. There are many now from the tech industry, quite a few with politics that skew forcefully right. “I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of centre,” Gates said.

2 months ago | rethinking65.com | David Streitfeld

The older he gets, the more Bill Gates is surprised by what the world dishes up. Take billionaires. There are many now from the tech industry, quite a few with politics that skew forcefully right. “I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center,” Gates said. “The fact that now there is a significant right-of-center group is a surprise to me.”Or take the evolution of technology in the decades since he began Microsoft and made it one of the world’s most valuable companies.