Stewart Butterfield, CEO and co-founder of Slack, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 10, 2019. Gerry Miller | CNBC Microsoft might be the primary competitor for Slack, but the widespread adoption of Microsoft’s software is not a major problem for Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of
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Jeff Bezos announces Blue Moon, a lunar landing vehicle for the Moon, during a Blue Origin event in Washington, DC, May 9, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is looking to expand its empire and Morgan Stanley believes Jeff Bezos‘ ambitious satellite internet plan may become one of its most lucrative businesses.
Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon | Hulton Archive | Getty Images Wind turbines in Scotland generated 9,831,320 megawatt hours between January and June 2019, WWF Scotland said Monday. The numbers, which were supplied by WeatherEnergy, mean that Scottish wind generated enough electricity to power the equivalent of 4.47 million homes for six months. That is almost double
A tourist guide holds an umbrella featuring a panda pattern in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China. Guang Niu | Getty Images China released second-quarter figures on Monday showing that its economy slowed to 6.2% — the weakest rate in at least 27 years, as the country’s trade war with the U.S. took its