Salesforce’s chief trust officer is leaving less than 18 months in the role, internal memo shows
Salesforce Chief Trust Officer Vikram Rao is leaving the company, according to an internal memo. Salesforce’s president said Rao is taking a “new opportunity” and his last day is Oct. 15. Rao started the role in June 2022 and just returned from a sabbatical, a person familiar said. According to an internal memo obtained by…
Leaked screenshot shows Amazon is now tracking individual employee office attendance records, reversing its anonymized data policy
Amazon now shares individual office attendance records with its employees. It’s the latest move to force employees back to the office. Amazon’s return-to-office process has been unusually contentious. As the company doubles down on forcing employees back into the office, Amazon is now tracking and sharing individual office attendance records, reversing an old policy. According…
I made $107,000 last year doing voice-overs. Here’s how I started with an online course and grew to doing work for Warner Bros, Pepsi, and Google.
Christopher Tester, an actor, started offering voice-overs on Fiverr in 2017 as a side hustle. Within six months, he was making more from his voice-over work than in acting and producing. He told Insider about his brand deals and how he had changed his work in response to AI. This essay is based on an interview…
A financially independent, 32-year-old options trader who started investing in high school shares 2 strategies that helped him return 25% a year on average for the past 5 years — and 52% in his best year
Encouraged by a high school teacher, Erik Smolinski started investing in the stock market as a teen. He’s been actively trading since and today, at 32, is a financially independent multimillionaire. He shared strategies he’s used over his trading career that have helped create outsized returns. Erik Smolinski began working odd jobs at the age…
White House: GOP has all the control over potential shutdown
Administration official: “The ball is completely in their court.” The White House maintains that averting a government shutdown is entirely up to House Republicans: “The ball is completely in their court,” a White House official told CNN on Wednesday, just three days before the end-of-month funding deadline. White House aides have been closely monitoring Capitol…
Trump heads to non-union Michigan factory to spar with Biden for union votes
The former president is addressing a non-unionized auto parts supplier in Clinton Township DETROIT (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be in battleground Michigan on Wednesday night, working to win over blue-collar voters in the midst of an autoworkers’ strike, as his Republican rivals gather onstage in California for their second primary debate. The…
Pok Pok chef’s award-winning Thai food comes to the Bay Area
Crispy wings, curry and more at Local Kitchens in Cupertino, Lafayette, Palo Alto Chicken wings that are crispy. Sweet potatoes with red curry. Soup with coconut curry noodles. Northern Thai recipes from James Beard Award-winning chef Andy Ricker, founder of the well-known Pok Pok restaurants, are now available in the Bay Area at Local Kitchens…
Ask the Pediatrician: What are some no-cost, screen-free activities to play with my preschooler?
Most parents want to do more for their children than their parents did for them. But have you ever noticed how children can have so much fun with something as simple as a cardboard box? Simple toys like blocks, balls, jump ropes, and buckets are often the best kind for kids when it comes to…
What to stream: A grab bag of new releases and returning reality shows
Thankfully, over the weekend, the Writers Guild of America and major Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement, putting an end to 146 days of picketing. While pencils aren’t back in the hands of the guild’s TV and film writers, it’s a good sign that new productions are on the way. There’s still an interesting mix…
