The application of artificial intelligence in evolution research led scientists to discover an unknown human ancestor.
At the World Economic Forum being held in Davos, Switzerland, several United Nations agencies announced an e-waste management initiative, while Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made a donation for cleaning up Earth's oceans.
San Francisco voters have passed Prop C, which looks to place a tax on local businesses to help the homeless population in the city.
Marc and Lynne Benioff will not be involved in the day-to-day operations or journalistic decisions, which will continue to be led by Time's current executive leadership team, the company said.
The office will aim to cut government red tape and inefficient bureaucratic functioning, while also fulfilling key campaign promises such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction.
After a divisive campaign, tech leaders and president-elect Donald Trump will allegedly have a roundtable meeting next week in New York.
Silicon Valley was a huge supporter of Hillary Clinton prior to Tuesday's defeat to Donald Trump. The Valley's response after Trump's win has been mixed.
Why Walt Disney Co. did not place a bid on Twitter.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has walked away from bidding on Twitter, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Twitter's future is in the air according to new reports.
Google and Walt Disney, widely expected to make acquisition bids alongside Salesforce, are reportedly not in the fray anymore.
The initiative, announced Sunday, will use artificial intelligence tools to automate tasks, predict customer behavior and enhance sales.
Worth about $2.8 billion, the acquisition is the software maker’s largest to date, topping its $2.5 billion purchase of ExactTarget in 2013.
The cloud computing company announced Wednesday that Amazon Web Services was its “preferred public cloud infrastructure provider” for its planned international expansion.
The two companies are already partnering in a number key areas in the cloud.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said employees have been given relocation packages to move out of Indiana. This is only the firm's latest response to the state's new religious-freedom law.
Amid protests and negative feedback from business leaders, Republican Gov. Mike Pence gives in to changing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
"This bill is not about discrimination," the state's governor says, but critics including Salesforce.com's CEO disagree.
The plan furthers Satya Nadella's drive to make the company more cloud-computing friendly.
Day 2 of Macworld 2014 kicked off with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel discussing how social data will be used in the future.
On Tuesday, a discussion between Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff was interrupted by a small group of protesters.
Shares of Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the customer-relationship management software developer, jumped nearly 9 percent Wednesday.
