David Pierson

Amazon and Whole Foods could revolutionize grocery delivery. But do shoppers want it?

June 3, 2018 at 7:27 p.m.

A giant in the technology industry had a bold idea: reinvent the way people shop, rendering grocery stores a quaint reminder of the past. That company was Webvan, and it...

A worker collects items for customer orders on Cyber Monday, Nov. 28, at an Amazon warehouse in San Bernardino.

Amazon is buying more than Whole Foods — it’s getting 460 potential warehouses and showrooms

August 22, 2019 at 4:47 a.m.

Amazon can ship books, furniture and clothing across the Pacific Ocean in what feels like a blink of an eye. But when it comes to delivering fresh groceries to your...

Senior advisor Stephen K. Bannon, left, watches as President Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, at the White House in February. Musk quit the two presidential advisory councils he sat on over Trump's climate policies.

Why are so many CEOs bashing Trump over Paris accord? Money, what else?

August 22, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

Leaders of industries haven't historically been leaders on climate change. Then why would Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Bob Iger and Jeff Immelt — a veritable who's who of Fortune magazine...

Made in USA tags to be sewn into shorts, shirts and jackets at Birdwell, a surfwear company founded in 1961 that makes its goods in Santa Ana.

As Trump pushes for U.S. manufacturing, ‘Made in America’ is losing its luster in the fashion world

June 30, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

Buyers from all over the world flock to Gitman Bros. to get a piece of timeless American style: oxford shirts, plaids and rep ties often cut slightly slimmer to appeal...

Shown are the remnants of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which was destroyed along with its payload in a Sept. 1 explosion at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX delays rocket launch because of bad weather

August 22, 2019 at 2:38 a.m.

SpaceX postponed a scheduled launch of its Falcon 9 rocket Sunday because of high winds and rain at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The launch would have been the company's first...

What happened when Silicon Valley was summoned to Trump Tower

August 22, 2019 at 2:22 a.m.

It wasn't so much a reckoning as a reboot. The nation's top tech executives couldn't know what to expect when they headed to Trump Tower in Manhattan on Wednesday for...

Heather Spohr of Thousand Oaks has been blocked from Donald Trump's Twitter account since she called the president-elect "repulsive" on the social media platform last year.

What it’s like to be blocked by the incoming president of the United States on Twitter

August 22, 2019 at 2:10 a.m.

Heather Spohr didn't vote for Donald Trump, but that doesn't mean she's not interested in keeping up with what her soon-to-be president has been saying. That hasn't been so easy...

After Trump’s win, even some in Silicon Valley wonder: Has Facebook grown too influential?

August 22, 2019 at 1:52 a.m.

Hillary Clinton was the choice of nearly every American newspaper editorial board. It didn't matter. When it comes to influencing public opinion, the 2016 presidential election demonstrated with sobering effect...

From left: Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti, Honest Company Founder Jessica Alba, Amy Wakeland and Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Sean Kane cut the ribbon at the Honest Company's new headquarters in Los Angeles on March 30, 2016.

If Silicon Valley is all about ‘disruption,’ why do they seem content to sell us razor blades?

March 27, 2019 at 10:02 p.m.

Stance, a maker of luxury socks, has raised $86 million. Dollar Shave Club, a grooming company that supplies subscribers with razors and moistened bathroom wipes, has amassed more than $160...

Facebook bolsters its video streaming tool with new features

May 23, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

In the two months since Facebook made its video broadcasting tool available to all users, the social network has found people are 10 times more likely to write a comment...

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