Jack Dorsey News and Articles

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Jack Dorsey's Bluesky is a decentralized Twitter, clone?

Can Bluesky succeed, or did Mastodon beat them to the decentralized punch?

By Jimmy Pezzone , April 30, 2023, 8:03 AM 20 comments

The Web

Owner of 'first Jack Dorsey tweet' NFT tries to sell it for $48 million, receives $6,200 offer

He paid $2.9 million for the NFT last year

By Rob Thubron , April 14, 2022, 5:18 AM 21 comments

Tech Culture The Web

Jack Dorsey regrets helping create a centralized Internet

Was the early Internet better than today's version?

By Shawn Knight , April 4, 2022, 10:11 AM 30 comments

Hardware Industry

Block confirms plans to build an open Bitcoin mining system

Block wants to make Bitcoin mining more decentralized and accessible

By Shawn Knight , January 14, 2022, 10:44 AM 17 comments

The Web

Jack Dorsey wants to create a legal defense fund for Bitcoin developers

Dorsey has a vested interest in Bitcoin

By Shawn Knight , January 12, 2022, 10:36 AM 13 comments

Industry

Tax prep firm H&R Block sues Jack Dorsey's Block for trademark infringement

It feels Block's name and logo are too similar to its own

By Cohen Coberly , December 16, 2021, 7:13 PM

Industry The Web

After leaving Twitter, Jack Dorsey rebrands Square as Block

Block, a technology company with a focus on financial services

By Shawn Knight , December 2, 2021, 10:31 AM

Industry

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down, replaced by CTO Parag Agrawal effective immediately

Dorsey believes Twitter is ready to move on from its founders

By Shawn Knight , November 29, 2021, 11:12 AM 29 comments

Industry

Square is building a hardware wallet for Bitcoin

Square is further embracing cryptocurrency

By Shawn Knight , July 9, 2021, 9:51 AM

The Web Tech Culture

An NFT of Twitter's very first tweet just sold for nearly $3 million

Jack Dorsey donated the proceeds to charity

By Cal Jeffrey , March 22, 2021, 5:22 PM 16 comments

Industry

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey is donating $1 billion to fund Covid-19 relief

See how that compares to other billionaires' donations

By Rob Thubron , April 8, 2020, 8:19 AM 9 comments

Industry

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he will live in Africa for 3-6 months next year

The executive is a big fan of the continent

By Rob Thubron , November 28, 2019, 5:20 AM 7 comments

Tech Culture

Donald Trump meets Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to discuss social media

After the president complained about Twitter's alleged political bias

By Rob Thubron , April 24, 2019, 7:03 AM 12 comments

Tech Culture The Web

Twitter may allow users to 're-contextualize' tweets

It's not coming any time soon though

By David Matthews , February 15, 2019, 2:34 PM

Drama, Drugs and Data: A Profile of 10 Top Tech CEOs

FEATURE By Rob Thubron, December 27, 2018, 6:11 AM TechSpot Industry

As the heads of some of the largest companies in the world, these chief executive officers make decisions that can affect our daily lives, but just how much do we really know about the filthy rich dudes in positions of power? We examine their careers, personalities, and histories, and make a lot of speculative guesses.