In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to “act on our behalf across our work and life.”.

As the national decline of volunteerism rates deepens, both corporations and nonprofits are now looking for something more useful.

E-commerce giant Amazon and business software maker Salesforce are the latest U.S. tech companies to announce major job cuts.

Business-software company Salesforce says it will help employees leave Texas if they are worried about a new law that severely restricts abortion in the state.

In a deal announced Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft. But software as a service has become an industry standard that has turned into a gold mine for longtime software makers. Slack and Salesforce are headquartered about a block away from each other in San Francisco. Slack," Benioff said.

Critics say the influx of tech companies and their well-paid workers has contributed to the ongoing housing crisis. "Affordable housing means stability and dignity, opportunity and pride," said Apple CEO Tim Cook in a press release. Google pledged $1 billion in June to redevelop company-owned land for affordable housing and created an investment fund to incentivize developers to build at least 5,000 affordable housing units in the region. The housing issue has received national attention and was a topic of major debate during the last California state election. As tech companies expand, their high-paid employees create a supply-demand imbalance for housing, sending California's home prices through the roof.

Getty(CNN) - The old adage from Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman that "the business of business is business" is dead, says Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Stakeholders aren't just those who invest in the company, Benioff says, but those in the surrounding community and beyond. But Salesforce, Benioff claims, is already following that model. You cannot wash your hands of your responsibility to the public schools or to the homeless or to whoever," Benioff said. "This is a time where tech CEOs are really confronted with some extremely difficult situations," Benioff said.