WhatsApp is forging ahead with a new privacy policy that will expand Facebook's grip on consumer data, despite pressure from users and lawmakers to reverse course — intensifying alarm about Silicon Valley writing its own rules of the road on data...
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Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX) used to be a Silicon Valley darling. Founded in 2007, the company skyrocketed to a $4 billion valuation in 2011, propelled by torrid user growth. Then, after going public in 2018 at a price of $21 per share and a market cap of...
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A recent high profile Silicon Valley hire at Apple has resigned after a group of Apple employees circulated a petition asking for an investigation into his hiring after identifying many absurdly sexist passages in his book. The hire in question is...
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Tech companies have at their heart a modern, insidious version of kitsch.
Kitsch is a German word that, while it usually refers today to cheesy or tacky artwork and decor, originally meant exaggerated sentimentality and melodrama in any realm. The...
Then Vice President Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a California meeting aimed at strengthening Chinese investment in the state. China has now the lead in 5G infrastructure, but experts say don't count Silicon Valley out...
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How did a Silicon Valley startup turn $5 million into what was almost a $740 million windfall in a matter of months?
That might sound like the outcome of an extremely successful business investment, but it’s actually the verdict of a Texas trade...
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There are bureaucratic hurdles, but with some forethought and preparation, startups have a chance to adapt and thrive while working with the Pentagon.
At a time when young companies struggle to find technology sectors not dominated by Silicon...
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It is clear that Black, women, Latinx and LGBTQ+ startup founders face an uphill battle when it comes to getting a share of the VC investment pie in Silicon Valley. Perhaps that’s why Sixty8 Capital, a firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana,...
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In Silicon Valley, what passes for innovation often means copying the hot new thing, and right now that new thing is Clubhouse: an app that provides audio chat rooms for people to discuss whatever they want. Facebook, Twitter, and other major social...
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Pony.ai’s next-generation robotaxi is distinctive because it appears to be missing the cone-shaped LIDAR sensor perched on the roof that’s typical of most autonomous vehicles. That’s because the startup, which is based in Silicon Valley and...
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The complex has a three-acre living roof, rainwater recycling and windows that actually open.
At Microsoft’s Silicon Valley office complex, each desk is no more than 25 feet from nature. Some employees might walk a few feet to step out a...
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Silicon Valley Algorithm Manipulation Is The Only Thing Keeping Mainstream Media Alive
Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com,
The emergence of the internet was met with hope and enthusiasm by people who understood that...
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The Silicon Valley exodus has been overhyped throughout the last year, realtor Mary Pope-Handy says.
Instead, it's been a local migration to more affordable areas with more space and better weather.
But it is...