59 h. ago East Asia is challenging Silicon Valley by being like Silicon Valley used to be

Silicon Valley has been a universal symbol of innovation for decades. Because of its reputation, governments around the world have tried to foster their own versions by investing heavily in tech hubs.

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63 h. ago Recession vibes persist in Silicon Valley despite job growth

Recession vibes persist in Silicon Valley despite job growth  The San Francisco Standard

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3 d. ago The Washington Post: Silicon Valley’s immigrant workers fear targeting from Trump administration

The Washington Post: Silicon Valley’s immigrant workers fear targeting from Trump administration  Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

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3 d. ago Silicon Valley’s immigrant workers fear targeting from Trump administration

Silicon Valley’s immigrant workers fear targeting from Trump administration  The Washington Post

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3 d. ago Trump’s Trade War Pushes Canadian Tech Workers to Rethink Silicon Valley

Canada’s top tech talent has long moved to the US for better opportunities, but Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats are raising questions about how to build a stronger ecosystem at home.

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6 d. ago ‘It was weird, man’: Zuckerberg took Facebook employees to see ‘The Social Network’ when it came out

Mark Zuckerberg may not be the most likable figure in Silicon Valley, but we can empathize with him on this: it would feel really weird if someone made a movie about your life. On YouTubers Colin and Samir’s podcast, Zuckerberg spoke about the one and only time he saw “The Social Network.” “It was weird, […]

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1 week ago RFK Jr.'s former running mate rules out 2026 CA governor run, hints at activism: 'Watching closely'

Nicole Shanahan, Silicon Valley philanthropist and RFK Jr.'s former running mate, ruled out running for California governor in 2026.

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1 week ago Silicon Valley Failure: 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy in Stunning Collapse

DNA testing company and former Silicon Valley darling 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced the resignation of its co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki. The post Silicon Valley Failure: 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy in Stunning Collapse appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Sequoia shutters Washington, D.C., office, lets go of policy team

Sequoia will shutter its Washington, D.C., office and part ways with the policy team there at the end of March, TechCrunch has confirmed. The news comes — and is somewhat in contrast — with the other prominent VC firms in Silicon Valley strengthening their ties with Capitol Hill and the new Trump administration. Andreessen Horowitz, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago JD Vance recalls his wife texting him under table at Silicon Valley dinner: 'These people are f

Vice President JD Vance recalled what a tech CEO told him at a dinner event, years ago, and noted that his wife texted him under the table.

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2 w. ago The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build ‘Heaven on Earth’

Is work religion, or is religion work? Both.

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3 w. ago Intel hires former board member as new CEO in struggling chipmaker's latest comeback attempt

Struggling chipmaker Intel has hired former board member and semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the latest in a succession of CEOs to attempt to turn around a once-dominant company that helped define Silicon Valley.

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3 w. ago Opinion | How Musk and Silicon Valley boys came to rule politics

Opinion | How Musk and Silicon Valley boys came to rule politics  The Washington Post

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3 w. ago Waymo expands its driverless robotaxi service into Silicon Valley

Waymo expands its driverless robotaxi service into Silicon Valley  San Francisco Chronicle

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3 w. ago Waymo expands its robotaxi service again, this time to parts of Silicon Valley

Waymo expands its robotaxi service again, this time to parts of Silicon Valley  CNBC

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3 w. ago Tech giant that moved from Silicon Valley to Texas laying off 2,500

Tech giant that moved from Silicon Valley to Texas laying off 2,500  San Francisco Chronicle

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4 w. ago Embattled Silicon Valley school district faces questions about lavish teacher housing

Embattled Silicon Valley school district faces questions about lavish teacher housing  San Francisco Chronicle

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4 w. ago A quarter of startups in YC’s current cohort have codebases that are almost entirely AI

With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code. One of the newest examples is the current batch of Y Combinator, the storied Silicon Valley startup accelerator. A quarter of the W25 startup batch have 95% of their codebases generated by AI, YC managing […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 w. ago Anna Patterson’s Ceramic.ai looks to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently

Anna Patterson has had a storied career in Silicon Valley. She founded three startups, including search engine upstarts Xift and Cuil, as well as recall.archive.org, which became the Internet Archive. She was the vice president of engineering at Google, and later on started Gradient Ventures, an AI-focused seed fund. And she isn’t done building. Patterson […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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