-
+2 +1
Silicon Valley VC sues anonymous blogger over sexually charged allegations
A prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist is suing an anonymous blogger who he says falsely accused him of “sexually taking advantage” of her. Anis Uzzaman, CEO of San Jose-based Fenox Venture Capital, says a post the woman published on a Japanese blogging site in March is hurting his professional reputation, and that of his firm. The unusual lawsuit comes as women in tech increasingly are taking to the blogosphere and social media to complain of sexual harassment and discrimination.
-
+26 +1
Silicon Valley Title Sequence Breakdown
HBO has the best titles sequences on TV and Silicon Valley is no exception. We break down all the little details.
-
+12 +1
Low-income workers who live in RVs are being 'chased out' of Silicon Valley streets
In the ‘highest income region of the universe’, people trying to make ends meet face a ban on vehicles from parking in the same spot for longer than 72 hours. In a Silicon Valley town where the median home value is $2.5m, next to a university with a $22.5bn endowment, not far from a shopping mall with Burberry and Cartier outlets, they present an eye-popping sight: dozens of run-down RVs and trailers parked in a line along a main road.
-
+15 +1
Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment
More than two dozen women in the tech start-up industry spoke to The New York Times about being sexually harassed by investors and mentors.
-
+28 +1
Billionaires dream of immortality. The rest of us worry about healthcare - by Jill Abramson
Last week, as the Senate was still trying to deny healthcare to 22 million fellow Americans, a friend asked me whether I would choose to live forever if I could. We were discussing Silicon Valley billionaires and their investments in new biotechnologies that they hope will enable them to do what no human has ever done: cheat death. The technology includes some dubious treatments, such as being pumped with the blood of much younger people.
-
+30 +1
Ageism is forcing many to look outside Silicon Valley, but tech hubs offer little respite
For years, job hunting over the age of 40 in the youth-obsessed Silicon Valley could prove hazardous to your career. But judging from the experiences of technology workers roaming the country in search of job opportunities elsewhere, ageism is a universal problem in the industry.
-
+29 +1
Pied Piper's New Internet Isn't Just Possible—It's Almost Here
On HBO's Silicon Valley, startups promise to "change the world" by tackling silly, often nonexistent problems. But this season, the show's characters are tackling a project that really could make a difference. In their latest pivot, Richard Hendricks and the Pied Piper gang are trying to create a new internet that cuts out intermediaries like Facebook, Google, and the fictional Hooli. Their idea: Use a peer-to-peer network built atop every smartphone on the planet, effectively rendering huge data centers full of servers unnecessary.
-
+20 +1
One of Silicon Valley's biggest CEOs just backed a universal basic income
Billionaire Silicon Valley bosses are fast becoming a key source of support for the idea of a universal basic income. Mark Zuckerberg and friends are unlikely to ever have to rely on free, no-strings-attached money from the state in order to make ends meet, but the telephone number salaries that their companies dole out have, paradoxically, brought the idea to the fore.
-
+13 +1
Silicon Valley is using H-1B visas to crowd out American minorities
Silicon Valley's highly publicized campaign to hire minorities and women has failed. Black and Hispanic employees combined represent just five percent of the tech workforce, and women are outnumbered three to one, according to a new study from the software firm Atlassian. Yet when Atlassian surveyed over 1,400 tech workers, 94 percent deemed their industry inclusive.
-
+22 +1
Silicon Valley is obsessed with meditation, and there’s new evidence it changes the brain for the better
The idea of sitting in a quiet room doing nothing for a few minutes each day might sound absurd — unless you understand how meditation works. By giving our bustling mind a dedicated break from its day-to-day worries, meditation appears to empower it to run more efficiently. A growing body of research suggests that even a few minutes of a daily mindfulness practice is linked to lower stress levels, more positivity, better focus, and creativity.
-
+14 +1
Tech's push to teach coding isn't about kids' success – it's about cutting wages
This month, millions of children returned to school. This year, an unprecedented number of them will learn to code. Computer science courses for children have proliferated rapidly in the past few years. A 2016 Gallup report found that 40% of American schools now offer coding classes – up from only 25% a few years ago. New York, with the largest public school system in the country, has pledged to offer computer science to all 1.1 million students by 2025.
-
+31 +1
The Inside Story of the Great Silicon Heist
The tech economy runs on highly purified polysilicon. It’s pricey and difficult to trace. Two Alabama factory workers found it surprisingly easy to steal.
-
+15 +1
Silicon Valley isn’t just disrupting democracy—it’s replacing it
If you want to understand the threat that Silicon Valley poses to culture at large, consider Apple’s $5 billion headquarters. The Cupertino, California, building may seem like paradise to some, with striking architecture—a donut-shaped building featuring the world’s largest piece of curved glass—and lavish details like iPhone-inspired elevator buttons and patented pizza boxes that prevent soggy crusts.
-
+16 +1
'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
The Google, Apple and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race for human attention has created a world of perpetual distraction that could ultimately end in disaster...
-
+50 +1
Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms
Google for the first time has uncovered evidence that Russian operatives exploited the company’s platforms in an attempt to interfere in the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the company's investigation. The Silicon Valley giant has found that tens of thousands of dollars were spent on ads by Russian agents who aimed to spread disinformation across Google’s many products, which include YouTube, as well as advertising associated with Google search, Gmail, and the company’s DoubleClick ad network, the people said, speaking on condition of...
-
+22 +1
PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel: Bitcoin Has 'Great Potential Left'
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel believes bitcoin critics are “underestimating” the cryptocurrency’s “great potential” to become the “cyber equivalent of gold”. The bitcoin price has increased nearly 800% in the past year and is currently trading slightly below $6,000, leading many analysts to claim that it is trapped in a “speculative bubble”. Others, like Peter Thiel, believe that these critics are “underestimating the “great potential” that bitcoin has left.
-
+23 +1
Life Inside the RVs of Silicon Valley
What is it like to live in one of America’s richest regions—but be forced into the cab of an RV? We profile ten people living on the margins in Silicon Valley.
-
+16 +1
Now, Silicon Valley Is Totally Cool With a Bill That Could Ruin the Internet
Silicon Valley has decided to throw its support behind the so-called Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 (SESTA) that is sure to have enormously damaging consequences for the internet. Previously, most big tech giants opposed the legislation. But this week, Congress started intimating that they might need to bring more regulations to tame the online beast. nd suddenly, that one bill wasn’t looking so bad.
-
+25 +1
Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why.
As the world’s moneyed princes, dictators and oligarchs look for more places to park their billions, mountains of money may be coming to Silicon Valley.
-
+21 +1
Wall Street's new bitcoin play: Square rises after saying it's testing support of the cryptocurrency
Traders have another potential stock play on bitcoin: Square. Jack Dorsey's company is testing support for bitcoin through its Cash payments app. "We're exploring how Square can make this experience faster and easier, and have rolled out this feature to a small number of Cash app customers," a Square spokesperson said via email to CNBC. "We believe cryptocurrency can greatly impact the ability of individuals to participate in the global financial system and we're excited to learn more here."
Submit a link
Start a discussion