Steve Case, founder of AOL, predicts the dominance of tech companies on the coasts will give way to a flourishing of startups from smaller cities. https://media.wired.com/photos/632ba570f2203b5586fabfec/master/pass/Business-Next-Silicon-Valley-US-Heartlands-1399265458.jpg
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Silicon Valley's Mike Judge to Explore the Nature of [Expletives] for HBO
Somewhere, Beavis and Butt-Head are heh-heh-heh-ing. HBO has signed Mike Judge to a new two-year deal, as part of which the Silicon Valley co-creator will take a look at what makes a person an asshole. RELATEDCable TV Scorecard: What’s Renewed? What’s Cancelled? Most specifically, HBO has made a production commitment to A5, a live-action comedy […]
A $25 million grant will help Stanford Libraries preserve Silicon Valley Archives
Thanks to a $ 25 million donation, Stanford University’s Silicon Valley Archives will be able to preserve the history of tech companies.Read More
Why Silicon Valley’s “growth at any cost” is the new “unsafe at any speed”
(video link) If there’s one person outside of government who has stood against Facebook’s crashing wave, it’s Ashkan Soltani. Late last year, the independent privacy researcher was suddenly called to speak before the UK Parliament about Facebook’s privacy practices, simply because he happened to be in London and, in his own words, “was just a […]
At Home and Abroad: the Growing Contradictions of Silicon Valley
It only took Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a few hours to publicly criticize President Donald Trump’s January 2017 executive order banning the U.S. entry of travelers from certain Muslim-dominated nations. His response — soon echoed by several other Silicon Valley CEOs — was in keeping with the traditionally liberal principles promoted by American tech companies: […]
What Silicon Valley Superwomen Are Reading
Each of these women is a pioneer in tech, and although you may not be familiar with their names, you almost certainly have or will benefit from their work. The group includes women who have helped ensure the openness of the internet, several who have advised an American president on technology and others who have […]
What Silicon Valley Superwomen Are Reading
Each of these women is a pioneer in tech, and although you may not be familiar with their names, you almost certainly have or will benefit from their work. The group includes women who have helped ensure the openness of the internet, several who have advised an American president on technology and others who have […]
Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Soul? The Case for and Against
Intelligence Squared U.S., the long-running debate show, took on the Valley in a recent episode. https://media.wired.com/photos/5becb1b77c024b62f5552276/master/pass/Silicon-Soul-RTSVNHX.jpg
Sue Gordon: Silicon Valley Should Work With the Government
In an expansive on-the-record interview with WIRED, the principal deputy director of national intelligence made her pitch for public-private partnerships. https://media.wired.com/photos/5be08425e366b1514a048381/master/pass/Sue-Gordon-w.jpg
UK set to impose new “tech tax” on Silicon Valley giants
Enlarge / LONDON – Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond poses with the budget box at 11 Downing Street before the announcement of the Autumn Budget Statement in the House of Commons on October 29, 2018. (credit: Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Britain’s top financial official has included a new “tech tax” […]