Tag: Valley’s

21 JAN

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 […]

08 OCT

What ayahuasca — Silicon Valley’s latest drug of choice — does to your brain and body

AP Photo/Martin Mejia When brewed, the jungle vines and leaves that make ayahuasca have strange powers, often described as mystical. Ayahuasca is a psychedelic compound — along the lines of LSD and psilocybin mushrooms, though with different effects — that’s been used for thousands of years by shamans and communities in and around the Amazon […]

01 AUG

Stardew Valley’s multiplayer update is live on PC with horse hats

Beloved farming simulator Stardew Valley is getting multiplayer support in its PC version. You can use services like GOG or Steam to connect with friends. You can also get together with your friends and play locally over LAN, and the idea of an all-night Stardew LAN party is the sweetest thing in the universe. Major […]

12 JUL

Silicon Valley’s favorite diet can lead to kidney trouble — here’s how to go keto without getting sick

Shutterstock The keto diet is a popular strategy for rapid weight loss and can help with certain medical conditions like seizures and Type 2 diabetes. But kidney doctors say if you’re not careful, it can be a recipe for kidney stones and other health concerns. It’s not the diet itself that’s necessarily bad, but the […]

26 MAY

Shake Shack teamed up with Silicon Valley’s favorite shoe brand for these $100 sneakers, which were available for one day only — and I waited an hour in line to buy them (SHAK)

Allbirds Earlier this week, popular burger chain Shake Shack and Silicon Valley-favorite shoe brand Allbirds announced they had teamed up to release a sneaker that would be available in New York City for one day only, on May 24. The Shake Shack-inspired sneaker, which created in the style of Allbirds’ lightweight Tree Runner shoe, cost […]

09 MAY

Silicon Valley’s housing market is so dire, a burned-out home just sold way over the asking price — for $938,000

Redfin screenshot The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive housing markets in America. Case in point: A fire-ravaged home in San Jose, California, has sold well over asking for $ 938,000. The home will need to be demolished.   It’s no secret that buying a home for under $ 1 million […]

04 MAY

Silicon Valley’s pay gap between women and men in tech is so wide it increases the national average

All over the country, women across various industries are fighting for equal pay, and the tech industry is no exception. According to data from Statista, the average pay gap in the tech industry for cities across the US is about 16%, meaning that on average, women in tech get paid about 16% less than their […]

16 APR

The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up

Flickr / Marc Dalmulder In February, the US Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) filed a petition to the USDA arguing that lab-grown meat startups should not be able to call their products “meat,” since they do not come from slaughtered animals. But this week, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) asked the USDA to regulate the startups as […]