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Silicon Valley is driving users to ditch keyboards and spend hours talking to their tech
Gavin McNamara has abandoned his keyboard and spends all day talking rather than typing. He speaks for hours with his computer and phone,…
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At a Silicon Valley summit, robots fold laundry—and investors open their wallets
Robots from around the world converged on Silicon Valley to provide a glimpse of a potential future. Two robots picked up T-shirts with…
Politics
MAGA and Silicon Valley Are Battling for Influence in the White House
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday intended to stop states from regulating AI—an idea that had received a lot of…
Politics
Silicon Valley billionaire Marc Benioff wants National Guard deployed to San Francisco
Billionaire tech executive Marc Benioff said he wants President Trump to restore a sense of public safety in San Francisco by sending in…
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Mercedes-Benz spins out Silicon Valley chip group into new company
For chips used in cars, reliability is key, so critical self-driving functions are often handled by two or more separate chips in order to…
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Wealthy Silicon Valley investors in line for US$17 billion windfall in US senate Republican tax Bill
Silicon Valley’s favourite tax break may be getting an upgrade. Venture capitalists, along with successful tech founders and early startup…
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Microsoft layoffs hit its Silicon Valley workforce
Microsoft is slashing its Silicon Valley workforce. The tech giant, which is based in Washington but also has Bay Area offices, is cutting…
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'Nowhere to hide.' How Apple and others in Silicon Valley are bracing for Trump tariffs
SAN FRANCISCO — The iPhone is a quintessentially 21st century product — Californian in its creation and design and now enmeshed in the…
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Commentary: Elon Musk brought a Silicon Valley mindset to Trump's Washington. It's been a disaster
Washington has never seen anything like the rule-breaking, power-taking, government-torching, protocol-scorching force of delighted havoc…
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C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89
C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel…
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Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump
Quietly but unmistakably, the tampons, liners and pads reappeared in many of the men’s bathrooms at Meta’s offices. Days earlier, Mark…
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Why DeepSeek Could Change What Silicon Valley Believe About A.I.
The artificial intelligence breakthrough that is sending shock waves through stock markets, spooking Silicon Valley giants, and generating…
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DeepSeek Prompts a Reckoning Across Wall Street and Silicon Valley
The DeepSeek effect Markets are on edge on Monday, as global tech investors face a $1 trillion wipeout. The cause: anxiety that the…
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Column: The rise of Silicon Valley, from indifference to lords of the political universe
When the high and mighty of Silicon Valley assumed their privileged perch at the swearing-in of President Trump, it was an ostentatious…
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Chip war: China claims breakthrough in silicon photonics that could clear technical hurdle
A state-funded semiconductor lab in China said it has achieved a "milestone" in the development of silicon photonics, which could help the…
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Argentinian president to meet Silicon Valley CEOs in bid to court tech titans
Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, is set to meet with the leaders of some of the world’s largest tech companies in Silicon Valley this…