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3 hours ago
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Billionaire OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla thinks 80% of jobs could vanish by 2030, and that 'fear of AI' puts American politics in a chokehold | Fortune

fromTechCrunch
1 day ago
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Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way | TechCrunch

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fromFortune
3 hours ago

Billionaire OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla thinks 80% of jobs could vanish by 2030, and that 'fear of AI' puts American politics in a chokehold | Fortune

By 2030, 80% of jobs will be AI-capable, leading to potential job displacement and significant political implications.
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fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way | TechCrunch

Gimlet Labs raised $80 million to enhance AI inference efficiency across diverse hardware types.
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fromFortune
2 hours ago

Nevada legislators press Governor Lombardo, demanding plan for state's 'structural failures' in safety oversight of Boring Co. | Fortune

Nevada legislators demand a comprehensive plan to address safety concerns regarding Elon Musk's tunneling company and its oversight failures.
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fromwww.businessinsider.com
6 hours ago

Silicon Valley airport tests 'Jose,' an AI-powered robot to ease travel snarls

San Jose Mineta International Airport introduces a humanoid robot named Jose to assist passengers amid staffing shortages and delays.
#autonomous-vehicles
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fromFast Company
9 hours ago

Zoox is coming to Austin and Miami-and gearing up for a bigger robotaxi push

Zoox is expanding its autonomous taxi services to Austin and Miami while enhancing operations in Las Vegas and San Francisco.
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fromFuturism
1 week ago

Self-Driving Taxis Poised for Vicious Backlash

A Pew Research Center survey reveals 85% of Americans fear autonomous vehicles will eliminate jobs, with 70% viewing them negatively, signaling potential public backlash against self-driving taxi expansion.
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fromFast Company
1 week ago

Phoenix has lived with Waymos longer than any U.S. city. Here's what its mayor learned

Phoenix has become a leading autonomous vehicle testing ground, with Waymo's expansion from pilot to full public service demonstrating successful integration of driverless technology into urban transportation systems.
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fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Waymos Are a Huge Drain on Public Resources, Government Data Shows

Autonomous vehicles operating in cities like San Francisco drain public resources through frequent malfunctions while prioritizing corporate profits over public safety.
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fromFast Company
9 hours ago

Zoox is coming to Austin and Miami-and gearing up for a bigger robotaxi push

Zoox is expanding its autonomous taxi services to Austin and Miami while enhancing operations in Las Vegas and San Francisco.
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fromFuturism
1 week ago

Self-Driving Taxis Poised for Vicious Backlash

A Pew Research Center survey reveals 85% of Americans fear autonomous vehicles will eliminate jobs, with 70% viewing them negatively, signaling potential public backlash against self-driving taxi expansion.
Silicon Valley
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Phoenix has lived with Waymos longer than any U.S. city. Here's what its mayor learned

Phoenix has become a leading autonomous vehicle testing ground, with Waymo's expansion from pilot to full public service demonstrating successful integration of driverless technology into urban transportation systems.
Silicon Valley
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Waymos Are a Huge Drain on Public Resources, Government Data Shows

Autonomous vehicles operating in cities like San Francisco drain public resources through frequent malfunctions while prioritizing corporate profits over public safety.
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fromTNW | Business
1 day ago

OpenAI is in talks to buy fusion energy from Helion

OpenAI is negotiating to purchase up to 50 gigawatts of electricity from Helion Energy by 2035, amid conflict-of-interest concerns involving Sam Altman.
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fromEngadget
1 day ago

Wing expands its drone delivery service to the Bay Area

Automated drones will deliver packages in 30 minutes or less to San Francisco Bay Area residents.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review the terrifying new world of ransomware

Ransomware originated from a 1989 stunt by Joseph L Popp Jr, who used a Trojan virus to extort money under the guise of HIV prevention.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
23 hours ago

Microsoft hires former Allen Institute for AI CEO under Mustafa Suleyman

Ali Farhadi, who recently stepped down as CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, has been appointed as corporate vice president at Microsoft. He will be working under Mustafa Suleyman, who has recently initiated an in-house AI team at the company.
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fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 days ago

Santa Clara County workers want guardrails for AI - San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County aims to establish guidelines for AI use to prevent worker displacement and ensure human oversight.
#nvidia
from24/7 Wall St.
4 days ago
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Nvidia CEO: $10 trillion company valuation absolutely possible

Nvidia aims to become the first $10 trillion company, driven by significant growth in AI and data center revenues.
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago
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Jensen just put Nvidia's Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere | TechCrunch

Nvidia projects $1 trillion in orders for Blackwell and Rubin chips through 2027, doubling demand from $500 billion projected last year.
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fromTechCrunch
3 days ago

Why Wall Street wasn't won over by Nvidia's big conference | TechCrunch

Nvidia's CEO presented optimistic innovations, but Wall Street remains cautious due to uncertainties surrounding AI's future and market stability.
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fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago

A packed Nvidia conference shows what downtown San Jose is missing the rest of the year

Nvidia's conference in San Jose highlighted a struggling recovery in the city's convention business despite increased attendance.
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from24/7 Wall St.
4 days ago

Nvidia CEO: $10 trillion company valuation absolutely possible

Nvidia aims to become the first $10 trillion company, driven by significant growth in AI and data center revenues.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Jensen just put Nvidia's Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere | TechCrunch

Nvidia projects $1 trillion in orders for Blackwell and Rubin chips through 2027, doubling demand from $500 billion projected last year.
fromNew York Post
3 days ago

Mysterious humming sound driving South Jersey residents crazy

Residents in Vineland claim the construction site emits an eerie humming sound that vibrates across their farmland, keeping them awake at night. One resident reported that his son thought the noise was a helicopter buzzing overhead, asking, 'What are those helicopter noises in the background?'
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fromwww.npr.org
3 days ago

Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

Elon Musk was found liable for misleading investors regarding Twitter's stock price but not for intentional fraud.
fromKqed
4 days ago
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Elon Musk to Owe Billions After Jury Finds He Misled Twitter Investors Before Takeover | KQED

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fromwww.npr.org
3 days ago

Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

Elon Musk was found liable for misleading investors regarding Twitter's stock price but not for intentional fraud.
fromKqed
4 days ago
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Elon Musk to Owe Billions After Jury Finds He Misled Twitter Investors Before Takeover | KQED

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fromWIRED
4 days ago

At Palantir's Developer Conference, AI Is Built to Win Wars

Palantir's commercial business is growing rapidly, driven by generative AI and hands-on customer support.
#super-micro-computer
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fromSecurityWeek
4 days ago

3 Men Charged With Conspiring to Smuggle US Artificial Intelligence to China

Three individuals, including a senior VP of Super Micro, were charged with smuggling advanced Nvidia chips to China, violating U.S. export laws.
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fromFast Company
4 days ago

Super Micro Computer stock is collapsing today. Investors flee as DOJ charges cofounder in AI China scheme

Super Micro Computer shares plummet after DOJ charges cofounder and associates with conspiring to export restricted AI technology to China.
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fromSecurityWeek
4 days ago

3 Men Charged With Conspiring to Smuggle US Artificial Intelligence to China

Three individuals, including a senior VP of Super Micro, were charged with smuggling advanced Nvidia chips to China, violating U.S. export laws.
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fromFast Company
4 days ago

Super Micro Computer stock is collapsing today. Investors flee as DOJ charges cofounder in AI China scheme

Super Micro Computer shares plummet after DOJ charges cofounder and associates with conspiring to export restricted AI technology to China.
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin enters the space data center game | TechCrunch

Blue Origin's Project Sunrise aims to create a network of spacecraft that will perform advanced computation in orbit, easing pressure on U.S. communities and natural resources.
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fromBig Think
5 days ago

It was never about AI (we are not our tools)

Wall Street and Silicon Valley have created a self-reinforcing system that prioritizes short-term efficiency and cost-cutting over human welfare, treating job elimination as progress while pursuing AI-driven automation with ideological fervor.
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fromWIRED
5 days ago

'Uncanny Valley': Nvidia's 'Super Bowl of AI,' Tesla Disappoints, and Meta's VR Metaverse 'Shutdown'

Nvidia's developer conference highlights, Tesla's fan backlash, and Meta's metaverse platform struggles dominate recent tech industry developments.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Google co-founder spends almost half a billion dollars in fight against California billionaire tax

Google founders Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt significantly increased donations to oppose California's proposed billionaire tax, which would impose a 5% one-time tax on assets exceeding $1 billion.
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fromTheregister
6 days ago

Microsoft Copilot boss Suleyman to chase superintelligence

Microsoft restructured its AI leadership, moving Mustafa Suleyman to focus on superintelligence while Jacob Andreou takes over Copilot operations, as the assistant has failed to achieve significant market impact despite widespread integration efforts.
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fromFuturism
6 days ago

Sam Altman Confronted At Oscars Party Over Pentagon Deal

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was confronted at an Oscars after-party by playwright Jeremy O. Harris over OpenAI's Pentagon partnership, with Harris comparing Altman to Nazi collaborators.
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fromFast Company
6 days ago

The tech that restored Eric Dane's voice shows how AI can be used for good, says Rebecca Gayheart Dane

ElevenLabs uses AI technology to restore voices for people who have lost them, having helped approximately 7,000 people worldwide and aiming to provide free access to one million people.
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fromSFGATE
6 days ago

Calif. biotech company lays off almost half of staff after 78% stock drop

Gossamer Bio laid off 48% of its workforce after its blood pressure drug study missed primary endpoints, causing a 78% stock price decline.
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fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Tech CEO extremely apologetic as he lays off 252 California workers

Atlassian laid off 252 California workers as part of a 1,600-person global reduction to fund AI investment and sales expansion.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Jensen Huang floats giving engineers tokens worth half their annual salary as a recruiting strategy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang proposes offering engineers annual token budgets worth approximately half their base salary as a recruitment strategy to enhance productivity and attract talent.
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fromNature
1 week ago

How wealthy tech entrepreneurs seek to shape politics, culture and the future - and why we must resist

Wealthy tech executives have transformed from conventional lobbyists into radical ideologues wielding platforms and networks to influence democratic elections and reshape political power structures.
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fromTNW | Business
1 week ago

Nscale signs 1.35GW Microsoft LOI for a West Virginia AI campus

Nscale and Microsoft deployed 430,000 next-generation NVIDIA GPUs at a West Virginia AI microgrid campus with 8GW power potential, backed by Caterpillar natural gas generators.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

The Palantir guide to stopping World War III

Tech executives are increasingly integrating with the U.S. military through government contracts, leadership positions, and defense-focused startups, marking a shift from the industry's historical antiwar stance to active participation in weapons development and military operations.
fromSFGATE
1 week ago

'The Audacity' is the dark tech successor to HBO's 'Silicon Valley'

I was a massive fan of 'Silicon Valley.' Anybody who says that you're just doing 'Silicon Valley' part two, thank you very much. Fantastic compliment. But there is a darkness in this show that I think is offset by comedy.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Musk says taxing every billionaire at 100% would barely make a dent in the national debt. Bernie says tax them 5% and you're $3,000 richer | Fortune

Elon Musk and Bernie Sanders use identical federal debt mathematics to justify opposite tax positions on billionaires, with Musk opposing wealth taxes and Sanders proposing a 5% annual wealth tax generating $4.4 trillion over ten years.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

SpaceX launch tonight: When to scan the sky

SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to launch 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base to low-Earth orbit at 10:16 p.m. Monday, according to a post by the company. The launch will stream live on SpaceX's website and X account, starting five minutes before launch time.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Marc Andreessen explains why he won't be jumping on Silicon Valley's ayahuasca trend

Marc Andreessen avoids psychedelics because he has observed tech founders who use them become peaceful but abandon their companies to pursue alternative lifestyles, preferring caffeine as his stimulant instead.
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fromTNW | Events
1 week ago

NVIDIA GTC 2026 opens today

NVIDIA's GTC 2026 conference in San Jose positions AI as critical infrastructure that every company and nation must adopt, with announcements expected to shape AI infrastructure development over the next two years.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

The AI boom's hidden weakness: how Iran's conflict exposed a helium bottleneck for chip manufacturing - Silicon Canals

Geopolitical instability in the Middle East threatens helium supply, which is critical for semiconductor manufacturing and AI infrastructure with no viable substitutes.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

I was Facebook's youngest engineer. I left Meta at a moment when AI's lead can change every few months.

AI is narrowing the capability gap between individual builders and full teams, creating new opportunities for solo entrepreneurs to scale their impact.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Peter Thiel's Antichrist warnings during Rome lecture draw criticisms from the Vatican | Fortune

Peter Thiel presents the Antichrist as a reassuring figure promising safety through technological control, masking a consolidation of power over society.
fromwww.thesanjoseblog.com
1 week ago

2026 Silicon Valley Index Confirms San Jose Region's Remarkable Innovation Strength

The regional economy expanded 38 percent over the past decade, clearly surpassing growth recorded in California and across the United States. Venture capital investment climbed to $92 billion while local creators filed more than 23,000 patents in one year alone. Productivity has reached $336,515 per worker, standing 75 percent above the national average.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Another billionaire confirms California exit: Uber co-founder Kalanick

Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick relocated to Texas in December, joining billionaires leaving California amid proposed wealth tax debate.
fromKqed
1 week ago

Your Kitchen Countertop Could Be Making Workers Sick | KQED

Engineered stone, or quartz, is a man-made material made with high concentrations of silica that is commonly used to make kitchen countertops in the U.S. And it's making the workers who cut this material sick.
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fromTruthout
1 week ago

New York Residents Are Fighting a Data Center Backed by a Billionaire Trump Ally

Apollo Global Management, through subsidiary Stream Data Centers, is developing a controversial data center in rural Western New York despite strong community opposition over environmental and sovereignty concerns.
fromTheregister
1 week ago

Nvidia GTC: We predict an agentic AI enterprise hype fest

gamers are probably going to feel left out since Nvidia seems to have decided renting cloud rigs to them is better than selling consumer hardware, small companies looking for AI chip compromises will be excited, and agentic AI is gonna be so hot that our Mann on the ground this week in San Jose isn't gonna need a jacket.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Applied Intuition is worth $15 billion. The CEO still wants staff to clean their own office.

Applied Intuition's CEO implements employee desk-cleaning and shoe-removal practices, believing environmental awareness directly improves software quality and product development.
#ai-education
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fromThesanjoseblog
1 week ago

San Jose Opens New AI Training Center at Downtown MLK Jr. Library

San Jose opened an AI Center for Civic and Social Good at MLK Jr. Library to provide free AI education and training for students, job seekers, and city employees.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

City of San Jose, SJSU launch public AI center

San Jose and San Jose State University opened an AI Center at Martin Luther King Jr. Library offering free workforce training and AI education to the public through partnerships with OpenAI and Adobe.
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fromThesanjoseblog
1 week ago

San Jose Opens New AI Training Center at Downtown MLK Jr. Library

San Jose opened an AI Center for Civic and Social Good at MLK Jr. Library to provide free AI education and training for students, job seekers, and city employees.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

City of San Jose, SJSU launch public AI center

San Jose and San Jose State University opened an AI Center at Martin Luther King Jr. Library offering free workforce training and AI education to the public through partnerships with OpenAI and Adobe.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

How Ro Khanna's support for a wealth tax earned him a tech-backed primary challenger

Rep. Ro Khanna faces a primary challenge from tech entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal backed by prominent Silicon Valley figures, partly motivated by Khanna's support for a billionaire wealth tax.
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fromFast Company
1 week ago

The real reason Silicon Valley's architecture is so boring

Silicon Valley's unprecedented wealth concentration has not produced iconic architecture like historical economic centers, instead featuring generic office parks that disappoint visitors seeking innovation's physical manifestation.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Philippines, the callcenter capital: Taking a deluge of calls for under $2 an hour

Around 70% of BPO in the Philippines comes from the United States, explains Gaffud. That is the same percentage, according to data from IBPAP, that U.S. companies save by locating their services in the Asian country. Residents of the archipelago have a neutral accent and according to Gaffud, offer cultural compatibility, empathy, friendly service and strict adherence to protocols.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Travis Kalanick said he moved to Texas, joining a growing list of tech billionaires leaving California

Travis Kalanick relocated to Texas in December 2025, joining other tech billionaires like Elon Musk in leaving California for states with favorable tax policies and business regulations.
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal

In September, Donald Trump claimed that 'the United States is getting a tremendous fee' for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources tell the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that fee is expected to be in the range of $10 billion. The money is supposedly being paid by new investors, including Oracle and Silver Lake.
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fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Jury delivers final conviction in gruesome murder of California tech CEO

Joshua Camps was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and burglary in the 2019 killing of tech CEO Tushar Atre, nearly six years after the botched robbery claimed his life.
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Why Is Steph Curry Investing in Israeli Security Tech?

Curry's activism has rarely strayed beyond consensus liberalism. When the United States fractures, he offers a milquetoast quote. During the Minneapolis protests, he called the turnout "beautiful," saying it "speaks to how important people felt it was to have their voice heard." He funds literacy and nutrition programs in Oakland through the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen is stepping down after 18 years-as pressure on the company mounts to deliver on AI | Fortune

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen plans to step down after 18 years, with the board searching for a successor while he remains as chair.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Google and Tesla know electricity is expensive. They're teaming up to bring you an alternative. | Fortune

Google and Tesla partner with energy companies to form Utilize coalition, addressing grid underutilization by deploying battery storage and distributed energy resources to lower electricity costs.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

How to watch Jensen Huang's Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote | TechCrunch

Nvidia's GTC conference features CEO Jensen Huang's keynote on AI's computing future, with expected announcements of NemoClaw enterprise AI platform and new inference acceleration chip.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week ago

Jim Cramer: I like GE Vernova very much, they should split it

Electrification generated about $5 billion in revenue in '22, and we now expect that number to be $13.5 billion to $14 billion in '26, and we are just getting started. Total backlog hit a record $150 billion at year-end 2025. That's not a quarterly number, that's a multi-year revenue runway already locked in.
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fromArchDaily
1 week ago

From Cloud to Coast: The Physical Cost of AI in Hong Kong's Borderlands

AI data centre infrastructure, typically hidden in remote locations, faces potential integration into Hong Kong's San Tin region, threatening established wetland ecosystems and village-based livelihoods built on fishpond and tidal pond economies.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

BlackRock is splashing $100 million on training plumbers, electricians, and HVAC technicians as its CEO flags a skilled trade worker shortage | Fortune

BlackRock invests $100 million in skilled trade training to address critical shortages of electricians, HVAC technicians, plumbers, and ironworkers needed for infrastructure and AI development.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

How tech giants with data centers to power AI can reduce consumers' electricity bills

Tech companies plan to build private power plants for data centers, but this won't significantly lower electricity prices since grid maintenance and natural disasters, not data centers, drive most rate increases.
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fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Bay Area tech CEO to shut down AI product that 'supremely annoyed' reporters

Superhuman disabled its AI writing feature that used journalists' names without permission after public backlash and criticism from high-profile reporters.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Google founder backs both Republican and Democrat in California governor's race while ex-CEO fights billionaire tax

Tech billionaires are significantly increasing political spending in California, particularly opposing a proposed wealth tax while supporting multiple gubernatorial candidates across party lines.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook says his late predecessor Steve Jobs gave him this unusual advice when he handed over the reins: 'Never ask what I would do' | Fortune

Steve Jobs advised Tim Cook to forge his own leadership path at Apple rather than emulate Jobs' approach, freeing Cook from the burden of replicating his predecessor's style.
#xai-infrastructure
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fromTESLARATI
1 week ago

Elon Musk's xAI wins permit for power plant supporting AI data centers

Mississippi regulators approved a permit for xAI to build a natural gas power plant in Southaven to support its Colossus AI data center operations near Memphis.
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fromTESLARATI
1 week ago

Elon Musk shares timeframe for X Money early public access rollout

Mississippi regulators approved a permit for xAI to build a natural gas power plant in Southaven to support its Colossus AI data center operations near Memphis.
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fromTESLARATI
1 week ago

Elon Musk's xAI wins permit for power plant supporting AI data centers

Mississippi regulators approved a permit for xAI to build a natural gas power plant in Southaven to support its Colossus AI data center operations near Memphis.
Silicon Valley
fromTESLARATI
1 week ago

Elon Musk shares timeframe for X Money early public access rollout

Mississippi regulators approved a permit for xAI to build a natural gas power plant in Southaven to support its Colossus AI data center operations near Memphis.
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Palantir's tech head explains how he manages stars - and how he owned a big screwup to the CEO

Superpowers are effortless. My analogy for this is if Superman could fly. He could see through walls. But that wasn't some sort of arduous thing for him to do. It's just something he could do. The other side of this is identifying your kryptonite - in the series, a mineral fatal to Superman. It's not like something you can work on. The only strategy for Superman around kryptonite was to avoid it.
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#sexual-harassment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago
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Valley Water staff lashes out at board for paying ex-CEO Rick Callender $520,000 after investigation finds he sexually harassed employees

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fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 week ago

Valley Water workers want leaders to resign over ex-CEO's contract - San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara Valley Water employees protested the board's approval of a $700,000 separation agreement for former CEO Rick Callender, who was found to have sexually harassed staff.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Valley Water staff lashes out at board for paying ex-CEO Rick Callender $520,000 after investigation finds he sexually harassed employees

Santa Clara Valley Water District's board paid departing CEO $520,000 to resign after sexual harassment investigation, sparking employee outrage over ethics and public fund use.
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fromSecurityWeek
2 weeks ago

Cylake Raises $45 Million to Secure Organizations Barred From Cloud

Cylake, a cybersecurity startup founded by Palo Alto Networks veterans, raised $45 million to build an on-premises AI-native security platform for regulated organizations unable to use public cloud services.
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

How Jeffrey Epstein pulled Bill Gates and Microsoft into a web of sex, money, and secrets | Fortune

According to the Epstein documents recently released by the Department of Justice, on April 6, 2013, three months before the public filing, Epstein emailed Sinofsky a copy of Sinofsky's own "Resignation Agreement," asking for comments. After some back and forth about the non-disparagement clause, Epstein wrote: "[SEC] disclosure will appear as if they are concerned about what you say. seems very weak. appears they are buying your silence."
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation

I am increasingly asked during candidate interviews how much dedicated inference compute they will have to build with Codex. He added that usage per user is growing much faster than overall user growth, a sign that AI compute is becoming even scarcer and more valuable.
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fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

I asked six people over 90 what was overrated and every one of them said the same category - not money, not fame, not success - and the thing they named is something most people in their 30s are currently building their entire life around - Silicon Canals

I spent forty years climbing ladders that led to nowhere special. The view from the top? Same sky as everywhere else. These weren't bitter people who'd failed professionally. The group included a former Fortune 500 executive, a surgeon, and a woman who'd built a successful retail chain from scratch. They'd "made it" by every conventional measure. Yet each one said they'd spent too much time treating their career like it was their identity.
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from48 hills
2 weeks ago

How to tax AI when companies replace human workers - 48 hills

AI-driven job displacement threatens millions of workers with no clear replacement opportunities, requiring urgent policy solutions to address wage loss and economic inequality.
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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Everything you've heard about the 'SaaSpocalypse' is wrong

Agentic AI threatens traditional SaaS business models by automating tasks previously requiring per-seat subscriptions, causing major software stocks to decline significantly.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Mexico's Silicon Valley defies the shadow of organized crime

Guadalajara's technology sector continues thriving despite security challenges from cartel violence, attracting long-term investors to Mexico's second-largest economy.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Tech oligarchs reshape humanity while billionaires of old seem quaint

Tech billionaires now dominate global wealth, controlling $16 trillion (8% of US GDP) and unilaterally determining humanity's technological future without public deliberation.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Asana's new CEO says getting a job in Silicon Valley isn't harder for Gen Z than it was for him-he shares his own 'donut box' hack for getting hired | Fortune

Landing top Silicon Valley tech jobs requires building experience through multiple companies over time rather than seeking direct entry into prestigious firms.
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fromThe Mercury News
2 weeks ago

Explosive Silicon Valley dispute raises questions over AI giants' willingness to help track Americans and fuel robot warfare

Anthropic rejected a Pentagon contract over autonomous warfare and surveillance concerns, while OpenAI accepted a deal, raising questions about AI companies' willingness to prioritize profit over safety and privacy safeguards.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

San Jose, SJSU collaborate on new AI Center for Civic Good

The AI Center for Civic Good opens at San Jose's MLK Library to increase AI literacy and provide hands-on training for residents and students.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Panama City wants Elon Musk's Boring Company to build a tunnel beneath its famous canal

Panama City mayor Mayer Mizrachi proposed a pedestrian tunnel under the Panama Canal to Elon Musk's Boring Company, and the city was selected as a finalist in the company's Tunnel Vision challenge.
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fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago

Day Around the Bay: Forty-Foot Tree Lands on Two Teslas on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale

A 40-foot tree fell on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale striking two Teslas, causing minor injuries and vehicle damage; Anthropic identified top ten jobs at risk from AI automation; R-Evolution sculpture extends six months in San Francisco; Iran receives US military intelligence from Russia and China; US military likely struck Iranian girls' school killing 150 students; Kennedy Center leadership changes amid Trump transition; SFMTA celebrates Chinese New Year with special cable car.
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Astronomy on Tap: NASA + Stanford Talks (SF)

Astronomy on Tap is a free public lecture series where astronomers give short, laid-back talks over drinks at local bars. No background in science required - our scientists share cool stuff about space while the audience sits back and relaxes, with plenty of time to indulge their curiosity and ask whatever questions they want.
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fromTechRepublic
2 weeks ago

Bill Gates-Backed TerraPower Wins First US Reactor Construction Permit in Nearly a Decade

TerraPower received the first US nuclear construction grant in nearly a decade for an advanced reactor using liquid sodium cooling, designed to be safer, cheaper, and faster to deploy than conventional nuclear plants.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

The Silicon Valley to Miami pipeline - by the numbers

Miami and Silicon Valley have established a bidirectional talent and capital exchange rather than a one-way migration, with tech workers and companies moving between both hubs consistently.
fromTechzine Global
2 weeks ago

Founders Palo Alto and SentinelOne launch security company Cylake

Cylake focuses on organizations that cannot store their security data and analyses in public cloud environments. According to the company, there is a growing group of organizations that need to maintain complete control over their data due to regulations, security requirements, or operational risks.
Silicon Valley
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Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal launches challenge to Rep. Ro Khanna

Tech entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal challenges Rep. Ro Khanna in a Democratic primary, criticizing his focus on national politics, wealth tax proposals, and high stock trading volume.
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Another Big Win for SF Conference Scene, as Microsoft Moves Major Conference From Seattle to SF

Microsoft moved its Build 2026 conference from Seattle to San Francisco, reversing a trend of tech conferences leaving the city and signaling renewed investment in SF driven by AI industry growth.
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