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fromABC7 San Francisco
6 days ago

Newsom suggests Silicon Valley billionaires influenced Trump to back off federal operation in SF

Gavin Newsom praised Mayor Daniel Lurie’s temperance and said Silicon Valley billionaires influenced President Trump to delay deploying federal troops to San Francisco.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we all be worried?

Some Silicon Valley billionaires have constructed or acquired underground shelters and bunkers as disaster-preparation measures, influenced by concerns including climate change, war, and AI risks.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed': how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever

Imagine you're the leader of one of the most powerful nations in the world. You have everything you could want at your disposal: power, influence, money. But, the problem is, your time at the top is fleeting. I'm not talking about the prospect of a coup or a revolution, or even a democratic election: I'm talking about the thing even more certain in life than taxes. I'm talking about death.
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