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fromwww.businessinsider.com
7 hours ago

I quit tech, bought 22 acres, and didn't look at my computer for years until AI brought me back

Ryan Courtnage transitioned from managing a donation platform to hands-on homesteading, finding fulfillment in physical work and a break from corporate life.
#silicon-valley
Silicon Valley
fromFortune
2 days ago

I helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself | Fortune

Silicon Valley is falling behind in innovation due to slow adaptation to social demands and a focus on preserving existing business models.
fromQueerty
1 month ago
LGBT

"Gays run this joint": Penetrating deep inside Silicon Valley's "gay tech mafia" - Queerty

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Television

AMC previews its new show, 'The Audacity,' focused on Silicon Valley | TechCrunch

AMC's The Audacity uses dark comedy to examine how Silicon Valley's technologies and culture shape modern life and human connection.
fromWIRED
1 month ago
Silicon Valley

Inside the Gay Tech Mafia

Gay men form tight social and professional networks that exert significant influence over Silicon Valley leadership and culture.
Silicon Valley
fromFortune
2 days ago

I helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself | Fortune

Silicon Valley is falling behind in innovation due to slow adaptation to social demands and a focus on preserving existing business models.
fromQueerty
1 month ago
LGBT

"Gays run this joint": Penetrating deep inside Silicon Valley's "gay tech mafia" - Queerty

#ai
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago
Silicon Valley

Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try | TechCrunch

fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago
Education

Teen tech symposium brings AI experts to Cupertino Library

Cupertino Library hosts events in late January: an AI tech symposium, a Dauphine travel talk, and a volunteer literacy tutor training.
Silicon Valley
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try | TechCrunch

Cognichip aims to revolutionize chip design using AI, significantly reducing costs and timelines in the semiconductor industry.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 day ago

Meta's CTO has some advice for college students wanting to work in tech: 'Constantly be building.'

You just have to immerse yourself in it. You should just constantly be building. That's what's going to give you the best chance of having the relevant skill set that is needed to make a difference in technology.
Education
#openai
Media industry
fromTNW | Investors-Funding
2 days ago

OpenAI has acquired the Silicon Valley talk show TBPN

OpenAI has acquired the Technology Business Programming Network, maintaining its editorial independence while integrating it into its strategy organization.
Tech industry
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 days ago

Marvell scales up networking to extend Nvidia AI ecosystem | Computer Weekly

Marvell Technology joins Nvidia AI ecosystem to enhance infrastructure development with a $2bn investment.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 days ago

3Fourteen's Pies: AI and semis are 'where the underlying strength is'

The semiconductor sector is experiencing unprecedented demand driven by AI and data center growth.
Science
fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 days ago

Mountain View's NASA Ames plays role in upcoming moon mission - San Jose Spotlight

NASA's Artemis II mission aims to send astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, preparing for future lunar landings.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Silicon Valley city to give residents doorbells equipped with cameras

Public safety is my top priority, and this door camera initiative is about strengthening crime prevention right where it matters most at home. By equipping residents with tools and partnering closely with our Milpitas police department, we're building a stronger connection between our community and law enforcement to help deter crime and protect our neighborhoods.
Privacy technologies
Information security
fromTechCrunch
5 days ago

Popular AI gateway startup LiteLLM ditches controversial startup Delve | TechCrunch

LiteLLM is terminating its relationship with Delve for security certifications after a malware incident and will seek a new compliance auditor.
#san-jose
fromThesanjoseblog
6 days ago
Silicon Valley real estate

San Jose Moves Forward with Over One Thousand New Homes

San Jose approved nearly ten million dollars in incentives for three residential developments, adding over one thousand affordable housing units.
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 months ago
Marketing

Urbanowski: San Jose prepares to welcome the world to our region - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose will host major 2026 global sporting events, using arts, culture, and hospitality to drive local economic benefits, tourism, and community engagement.
SOMA, SF
fromThesanjoseblog
1 week ago

San Jose Welcomes Rowan's First California Studio to Santana Row

Rowan at Santana Row offers a safe, stylish ear piercing experience performed by licensed nurses, redefining the process for all ages.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

From Moon hotels to cattle herding: 8 startups investors chased at YC Demo Day | TechCrunch

Y Combinator's Demo Day showcases promising startups, with several achieving high valuations and innovative technologies.
#venture-capital
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
3 days ago

California Suspends Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data

California suspended a new regulation requiring venture capital firms to report demographic data about startup founders amid public criticism.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
3 days ago

California Suspends Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data

California suspended a new regulation requiring venture capital firms to report demographic data about startup founders amid public criticism.
Media industry
fromDigiday
4 days ago

Future of TV Briefing: What publishers have to offer creators

Publishers are increasingly collaborating with creators to enhance revenue opportunities and audience reach.
fromSan Jose Spotlight
5 days ago

Silicon Valley's tech world takes center stage in state politics - San Jose Spotlight

In the 17th Congressional District, incumbent Rep. Ro Khanna is facing a challenge from tech founder Ethan Agarwal, a fellow Democrat. Agarwal is an opponent of the ballot initiative to levy a one-time, 5% wealth tax on Californians with more than $1 billion in assets.
Silicon Valley
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
2 weeks ago

Big Ave in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

At only 10-yes, 10-years old, this Vallejo artist is already taking the Yay by storm with her flow. She's already impressed LaRussell, who saw her singing along to every word of his track, "Sprinkle Me," four years ago when she was six. This kid has got T-A-L-E-N-T!
NYC music
Austin
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

I've lived in San Francisco and Austin, and I want to move back to California. Here's what Texas is missing.

A career coach reflects on moving between San Francisco, Seattle, and Austin, finding San Francisco offered the best combination of career growth, diversity, and entrepreneurial culture despite high costs.
fromsfist.com
5 days ago

Miami, Like Austin Before It, Feels Pendulum Swing on Tech Migration

Miami was hyped as the next Silicon Valley during the pandemic, but the city saw one of the highest rates of domestic out-migration last year of any major city, indicating that it is a hotspot no more.
Silicon Valley
Startup companies
fromHardik Pandya
3 weeks ago

Every Company is a Startup Now

AI has eliminated structural protections that kept large companies safe for decades by enabling small teams to build competitive products faster and cheaper than established competitors.
Philosophy
fromTNW | Opinion
1 month ago

Opinion: The Sacred and the Silicon Valley

Pope Leo XIV instructed priests against using artificial intelligence to write homilies, asserting that AI cannot share faith and that human spiritual presence is irreplaceable in pastoral communication.
Education
fromPadailypost
3 weeks ago

Palo Alto Daily Post

San Mateo County Community College District faculty union voted 95% to strike, demanding 18% salary increase over three years versus the district's 11% offer, plus class size limits and academic freedom protections.
#community-organization
Fundraising
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

"Sunday Assembly" Silicon Valley Community Gathering | Mountain View

Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley is a secular, inclusive community organization promoting better living, community service, and wonder through monthly gatherings featuring music, talks, and social activities.
Fundraising
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

"Sunday Assembly" Silicon Valley Community Gathering | Mountain View

Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley is a secular, inclusive community organization promoting better living, community service, and wonder through monthly gatherings featuring music, talks, and social activities.
Fundraising
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

"Sunday Assembly" Silicon Valley Community Gathering | Mountain View

Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley is a secular, inclusive community organization promoting better living, community service, and wonder through monthly gatherings featuring music, talks, and social activities.
Fundraising
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

"Sunday Assembly" Silicon Valley Community Gathering | Mountain View

Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley is a secular, inclusive community organization promoting better living, community service, and wonder through monthly gatherings featuring music, talks, and social activities.
Higher education
fromFortune
4 weeks ago

Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla predicts education will be free, and the future of college 'is a real question' | Fortune

Technology will make higher education free and optional, transforming college from necessity to hobby as AI democratizes expertise and knowledge.
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
1 month ago

The Enigmatic Voice in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

The first is George Frideric Handel's beloved "Zadok The Priest" written for the coronation of England's King George II. The second takes the audience forward in time to 1936's "Dona Nobis Pacem," an emotional plea for peace composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams with words from the poetry of Walt Whitman.
Berlin music
fromSequoia Capital
1 month ago

Services: The New Software

If you sell the tool, you're in a race against the model. But if you sell the work, every improvement in the model makes your service faster, cheaper, and harder to compete with. A company might spend $10K a year for QuickBooks and $120K on an accountant to close the books. The next legendary company will just close the books.
Artificial intelligence
Startup companies
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

This land data startup is buying GPUs so tech giants and real estate developers can find land for data centers | Fortune

Small startups are building private GPU clusters to reduce AI training costs and gain competitive advantages over cloud-based alternatives.
fromwww.thesanjoseblog.com
2 weeks 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.
Silicon Valley
#real-estate-acquisition
fromLos Angeles Times
7 years ago

Neighborhood Spotlight: El Segundo

In a widely cited (and likely apocryphal) exchange the bewildered conductor cried, 'But there's nothing here!' Alighting the stopped train, one of the Standard Oil men is said to have replied: 'No, but there will be.' Nothing is precisely what they were looking for. They needed a blank space along the coast on which to build a refinery to complement the company's existing facility nearly 400 miles to the north in Richmond.
LA real estate
Silicon Valley
fromFast Company
3 weeks 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.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
7 years ago

Neighborhood Spotlight: Aerospace and water make up what Lancaster is today

Lancaster's founding and development depended on underground aquifers and railroad water needs, later sustained by the Los Angeles Aqueduct and aerospace industry growth.
Miscellaneous
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 month ago

Silicon Valley tech economy is hot, but not everyone benefits - San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley's economy boomed 38% in a decade with record innovation, yet extreme wealth inequality leaves half of households owning just 1% of regional wealth and requiring outside assistance.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Broadcom says AI companies can't make their own silicon

Our custom accelerator business is progressing very well across five customers. Anthropic will soon implement one gigawatt of Broadcom-baked TPUs, and we expect the AI company plans a three-gigawatt deployment in 2027. Meta will install multiple gigawatts of Broadcom's XPU accelerators in 2027 and beyond. OpenAI will deploy over one gigawatt of compute capacity based on custom XPUs in 2027.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

San Jose building is bought by group linked to 3D anatomy tech company

An affiliate led by the chief executive officer of tech company Anatomage has paid $27.8 million for a large office building at 3750 Zanker Road in San Jose, documents filed on Feb. 27 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office show. Jack Choi, chief executive officer of Santa Clara-based Anatomage, is listed as the manager or member of the affiliate, which is based at the same office where Anatomage has its headquarters.
Silicon Valley real estate
Silicon Valley
fromBusiness Insider
4 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.
Real estate
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

San Jose office building becomes Silicon Valley success story

One Santana West, a 370,000-square-foot Santana Row office building, is effectively fully leased and attracting forward-thinking, growth-focused tenants.
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Tech giant Microsoft moves conference from hometown to San Francisco

Build has been in many different locations over the years, but it clearly has an identity with the Seattle area, but like with everything in software, it's a little bit of ship to learn. Let's ship it to San Francisco and see what we learn this year with that audience that can come and join us, and see about the years following.
Silicon Valley
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Alphabet-owned robotics software company Intrinsic joins Google | TechCrunch

Google acquires Intrinsic, an AI robotics software company, to advance physical AI and make industrial robots more accessible through integration with Google DeepMind and Gemini models.
#california-employment
#wealth-tax
Silicon Valley
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

The candidate that Silicon Valley built is now the one they want to tear down | TechCrunch

Tech entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal announced his candidacy for California's 17th congressional district to challenge Representative Ro Khanna, likely creating a heavily funded primary race over Khanna's wealth tax proposals.
Silicon Valley
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

The candidate that Silicon Valley built is now the one they want to tear down | TechCrunch

Tech entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal announced his candidacy for California's 17th congressional district to challenge Representative Ro Khanna, likely creating a heavily funded primary race over Khanna's wealth tax proposals.
#california-gdp
Los Angeles
fromPoynter
2 months ago

In Los Angeles, a news outlet 'superbloom' is emerging - Poynter

Los Angeles has seen a rapid emergence of new local news ventures filling coverage gaps left by a shrinking Los Angeles Times.
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

"Sunday Assembly" Silicon Valley Community Gathering | Mountain View

The radically inclusive SASV is a secular and service nonprofit that celebrates life, welcomes all people and supports everyone fulfilling their potential. It aims to help people "live better" with inspiring, thought-provoking and practical ideas that help people lead the lives they want; "help often" by encouraging community action and lives of purpose; and, "wonder more" with talks, singing as one, readings and games to connect with each other and world. Most of all, have fun, be nice and join in.
Wellness
#apple
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

I left California for Texas - here's what I didn't expect about the culture shock - Silicon Canals

I remember stepping out of Austin-Bergstrom Airport last July, and the heat hit me like opening an oven door. Not the dry, manageable warmth I knew from Southern California, but something thick and heavy that made my shirt cling to my back before I even reached the rental car. That moment was my first real hint that moving from California to Texas would be more than just a change of scenery.
Digital life
California
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Forget California's exodus. Why do so few move here?

California's population stagnation stems from few inbound migrants, not widespread resident departures, as Californians leave at below-average rates.
Venture
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Waiting on Silicon Valley Funding Is Killing Your Startup's Potential

Regional founders are building globally ambitious, locally grounded, often profitable companies despite limited venture capital, creating new innovation centers beyond Silicon Valley.
Philosophy
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

"Sunday Assembly" Silicon Valley Community Gathering | Mountain View

Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley is a radically inclusive secular nonprofit celebrating life, building community, encouraging service, and helping people live purpose-driven, connected lives.
fromSan Jose Inside
1 month ago

Silicon Valley Execs and Venture Capitalists Jump on Matt Mahan's Early Bandwagon

Initial fundraising reports from the first week of Matt Mahan's gubernatorial campaign filed Tuesday reveal the depth of support for the moderate Democrat from Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists. Reports filed with the California Secretary of State show just 21 individuals contributed more than $1.6 million to Matt Mahan for Governor 2026 in the first two days of his campaign.
US politics
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

Silicon One is the engine under the hood of Cisco's AI story

Silicon One G300 delivers 102.4 Tbps, doubling previous throughput and enabling AI clusters to scale without network bottlenecks for large-scale training, inference, and real-time workloads.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Nokia-owned Infinera buys its San Jose tech site, solidifying presence

Infinera, a maker of optical chips, paid just under $27 million for a large office and research building at 6373 San Ignacio Road in south San Jose, according to documents filed on Feb. 18 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office. An interior view of Nokia's new optical chips manufacturing center in south San Jose. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Nokia and Infinera created a plant at that site for the manufacturing of optical chips.
Silicon Valley real estate
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Teen tech symposium brings AI experts to Cupertino Library

Presenters include SellScale cofounder Aakash Adasera; Aditya Sharma, a Google Pixel AI engineer; Animesh Singh Alang, a UCSC AI researcher and founder of Rizzy; Prof. Navrati Saxena, a globally recognized expert in AI, 5G, IoT and nextgen communications; and Lesya Hendrix, developer of autonomous systems for Earth and lunar construction, with experience in Tesla, Nuro, Scania and frontier tech. The symposium is set for 3-5 p.m. at the library, located at 10800 Torre Ave.
Education
Silicon Valley
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Silicon Valley is richer than ever. Fewer residents are sharing in it.

Silicon Valley's wealth increasingly concentrates among affluent residents through investment ownership, while wage earners struggle despite six-figure incomes, widening economic inequality.
Venture
fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
2 months ago

Why Silicon Valley is raising billions while San Diego biotechs struggle

San Diego life science startups experienced a sharp fundraising decline in 2025 as venture capital concentrated heavily in AI startups in major coastal cities.
fromwww.ocregister.com
2 months ago

California back as world's 4th largest economy

California has regained its bragging-rights ranking as the world's fourth-largest economy. Using gross domestic product as the scorecard, my trusty spreadsheet compared fresh state-level data for the third quarter of 2025 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis with 2025 business output estimates for countries compiled by the International Monetary Fund, released in October. In the third quarter, California's economy produced goods and services at a nation-leading annual rate of $4.296 trillion a 4.5% increase from the previous year, according to the BEA.
California
Artificial intelligence
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 months ago

Park: San Jose's 'AI for All' is a strong start, but California must go further - San Jose Spotlight

AI companies and educators must collaborate to ensure accessible AI, integrating AI literacy and ethics so innovation expands human potential responsibly.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
2 months ago

This AI startup wants to be your virtual 'computer for business'

Adapt is an AI hub that launches cloud VMs to connect business software, pull and merge live data, analyze it, and generate code and visualizations.
Silicon Valley
fromBig Think
2 months ago

The politics of Silicon Valley may be shifting again

Early tech founders participated in ordinary social scenes and rose from modest roles to powerful, influential positions within Silicon Valley networks.
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