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Silicon Valley
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 days ago

Rep. Ro Khanna's wealth tax support fuels primary challenge in Silicon Valley

Tech entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal is challenging Representative Ro Khanna in California's 17th Congressional District primary, backed by billionaire tech executives angered by Khanna's support for a wealth tax on California billionaires.
Artificial intelligence
fromfuturism.com
1 week ago

Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much

Public sentiment toward AI remains deeply negative despite tech leaders' efforts to promote it, marking an unprecedented economic bubble characterized by widespread hostility rather than enthusiasm.
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

Both sides claim win after SF fight that roped in even Elon Musk. What happened?

The fight saw Fielder, elected in District 9 last year on a Democratic Socialist platform by a 19-percentage point margin, blast tech billionaires and call her detractors "technofascists." Tech investors from the city's moderate wing rallied anger about the supervisor on X, skewering her and calling the proposed legislation "Luddite." Now, with both sides claiming victory, city residents would be excused for not knowing what's exactly going on.
SF politics
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