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In 1848, a carpenter spotted a shiny rock in California. What followed changed the course of American history forever

James Marshall’s discovery of gold in California in 1848 triggered a massive Gold Rush that changed the state and influenced the course of US history, including the tensions that led to the Civil War. In his new book The Rush, historian Nathaniel Philbrick explores the era through the lives of…

The Economic Times

‘Darth Vader’ joins nationwide backlash against Flock surveillance cameras in Silicon Valley’s hometown

Amid nationwide privacy concerns over Flock cameras, a Darth Vader impersonator mocked the company at a San Diego council meeting this week

The Independent UK

Indian-American Silicon Valley investor says people fake degrees, 20-25% of those who come to US on H-1Bs are frauds

Indian-American investor Vivek Wadhwa recently said that he's aware that 20-25% of people who come to the US on H-1B are frauds. In a podcast with Mark Halperin, the India-born Silicon Valley investor spoke about H-1B abuse and Green Card limbo. “See, what happens is that with every government program,…

The Times of India

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Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation

Author Gil Durán says the rise of ‘tech fascism’ is putting our democracy in peril – and asks us to imagine a world without billionaires.

Capital & Main

How Silicon Valley just might save Americn from the growing drone threat

In June, Allen Control Systems raised $200 million on the strength of its Bullfrog platform, which can respond to a drone threat in seconds by shooting them out of the sky with bullets.

Fortune

Steve Hilton Warns California Wealth Tax Could Drive Silicon Valley Talent, Investment Out of State: ‘Economic Suicide’

Political commentator Steve Hilton warned that a proposed California wealth tax could drive Silicon Valley’s top talent and investment out of the state, threatening the region’s technology and innovation economy.

Benzinga

Cami Clark: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s wife is a Silicon Valley power player. But Claude barely knows her

Cami Clark, wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, has remained largely unknown outside Silicon Valley’s elite despite her proximity to some of the technology world’s most powerful figures. Her unconventional career includes a women-focused pornography startup, a pitch for investment to Jeffrey Epstein, ties to Eric Schmidt and a proposed…

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'Luxury porn' pitch to Epstein: Anthropic CEO's wife Cami Clark's ties surface

Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit crossed paths with Cami Clark years before she became known as the wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and a familiar presence in Silicon Valley’s AI elite.

The Times of India

The operational gap in R&D Tax: Where good claims break down

The global stage of innovation is once again shifting, and where Silicon Valley once dominated over all, other equally powerful regions are rising up to challenge it.

TechRadar

The Flock uprising is just the beginning

People are sick of tech billionaires trying to control our lives

Salon

A timely warning on the rise of the ‘tech bros’ from the author of The Nerd Reich

Letter: Gil Durán is right, writes Catherine Austin Fitts – we must reject the limited vision of Silicon Valley with a revolution in consciousness

The Guardian - UK

WhatsApp Groups Are Draining Your Mental Energy: Three Boundaries That Restore Your Productivity

The Attention Cost Nobody Talks AboutEvery time your phone lights up with a WhatsApp notification, your brain does something it cannot undo quickly. Gloria Mark, a researcher at the University of California, Irvine, found that after an interruption it takes an average of 23 minutes for a person to return…

Times Life

Accel raises $3.5 billion to invest in emerging global AI startups

The firm, which has backed artificial intelligence companies including Anthropic, Cursor and Perplexity, has raised four separate funds dedicated to backing young startups in a moment when the AI race is upending the fundraising market. A $1.35 billion global expansion fund will be set aside for larger early-stage rounds and…

The Economic Times

Forget the gala, these Silicon Valley schools run their own venture capital funds

A handful of elite Bay Area schools have enlisted parent-donors from Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Battery to steer small pools of donated capital into early-stage startups. With massive IPOs back en vogue, schools are lining up for what could come next.

Fortune

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate

Editorial: Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valley’s use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome development

The Guardian - US

Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta releases open-weight model

Meta CEO presents utopian vision of AI in 6,000-word essay amid Silicon Valley debate over government regulation

Fortune

The Jersey Pump Principle: why AI's trillion-dollar bet could stall like a 1949 gas pump law

Through the lens of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, the path forward for AI looks entirely pre-ordained. History teaches a different lesson.

The Economic Times

Chinese AI drives price competition among US labs

A new generation of cost-efficient, high-performance Chinese AI is putting pressure on Silicon Valley's leading labs to lower prices to grab market share as they try and find ways to turn a profit. New Chinese AI models big and small, from Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 to Alibaba's popular Qwen series,…

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Fortune

Rocket Companies CEO Varun Krishna wants to fuse Silicon Valley talent with Detroit grit

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The Economic Times

Man says US founders talk to him like a peer, Indian founders seem to maintain a ‘founder aura’

After sending cold messages to founders in India and Silicon Valley, a student noticed significant variations in their communication approaches. Many founders from San Francisco responded as peers, whereas some Indian entrepreneurs displayed a clear sense of hierarchy. This discovery initiated lively discussions on social media regarding cultural attitudes toward…

TechRadar

Quote of the day by US President Dwight D Eisenhower: 'Public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite' — foreshadowing Silicon Valley's global domination

The internet boom gave rise to a cabal of technology companies that have grown to dominate how much of the world runs

Fortune

In AI-obsessed Silicon Valley, live commerce platform Whatnot just notched a new funding round valuing it at $20 billion

The $545 million Series G nearly doubles Whatnot's valuation—a rare consumer-marketplace breakout at a moment when nearly every venture dollar is flowing to AI.

International Business Times UK

AI Boss Just Called His Employees 'A Bunch of Rats', Claiming They Joined for Money Instead of Mission

An AI startup CEO's remarks labelling departing employees as 'rats' have sparked debate over loyalty and workplace culture in Silicon Valley's competitive AI industry.

France 24

The era of the machine: Silicon Valley shows off humanoid robots

For decades, humanoid robots belonged to the realm of science fiction. But today, they're one of Silicon Valley's hottest markets. According to consulting firm McKinsey, automation could transform up to 30 percent of all hours worked across the US economy by 2030. Dozens of companies are already developing robots that…

International Business Times UK

'Apple Is Getting This Wrong': OpenAI Says Wrong Person Was Contacted Before Lawsuit

OpenAI challenges Apple's trade secrets lawsuit, refuting claims of using confidential information and highlighting procedural errors. Discover the unfolding legal battle and its impact on Silicon Valley.

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