
Silicon Valley billionaires, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman announced on Friday that they are planning to help commit $1 billion to an Artificial Intelligence centre in San Francisco. OpenAI, the official name of the project, is said to
by Charlie Nash13 Dec 2015, 9:25 AM PST0

This week, Jon Stewart broadcast his last episode of The Daily Show. It was perhaps appropriate that his swan song coincided with the first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election. The Obama era, which Stewart did as much as anyone to create and sustain, is ending.
by Joel B. Pollak7 Aug 2015, 12:20 AM PST0

Early Facebook investor and Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel revealed two key pieces of advice he gives aspiring entrepreneurs and investors this week at the Atlantic Aspen Ideas Festival.
by Ferenstein Wire3 Jul 2015, 7:49 PM PST0

Paypal billionaire and Republican party unicorn Peter Thiel took the stage in Washington, D.C., to argue that America is not a democracy. “Calling our society a democracy is very misleading,” said Thiel at George Mason University. “We’re not a republic; we’re not a constitutional republic. We live in a state that’s dominated by these technocratic agencies.”
by Ferenstein Wire3 Apr 2015, 9:29 AM PST0

The U.S. Senate’s most outspoken contrarian, Ted Cruz, became the first official 2016 candidate to launch a bid for the White House Monday. Despite the fact that he’s highly controversial within his own party, it has long been known that
by Ferenstein Wire25 Mar 2015, 3:36 PM PST0

Silicon Valley is trying to catch up with Wall Street in staking a much bigger claim to influencing Washington D.C. Tech’s lobbying effort, which has grown by more than $100 million since 1998 and almost 2,000 percent in the last 25
by Chriss W. Street7 Mar 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

An analysis by the Wall Street Journal finds that the number of private business owners under the age of 30 has hit a 24-year-low.
by Wynton Hall3 Jan 2015, 12:06 PM PST0