Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Silicon Valley darling Theranos who was exposed as a total fraud, has lost her bid to have an appeal of her 2022 fraud conviction reheard by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Pedestrians in San Francisco’s South Bay area reportedly heard AI-generated messages in the voices of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg coming from hacked crosswalks after pressing buttons on the devices.
DNA testing company and former Silicon Valley darling 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced the resignation of its co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki.
A unique leadership coaching program in the San Francisco Bay Area is utilizing the psychedelic drug ketamine to help tech executives break through mental barriers and enhance their leadership abilities.
In a devious plan to push customers towards online support channels, HP was about to implement a new policy that forces consumer PC and printer users to wait a minimum of 15 minutes before connecting with a telephone support representative. After the plan leaked to the public, the company nixed it.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates expressed his surprise at the growing conservative presence in Silicon Valley and is personally committed to engaging with the Trump administration, according to a recent interview with the New York Times.
An Airbnb customer claims the company refused to rebook her Los Angeles stay amid raging wildfires that spread due to extreme winds, causing historic destruction of homes and displacing tens of thousands of people. According to the Silicon Valley giant, the wildfires raging throughout Los Angeles are not a “major disruptive event.” The post prompted many to share their own Airbnb horror stories.
Foreign H-1B visa workers received starting salaries about 10 percent less than their American counterparts at Deloitte, a multinational accounting firm whose wage data was hacked and published.
Silicon Valley continues to curry favor with President-elect Donald Trump, offering compliments, Mar-a-Lago visits, and million-dollar checks.
In an era of heightened anxiety over personal safety, Silicon Valley’s tech elite have come up with a self-serving answer — turning their homes into fortresses to rival elite military installations. A host of companies are revolutionizing home security with cutting-edge technology reminiscent of military-grade defenses.
DNA testing company 23andMe is laying off 40 percent of its staff and implementing a major restructuring plan in a bid to avoid bankruptcy and ensure long-term viability. This is just the latest misfortune for a company once considered a darling of the Silicon Valley economy.
In stark contrast to the huge meltdown that followed Donald Trump’s first presidential win in 2016, the tech industry’s reaction to his 2024 victory has been notably subdued.
As the United States gears up for the presidential election on Tuesday November 5, ridesharing giants Uber and Lyft are offering discounted rides to polling stations. The Silicon Valley competitors claim they are making voting more accessible for citizens with cheap rides.
A group of Silicon Valley power brokers, led by Elon Musk, are using their wealth and influence to help put Donald Trump back in the White House in 2024.
The CEO of tech company Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, has offered unhappy employees a buyout package of $30,000 or six months of salary to quit the company and never return amid an ongoing dispute with competitor WP Engine.
In a stunning collapse of leadership for the former Silicon Valley darling 23andMe, all seven independent members of the DNA testing company’s board of directors resigned en masse this week, leaving CEO Anne Wojcicki as the sole remaining board member.
Legendary Silicon Valley investor Naval Ravikant told Megyn Kelly that the lawfare against former President Donald Trump caused him to get “off the sidelines,” adding, “The moment you can start weaponizing the law against your enemies” means “the beginning of the end” and a descent into “a complete banana republic.”
Silicon Valley is experiencing another round of significant job cuts as major companies announce layoffs in response to economic pressures and shifting industry priorities.
The AI obsession in Silicon Valley has reached new heights, with parents sending children as young as five to summer camps focused on artificial intelligence and robotics.
J. Michael Cline, the visionary entrepreneur who co-founded Fandango and revolutionized movie ticket purchasing, has died at the age of 64.
Former President Donald Trump’s supporters are reportedly preparing an AI executive order that could significantly alter the U.S. approach to AI development and regulation, potentially benefiting Silicon Valley companies and investors.
A recent study conducted by the FTC and international consumer protection networks has uncovered alarming statistics on the prevalence of “dark patterns” in subscription-based websites and apps. Dark Patterns are a collection of manipulative design techniques created by Silicon Valley to make it difficult to separate yourself from subscription services.
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the founders of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, on Thursday announced they have donated $2 million in bitcoin to former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, citing the Biden administration’s “war against crypto.”
The Bay Area’s Once untouchable tech industry has been hit hard by a wave of layoffs and salary cuts, leaving many workers struggling to make ends meet in one of the most expensive regions in the country.
Former President Donald Trump raised $12 million at a Silicon Valley fundraiser in deep blue state California on Thursday, according to a member of the California Republican National Committee.
In a move that may cost him friends and business opportunities, Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital and former Hillary Clinton supporter, has donated $300,000 to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
The once-thriving tech industry is now grappling with a harsh reality as widespread layoffs continue to sweep through the sector, leaving tens of thousands of workers struggling to find new employment.
A new survey reveals that the relentless wave of tech industry layoffs combined with the rise of AI has fueled widespread anxiety over job security among American workers. More than 72 percent of Americans making more than $150,000 fear losing their jobs to AI and other sources of economic insecurity, while even 50 percent of those making under $50,000 feel the same way.
Google’s highly touted new San Francisco campus for its AI teams has reportedly been grappling with a frustrating and ironic problem – abysmal Wi-Fi connectivity. One employee remarked, “You’d think the world’s leading internet company would have worked this out.”
Apple’s hitherto secret effort to develop its own self-driving electric vehicle (EV) has reached a dead end. Multiple sources confirmed to news outlets Wednesday the iPhone maker has dumped the project after a decade’s work delivered little return on investment.
Networking giant Cisco is laying off more than 4,000 employees to shift focus and resources towards developing its AI capabilities.
The disturbing case of an Indian American family of four found dead in their upper-class Silicon Valley home is being investigated as a murder-suicide, local police have said.
eBay joins other tech giants in massive layoffs, announcing the dismissal of 1,000 employees, which constitutes nine percent of its full-time workforce.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced further job cuts as part of the company’s strategy to meet “ambitious goals” in the coming year. Another chunk of the company’s notoriously leftist employee population will soon be looking for new jobs.
Newly leaked documents have revealed a secretive initiative by U.S. and UK military contractors to establish a global censorship framework in 2018, according to a new report by journalists behind the Twitter Files.
Sam Altman has been reinstated as CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI just five days after his sudden dismissal from the organization. The move comes after more than 700 OpenAI employees threatened to quit if Altman wasn’t reinstated at the AI powerhouse.
Apple has agreed to pay a paltry $25 million settlement to resolve allegations of discriminating against U.S. citizens and legal residents in its hiring practices. The DOJ charged the Silicon Valley giant with giving preference to foreign workers by failing to advertise open positions on its recruitment website in a scheme to ensure it could fill vacancies with foreign workers it could sponsor to enter the country.
Tech billionaire and GOP megadonor Peter Thiel reportedly became an FBI informant in the summer of 2021, providing information to Johnathan Buma, a Los Angeles-based FBI agent who specializes in investigating political corruption and foreign-influence campaigns.
Google has reportedly announced the layoff of hundreds of employees in its global recruiting division as the internet giant plans to slow down its hiring plans.
X Corp, the social media giant formerly known as Twitter, is embroiled in a legal quagmire as it faces 2,200 arbitration cases from former employees, with filing fees that could exceed $3.5 million.
