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Moving Fast And Breaking Everything: Musk's Rampage Through US Govt

In Silicon Valley, they talk about "moving fast and breaking things." One of his first and splashiest moves was to send emails to 2.3 million civil servants, offering buyouts -- and making clear their futures now hang by a thread.

International Business Times

It’s not too late to stop Trump and the tech broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now

In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years ago

The Guardian - UK

How DeepSeek, deep pockets, and data centers are giving Asia an AI edge

Investors, executives and Silicon Valley discount the influence of this vast and dynamic region at their peril.

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China Is Cracking Down On Misleading Driver Assistance Marketing

When it comes to making technical EV innovations, China moves fast. Taking a page from the Silicon Valley textbook, these brands are iterative, constantly upgrading their vehicles and software. Just a few years ago highway driving assistance features were only reserved for high-end vehicles found in and out of China.…

InsideEVs

Netflix stock has been nearly unscathed by Trump tariffs. Some think it could be Silicon Valley’s version of Johnson & Johnson

As recession fears mount on Wall Street, management is still reportedly setting ambitious long-term goals.

Fortune

OpenAI can’t afford to ignore Hollywood’s warning

OpenAI’s Hollywood misadventure is reminiscent of an earlier dispute between the media industry and Silicon Valley.

Fortune

Ex Helldivers, WoW devs' studio CEO says AI "was supposed to vacuum my house" but "some ridiculous Silicon Valley tech bros" decided to have it make art instead

"Are we going to start replacing all of our concept artists with Midjourney? Hell no"

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With Palantir stock taking off, CEO Alex Karp has finally been vindicated

Palantir’s strategy of building software for defense and intelligence agencies has taken off, and Silicon Valley is following Karp’s lead.

Fortune

Hackers insert Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s voices into crosswalk signals

AI-generated prank messages played at various locations across Silicon Valley

The Independent UK

Silicon Valley crosswalks hacked to play satirical messages from Musk and Zuckerberg impersonators: 'It's normal to feel uncomfortable or even violated as we forcefully insert AI into every facet of your conscious experience'

"And I just want to assure you, you don't need to worry because there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it."

PC Gamer

Crosswalks in Silicon Valley hacked to play satirical messages from Musk and Zuckerberg sound-a-likes

A number of Silicon Valley crosswalks were hacked to sound like U.S. big-tech broligarchs, according to reports published by local media this weekend.

Tom’s Hardware

The founder kings of Silicon Valley: Dual-class stock gives US social media company controllers nearly as much power as ByteDance has over TikTok

When Congress passed a law in 2024 to ban TikTok unless it came under U.S. ownership, lawmakers argued that the app’s Chinese parent company posed national security concerns. The Trump administration, which had granted the viral video app a reprieve shortly after taking office in January 2025, extended that pause…

The Conversation

Tech’s Trump ties are starting to burn

Big tech bet on Trump – now tariffs are tanking stocks, IPOs are stalling, and Musk’s role in Washington may be ending

The Guardian - US

Humor: New Silicon Valley femtech apps

Big Tech loves women. Big Tech respects women. And don't be hysterical: Big Tech is NOT harvesting women's data

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The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China — human intelligence

The release of DeepSeek was a reminder that the U.S. is not the assured frontrunner of AI development. As the race between China and the U.S. intensifies, is America inadvertently giving it's biggest rival a huge leg up?

The Conversation

East Asia is challenging Silicon Valley – by being like Silicon Valley used to be

Silicon Valley has been a universal symbol of innovation for decades. Because of its reputation, governments around the world have tried to foster their own versions by investing heavily in tech hubs.

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump is eyeing up a third term – and no one is opposing him

So many people and organisations are capitulating to the US president, from Silicon Valley to the Democrats, legal firms and elite universities. How realistic is the prospect of Trump 3.0, asks Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values

Venture capital-backed, $1bn companies are disrupting the way war will be waged with AI and futuristic weapons. Will they overthrow the traditional big military manufacturers, and what would that mean for the battlefield?

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Fortune

Silicon Valley CEO says 'vibe coding' lets 10 engineers do the work of 100—here's how to use it

Silicon Valley’s latest buzzword promises a new era of coding where AI handles the heavy lifting and innovation grows exponentially.

Fortune

How GSK’s Silicon Valley veteran transformed the pharma giant into a tech powerhouse

Shobie Ramakrishnan has helped transform GSK into a data-led company, helping speed up drug discovery.

Fortune

From $6 billion unicorn to bankrupt cautionary tale: The story of 23andMe

DNA testing company 23andMe was a white-hot Silicon Valley startup for years, and Anne Wojcicki was a celebrity CEO. But after going public, investors lost faith in the DNA testing company.

The Guardian - US

The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities

International trade boomed with the city’s early adoption of technological and economic changes, but Black neighborhoods became ‘sacrifice zones’

Fortune

JD Vance has a message for Silicon Valley: The Trump administration is ‘working with you’

The vice president is pledging support to the tech industry and saying this administration is aligned with its interests.

Evening Standard

Inside South by Southwest, where tech bros and hippies battle for the soul of Austin

Austin, Texas is caught between two identities: the offbeat home of live music and the new rival to Silicon Valley. How did that tension play out South by Southwest, the yearly festival which blends the two?

International Business Times

Texas Tech Boom: Silicon Valley's Southern Outpost Rises

Held every year in the capital of conservative-leaning Texas, the South by Southwest festival increasingly celebrates the state's emergence as a technology hub stepping out of Silicon Valley's shadow.

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