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Mitch and Freada Kapor

Mitch and Freada Kapor Want to Help Startup Investors Do Well By Doing Good

Mitch Kapor helped invent the computer spreadsheet. Now he and his wife, Freada Kapor, explain in a new book how to create wealth while investing in socially conscious startups.
By James Ledbetter
Tesla corporate headquarters

Tesla Returns to California With Engineering Headquarters, But It Remains a Texas Company

Tesla's return to California is partial, with the company's corporate headquarter staying in Texas.
By Sissi Cao
View of the Twitter headquarters pictured with a blue bird icon.

Twitter Has Reportedly Installed Beds For Employees Working Around the Clock

As Twitter employees returned to the office, some reportedly discovered rooms had been converted into sleeping areas.
By Courtney Vinopal
Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds Follows in the Footsteps of Jay-Z, Ashton Kutcher—And Invests in Tech

By Harmon Leon
The normalization of facial recognition technology and mass surveillance being used to target marginalized communities, whether in the hopes of "saving them" or not, is dangerous.

Sex Workers Are at the Forefront of the Fight Against Mass Surveillance and Big Tech

By Erin Taylor

Theranos Whistleblower Gives Tips on Spotting Red Flags at Sketchy Startups

By Sissi Cao

Rockefeller Family Deepens Ties in Silicon Valley Through Elite Merger

By Sissi Cao
coders

The New Wave of Tech Founders Can Cure the Industry’s Ageism Problem

By Zach Ferres

A Closer Look At Peter Thiel’s Attack on Google’s ‘Treasonous’ Ties to China

By Sissi Cao

Google and Amazon Attempt to Fix the Housing Crisis They Created

By Gabriela Barkho

FCC Chair Ajit Pai Says Internet Speeds Have Increased Since Net Neutrality Repeal

By Gabriela Barkho

Top Tech Critic Kara Swisher Bashes Silicon Valley ‘Self-Patting-on-the-Back’ Problem

By Sissi Cao

Mark Cuban Explains Why He Invests Outside Silicon Valley

By Gabriela Barkho

How a Dog-Walking App Became 2018’s Hottest Unicorn: Q&A With Rover CEO Aaron Easterly

By Sissi Cao

Microsoft’s Seattle Housing Pledge Will Cost the Company Nothing—And Makes Amazon Look Bad

By Sissi Cao
Marc Benioff was the only tech CEO supporting Prop C before the midterm elections.

Marc Benioff on Midterm Election’s Homeless Tax Bill: ‘There Were No CEOs on My Side’

By Sissi Cao

Silicon Valley Loves Cory Booker—But Still Gives a Lot of Money to the GOP

By John Bonazzo
Emmys 2018 Predictions Winners

Our 2018 Emmys Predictions: Who Will Win—And Who SHOULD Win

By Brandon Katz
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 14: Engineer and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk of The Boring Company listens as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel talks about constructing a high speed transit tunnel at Block 37 during a news conference on June 14, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Musk said he could create a 16-passenger vehicle to operate on a high-speed rail system that could get travelers to and from downtown Chicago and O'hare International Airport under twenty minutes, at speeds of over 100 miles per hour.

Not All Silicon Valley CEOs Are Assholes—Just the Loudest, Most Famous Ones

By Rich Jaroslovsky
This photo taken on February 1, 2018 shows an engineer holding a silicon face against the head of a robot at a lab of a doll factory of EXDOLL, a firm based in the northeastern Chinese port city of Dalian. With China facing a massive gender gap and a greying population, a company wants to hook up lonely men and retirees with a new kind of companion: "Smart" sex dolls that can talk, play music and turn on dishwashers.

Big Tech Is the Next Space Race, and the US Is Already Losing

By Jack Crosbie

EU Proposes $11B Tech Innovation Fund to Catch Up With Silicon Valley

By Sissi Cao

Tom Wolfe Called Out Silicon Valley’s ‘Bro Culture’ in 1983

By Sissi Cao

The Future of Job Hunting Is a ‘Black Mirror’ Hellscape You Can’t Avoid

By A.M. Kopf

Apple Is Finally Moving to Fix the Colossal Train Wreck That Is Siri

By Rich Jaroslovsky
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