Tag Archives: Silicon Valley (Calif)

The New York Times 6:53 pm on September 16, 2021
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The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is a Wake-Up Call for Sexism in Tech

In tech, brash male founders are allowed to overpromise and underdeliver, time and again. Not so much for women.

#altria-group-inc, #burns-kevin-r, #california, #computers-and-the-internet, #conrad-parker, #discrimination, #entrepreneurship, #facebook-inc, #holmes-elizabeth-1984, #juul-labs-inc, #silicon-valley-calif, #venture-capital, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 2:52 am on September 16, 2021
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The Sexism That Led to the Elizabeth Holmes Trial

In tech, brash male founders are allowed to overpromise and underdeliver, time and again. Not so much for women.

#altria-group-inc, #burns-kevin-r, #california, #computers-and-the-internet, #conrad-parker, #discrimination, #entrepreneurship, #facebook-inc, #holmes-elizabeth-1984, #juul-labs-inc, #silicon-valley-calif, #venture-capital, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 1, 2021
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She’s the Investor Guru for Online Creators

Li Jin, 31, began backing creators years ago. She has raised her own fund to invest in influencer-related start-ups.

#atelier-ventures, #computers-and-the-internet, #content-type-personal-profile, #entrepreneurship, #li-jin, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #socialism-theory-and-philosophy, #start-ups, #venture-capital, #video-recordings-downloads-and-streaming

The New York Times 10:00 am on August 20, 2021
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Praise, Concern and Apple’s New Tools Against Child Abuse Imagery

The company has taken action against sexual abuse material on its platforms. Its solutions, however, have not been met with universal support.

#apple-inc, #audio-neutral-informative, #child-abuse-and-neglect, #computers-and-the-internet, #sex-crimes, #silicon-valley-calif, #software

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 16, 2021
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt: ‘Silicon Valley Now Owns Hollywood’

The actor, who’s set to play the controversial Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick in an upcoming series, thinks the tech takeover may be a good thing.

#apple-tv, #audio-neutral-informative, #computers-and-the-internet, #gordon-levitt-joseph, #kalanick-travis, #silicon-valley-calif

The New York Times 10:04 pm on July 15, 2021
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Tech Workers Who Swore Off the Bay Area Are Coming Back

Critics said the pandemic would make the industry flee San Francisco and its southern neighbor, Silicon Valley. But tech can’t seem to quit its gravitational center.

#austin-tex, #bay-area-rapid-transit, #cisco-systems-inc, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #florida, #google-inc, #hewlett-packard-company, #musk-elon, #oracle-corporation, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #relocation-of-business, #renting-and-leasing-real-estate, #san-francisco-calif, #silicon-valley-calif, #twitter

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 7, 2021
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Silicon Valley’s Thin Skins and Giant Egos

Ellen Pao, the former C.E.O. of Reddit, talks Big Tech boys clubs, content moderation and workplace culture.

#audio-neutral-informative, #computers-and-the-internet, #discrimination, #facebook-inc, #google-inc, #pinterest, #reddit-inc, #silicon-valley-calif, #twitter, #venture-capital, #women-and-girls, #workplace-environment, #workplace-hazards-and-violations

The New York Times 10:22 pm on June 4, 2021
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Zuckerberg’s Trusted Facebook Users to Fix His Trump Problem.

The CEO — and the rest of us — are paying the price.

#computers-and-the-internet, #facebook-inc, #politics-and-government, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #trump-donald-j, #twitter, #zuckerberg-mark-e

The New York Times 7:00 am on May 8, 2021
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Seeing the Real Faces of Silicon Valley

For many midlevel engineers and food truck workers and longtime residents, a region filled with extremes has become increasingly inhospitable.

#homeless-persons, #income-inequality, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #silicon-valley-calif, #wages-and-salaries

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 18, 2021
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Airbnb Has a Hate Group Problem, Too

But it’s not the same as Facebook’s. C.E.O. Brian Chesky discusses why he and Mark Zuckerberg have different consequences to consider.

#airbnb, #chesky-brian, #hotels-and-travel-lodgings, #silicon-valley-calif, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #washington-dc

The New York Times 8:00 am on March 8, 2021
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How Do Silicon Valley Techies Celebrate Getting Rich in a Pandemic?

Not by buying airplanes. Instead, the newest start-up millionaires are proceeding cautiously.

#airbnb, #high-net-worth-individuals, #initial-public-offerings, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #silicon-valley-calif, #start-ups

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 26, 2021
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Away From Silicon Valley, the Military Is the Ideal Customer

While much has been made of tech’s unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, start-ups are still plumbing the industry’s decades-long ties to the military.

#anduril-industries-inc, #computers-and-the-internet, #customs-and-border-protection-us, #defense-and-military-forces, #defense-contracts, #defense-department, #drones-pilotless-planes, #luckey-palmer, #silicon-valley-calif, #skydio-inc, #start-ups, #thiel-peter-a, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 13, 2021
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Silicon Valley’s Safe Space

Slate Star Codex was a window into the psyche of many tech leaders building our collective future. Then it disappeared.

#artificial-intelligence, #astral-codex-ten, #blogs-and-blogging-internet, #computers-and-the-internet, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #names-personal, #race-and-ethnicity, #rationalists, #science-and-technology, #silicon-valley-calif, #siskind-scott, #slate-star-codex, #substack-inc, #women-and-girls, #writing-and-writers

The New York Times 6:35 pm on January 30, 2021
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MacKenzie Scott, Melinda Gates, Priscilla Chan: On Women Philanthropists

They’ve always been big givers, but for a long time men got most of the credit.

#philanthropy, #silicon-valley-calif, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 4:38 pm on January 30, 2021
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The Silicon Valley Start-Up That Caused Wall Street Chaos

Robinhood pitched itself to investors as the antithesis of Wall Street. It didn’t say that it also entirely relies on Wall Street. This past week, the two realities collided.

#banking-and-financial-institutions, #charles-schwab-corporation, #e-trade-financial-corporation, #fidelity-investments, #financial-brokers, #futures-and-options-trading, #gamestop-corporation, #jpmorgan-chasecompany, #mobile-applications, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #robinhood-financial-llc, #securities-and-exchange-commission, #silicon-valley-calif, #stocks-and-bonds, #td-ameritrade-holding-corp, #venture-capital

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 25, 2021
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The Site Trump Could Run to Next

Substack is the breakout newsletter platform media insiders are watching. Its chief executive says he has big plans — and an open door.

#dispatch-the-web-site, #greenwald-glenn, #media, #newsletters, #silicon-valley-calif, #start-ups, #substack-inc, #sullivan-andrew, #trump-donald-j

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 14, 2021
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Food Delivery Is Keeping Uber Alive. Will It Kill Restaurants?

Uber built a business on the backs of drivers and, now, restaurants. But the company’s chief Dara Khosrowshahi says it’s not part of the ‘menace economy.’

#car-services-and-livery-cabs, #khosrowshahi-dara, #mobile-applications, #restaurants, #silicon-valley-calif, #uber-eats, #uber-technologies-inc

The New York Times 1:01 am on January 12, 2021
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The Scary Power of the Companies That Finally Shut Trump Up

Tech giants were right to ban the president. We still need to break them up.

#amazon-com-inc, #bill-of-rights-us, #censorship, #constitution-us, #constitutional-amendments, #debates-political, #democracy-theory-and-philosophy, #dorsey-jack, #facebook-inc, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #impeachment, #jones-alex-1974, #liberalism-us-politics, #libertarianism-us-politics, #navalny-aleksei-a, #parler-llc, #republican-party, #right-wing-extremism-and-alt-right, #sanders-sarah-huckabee, #science-and-technology, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #trump-donald-j, #twitter

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 28, 2020
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Silicon Valley Isn’t Over Just Because Tech Companies Are Moving Away

The obituary for California’s tech industry has been written before, and it will be rewritten again and again and again.

#austin-tex, #computers-and-the-internet, #miami-fla, #oracle-corporation, #relocation-of-business, #san-francisco-bay-area-calif, #silicon-valley-calif, #start-ups, #venture-capital

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 21, 2020
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Your Card Payment Has Been Declined

Mastercard’s chief executive oversees $6.5 trillion in transactions. That gives him unique insights into our economic recovery, and power over companies like PornHub.

#banga-ajay, #child-pornography, #credit-cards, #mastercard-inc, #pornhub, #silicon-valley-calif

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 17, 2020
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Can Kara Swisher Be Vulnerable?

Brené Brown tries her best.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #brown-brene, #gender, #silicon-valley-calif, #therapy-and-rehabilitation, #trump-donald-j

The New York Times 1:30 am on December 10, 2020
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‘Welcome to Texas!’: Musk’s California Departure Stokes the States’ Rivalry

Several companies have followed the same path to Texas, which has aggressively advertised lower taxes and fewer regulations.

#california, #musk-elon, #relocation-of-business, #silicon-valley-calif, #tesla-motors-inc, #texas

The New York Times 2:22 pm on December 2, 2020
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Marc Benioff Sets His Sights on Microsoft

The Salesforce C.E.O.’s planned acquisition of Slack will have him competing directly with the Goliath that is Microsoft.

#benioff-marc, #company-reports, #computers-and-the-internet, #mergers-acquisitions-and-divestitures, #microsoft-corp, #salesforce-com-inc, #silicon-valley-calif, #slack-technologies-inc, #social-media, #software

The New York Times 7:54 pm on November 30, 2020
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Group Seeking Equality for Women in Tech Raises $11 Million

The nonprofit organization, All Raise, is working on an expansion, as diversity in the tech industry remains elusive.

#all-raise-nonprofit, #computers-and-the-internet, #entrepreneurship, #hiring-and-promotion, #kostka-pam, #nonprofit-organizations, #sexual-harassment, #silicon-valley-calif, #venture-capital

The New York Times 10:00 am on November 16, 2020
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At-Home Covid Tests and Other Powers of a Tech Billionaire

Chamath Palihapitiya made his fortune with bold predictions and bets on the future. That wealth gives him influence well beyond Silicon Valley — but should it?

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #palihapitiya-chamath, #presidential-election-of-2020, #science-and-technology, #silicon-valley-calif

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 28, 2020
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To Do Politics or Not Do Politics? Tech Start-Ups Are Divided

Coinbase, Expensify, Soylent, Clubhouse and others are embroiled in a culture war over politics and the workplace.

#clubhouse-mobile-app, #coinbase-inc, #computers-and-the-internet, #corporate-social-responsibility, #entrepreneurship, #expensify-inc, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #labor-and-jobs, #presidential-election-of-2020, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #soylent, #start-ups, #venture-capital, #workplace-environment

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 20, 2020
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When Start-Ups Go Into the Garage (or Sometimes the Living Room)

Labs closed in the pandemic, but innovation doesn’t stop. So while some workers have the home office, engineers have the garage.

#batteries, #cerebras-systems, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #driverless-and-semiautonomous-vehicles, #engineering-and-engineers, #innovation, #laboratories-and-scientific-equipment, #natron-energy, #relocation-of-business, #shutdowns-institutional, #silicon-valley-calif, #start-ups, #voyage

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 26, 2020
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Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal

“People are basically good” was eBay’s founding principle. But in the deranged summer of 2019, prosecutors say, a campaign to terrorize a blogger crawled out of a dark place in the corporate soul.

#cyberharassment, #ebay-inc, #movies, #science-and-technology, #silicon-valley-calif, #stalking-crime, #wenig-devin-n

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 10, 2020
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‘Sway’: Kara Swisher Hosts a New Podcast

A new podcast about power: who has it, who’s been denied it and who dares to defy it.

#computers-and-the-internet, #podcasts, #politics-and-government, #science-and-technology, #silicon-valley-calif, #swisher-kara

The New York Times 7:56 pm on August 14, 2020
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Hitting the Glass Ceiling, Suddenly, at Pinterest

Ben Silbermann, the C.E.O., had few answers to allegations that the social media company has a culture of discrimination.

#brougher-fancoise, #discrimination, #hiring-and-promotion, #pinterest, #silbermann-ben, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #start-ups, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 1, 2020
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Overcrowded Housing Invites Covid-19, Even in Silicon Valley

Overcrowding, not density, has defined many coronavirus hot spots. Service workers’ quarters skirting Silicon Valley are no exception.

#affordable-housing, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #income-inequality, #labor-and-jobs, #quarantines, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #renting-and-leasing-real-estate, #san-mateo-calif, #service-industries, #silicon-valley-calif, #urban-areas

The New York Times 7:00 pm on July 14, 2020
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The Specter of Caste in Silicon Valley

Indian immigrants from Dalit backgrounds are rising up against caste discrimination at their workplaces in the United States.

#affirmative-action, #caste-systems, #cisco-systems-inc, #discrimination, #hiring-and-promotion, #immigration-and-emigration, #india, #indian-americans, #silicon-valley-calif

The New York Times 11:00 pm on July 1, 2020
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Facebook Can’t Be Reformed

We need to reimagine the social network or find a way to survive its dominance.

#computers-and-the-internet, #facebook-inc, #police-reform, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #zuckerberg-mark-e

The New York Times 8:02 pm on June 4, 2020
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2,000 Free Meals a Night, Seasoned by Silicon Valley Chefs

With unemployment soaring in this region of haves and have-nots, a local Boys and Girls Club has transformed into a pop-up takeout operation to feed the most disadvantaged.

#boys-and-girls-clubs-of-america, #chefs, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #east-palo-alto-calif, #food, #peter-fortenbaugh, #philanthropy, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #redwood-city-calif, #silicon-valley-calif, #unemployment

The New York Times 11:10 pm on May 19, 2020
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The Hot New Thing in Clubby Silicon Valley? An App Called Clubhouse

For all the high-minded talk among techies, their new favorite app is an invite-only (so far) social network for mingling with one another.

#andreessen-horowitz, #andreessen-marc-l, #clubhouse-mobile-app, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #davison-paul-entrepreneur, #entrepreneurship, #mobile-applications, #quarantines, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #start-ups, #venture-capital

The New York Times 7:00 pm on May 19, 2020
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Twitter Could End the Office as We Know It

Tech companies invented remote work. Why has it taken them so long to embrace it?

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #silicon-valley-calif, #workplace-environment

The New York Times 8:44 pm on May 7, 2020
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Four: Headquarters

A trip to YouTube for a conversation with the woman trying to change it.

#computers-and-the-internet, #science-and-technology, #silicon-valley-calif, #viruses, #youtube-com

The New York Times 1:33 pm on April 24, 2020
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Preppers Are Quite Prepared to Enjoy Some Vindication

In Silicon Valley, gearing up for the apocalypse was a cliché. Now it’s a credential.

#altman-sam, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #defense-department, #doomsday, #epidemics, #preppers, #prepping, #protective-clothing-and-gear, #ramey-john, #rationing-and-allocation-of-resources, #san-francisco-bay-area-calif, #silicon-valley-calif, #stockpiling, #stokes-jon, #the-prepared

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 2, 2020
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Silicon Valley Leaders’ Plea to Democrats: Anyone but Sanders

Their tech employees are a different story.

#alphabet-inc, #computers-and-the-internet, #presidential-election-of-2020, #presidential-elections-us, #primaries-and-caucuses, #sanders-bernard, #silicon-valley-calif, #united-states-politics-and-government, #venture-capital