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Google brushes off employee complaints and says it is ‘proud’ to work with Trump’s Pentagon, report says

Hundreds of Google employees sent an open letter to the company’s leadership about the Pentagon deal, warning of military AI’s potential for ‘unethical and dangerous uses’

The Independent UK

The California tax proposal that has billionaires gaming for ‘economic 9/11’ in secret group chats

The proposed tax has divided Democrats, prompted a primary challenge against a star congressman, and previews the complicated dynamics around Big Tech heading into the 2028 election, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Meet Apurva Shrivastava: Indian-origin engineer who turned a ‘missed call’ idea into $1 billion AI startup

In the high-stakes world of Silicon Valley, where billions are poured into chatbots and generative art, Apurva Shrivastava and Tyson Chen decided to look where few tech founders go: the local HVAC company. That decision has officially paid off. Their startup, 'Avoca', has reached a $1 billion valuation following a…

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A ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0

The edifice suggests a Silicon Valley-style desire to protect the president from national crises of his own making

The Guardian - US

Tech has a ton of layoffs and AI disruption and the rest of corporate America doesn't. One Silicon Valley CEO knows why

Goodhart's Law is running amok, both in the companies where tons of supposed AI layoffs are having, and where it isn't, Box's Aaron Levie said.

Fortune

Google reportedly signs classified AI deal with US Pentagon

Tech company is latest Silicon Valley firm to sign agreement with US military despite widespread employee opposition

The Guardian - US

California billionaire tax proposal garners enough signatures to head to ballot

Proposal for a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in the state is opposed by Silicon Valley tech titans and Gavin Newsom

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How a chance encounter in Texas sparked a $1 billion Kleiner Perkins-backed AI startup

Avoca, founded by two MIT grads, brings Silicon Valley tech to trades like plumbing, roofing, and HVAC.

Fortune

Hobohemian Rhapsody

Author Brian Barth explores the makeshift tent cities of Silicon Valley.

Reason

‘Godmother of Silicon Valley' Esther Wojcicki, mother of the YouTube and 23andMe CEOs, shares her secret to raising future leaders

Wojcicki takes inspiration from her daughters’ public failures and how they pivoted to turn mistakes into successful companies.

Fortune

Cursor’s 25-year-old CEO is a former Google intern who just inked a $60 billion deal with SpaceX

From Google intern at 18 to a billionaire at 25, Cursor CEO Michael Truell’s rise is one of Silicon Valley’s fastest.

Fortune

The Godmother of Silicon Valley and her former student want to fix how healthcare gets built

Fail fast, revise, repeat: Esther Wojcicki brings her classroom philosophy to healthcare investing with the launch of Treehub.

Fortune

Palantir published a mini manifesto calling some cultures ‘harmful’ and ‘middling’ and said Silicon Valley has ‘a moral debt’ to the U.S.

The manifesto was based on a book coauthored by CEO Alex Karp.

Fortune

‘They’re sweating’: Why Japanese giants are pouring money into Silicon Valley startups

Pegasus Tech Ventures is quadrupling the corporate venture fund it manages for Japanet, the Japanese television shopping group.

Fortune

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Axios

Silicon Valley is building its own news-industrial complex

"Monitoring the Situation" has become one of the most viral and lucrative memes in tech.

Reason

This Big Tech Firm Wants To Reinstate the Draft

A look at Palantir’s bootlicking new manifesto.

The Times of India

'Should be universal duty’: Palantir backs mandatory US military draft in wartime, lists 22 reasons

A debate over a possible US military draft started after tech giant Palantir Technologies publicly backed the idea of universal national service. It argued that all citizens should share the burden of war. The company shared 22 extensive points explaining why software companies are equally responsible for defence.

Fortune

A16z’s Ben Horowitz sees ‘AI anxiety’ consuming Silicon Valley founders. Workers’ fear of something else is killing adoption

The a16z cofounder said the “laws of physics” have changed for founders—and “AI anxiety” is real. Workers are experiencing something much darker.

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Tom’s Guide

How to watch 'The Audacity' — stream darkly comic Silicon Valley drama online from anywhere

Eight episode Silicon Valley drama and surefire smash hit. Read our guide on how to watch "The Audacity" online from anywhere

International Business Times

How Keith Furuya Blends Silicon Valley Experience with a Purpose-Driven Approach to Wealth Planning

Keith Furuya, a seasoned wealth advisor, has made it his mission to help individuals and families align their financial decisions with the lives they want to build over time.

International Business Times UK

Oracle Cuts 700 More Jobs in California Despite Posting $17.2 Billion Revenue

Oracle's massive layoffs hit 710 employees in California's Silicon Valley, despite record revenues. Discover the impact on the tech industry and the questions it raises about corporate restructuring.

Fortune

Pearson CEO: the AI job apocalypse is a Silicon Valley story. The data tells a different one

The loudest warnings about AI killing white-collar work are coming from the one industry feeling the disruption. That's no coincidence or reason to panic.

Fortune

I helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself

The era of walled-garden AI is collapsing and the startups building agent infrastructure that works across every platform will inherit it.

The Independent UK

Apple's 50-year odyssey has redefined technology, pop culture and comeback stories

A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago and then — no joke — pulled it off

The Guardian - US

Silicon Valley city to give residents doorbells equipped with cameras

Milpitas approves measure to distribute smart doorbells and says residents can upload footage to police database

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