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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.

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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

Salon

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?

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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 Conversation

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?

The Guardian - UK

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.

Fortune

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’

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The Times of India

Countries with the highest population of the Indian diaspora

From bustling metropolises like New York and London to cultural hubs like Kuala Lumpur and Durban, Indians have left their mark on economies, politics, and societies worldwide. Whether as tech pioneers in Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs in Dubai, or long-established communities in Africa and the Caribbean, the global Indian community continues…

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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Dr. Peter Attia's $7,500 a year biohacking attracted Silicon Valley. Now he's betting on the wealthy elite of New York City

Investors back Dr. Peter Attia's biohacking clinic, which he says provides “the most advanced executive physical in the world.”

Fortune

CEO of $4.2 billion tech giant says defying Silicon Valley's ‘move fast and break things’ mantra was essential to growing his business

The founder of DBT Labs, Tristan Handy, says moving at his own pace fostered innovation and growth—it can feel antithetical to the strategies of Google and Meta.

Fortune

In a win for Silicon Valley, Senate votes to overturn key payments regulation that could benefit Elon Musk’s X

The rule was enacted under the Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last November.

The Guardian - US

They wanted to save us from a dark AI future. Then six people were killed

How a group of Silicon Valley math prodigies, AI researchers and internet burnouts descended into an alleged violent cult

Radio France Internationale

Could European AI create a more unified European identity?

While many artificial intelligence chatbots created by Silicon Valley tech companies, trained on American content, European tech companies are developing their own models, using the continent's culture and languages.

The Guardian - UK

If the best defence against AI is more AI, this could be tech’s Oppenheimer moment

An unsettling new book advocates a closer relationship between Silicon Valley and the US government to harness artificial intelligence in the name of national security

TechRadar

What’s next for AI innovation in a post-DeepSeek world

DeepSeek proves AI breakthroughs possible without Silicon Valley's massive resources and funding.

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