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The 996: Is this dystopian work trend coming to the UK next?

IN FOCUS: The toxic practice has already made the leap from China to America's Silicon Valley. Helen Coffey looks at the rise of endless hustle culture at a point when we should be harnessing tech to work smarter, not harder

The Independent UK

This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue

In Silicon Valley’s unofficial literary canon, few works loom as large as The Sovereign Individual. A kind of survival manual for 21st-century tech billionaires, it has been enthusiastically championed by Palantir and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel (mentor to JD Vance), who wrote the foreword to the 2020 edition.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on AI and jobs: the tech revolution should be for the many not the few

Editorial: Britain risks devolving its digital destiny to Silicon Valley. As a TUC manifesto argues, those affected must have a greater say in shaping the workplace of the future

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‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever

When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about living for ever, it seemed straight out of a sci-fi fantasy. But for some death is no longer considered an inevitability …

The Guardian - UK

Before hiring his now-CEO, MrBeast insisted the Silicon Valley investor meet his mom

Jeff Housenbold spent a couple of hours with the YouTube star’s mother—and missed his flight.

Fortune

The hottest workplace policy at startups right now: No shoes

Silicon Valley startups are embracing one of their favorite work-from-home perks: attending meetings in just socks.

Fortune

One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent Democrats just called Trump’s $100k H-1B visa fee a 'great solution'

Other tech leaders, like Elon Musk, have said they will ‘go to war’ to defend the program.

Fortune

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AI Is Quietly Deciding Who Gets Medicare Care—And Lawmakers Are Sounding the Alarm

Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to Silicon Valley startups or tech giants—it’s quietly shaping healthcare decisions for millions of seniors. Medicare Advantage insurers increasingly...

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Donald Trump backstabs Silicon Valley, but apparently he has ‘zero legal authority’ to charge $100K H-1B Visa fee

Microsoft and JP Morgan are already warning their employees.

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Ukraine Courts Foreign Cash For Military 'Silicon Valley'

At the opening of Ukraine's biggest defence tech fair, arms executives and government officials were welcomed by a giant movie screen blaring an action-style trailer with heavy base undertones.

International Business Times

6 Surprising Industries Where Average People Are Becoming Millionaires

The path to wealth no longer looks like Wall Street suits or Silicon Valley startups. In fact, many millionaires today come from unexpected industries. Ordinary people are spotting opportunities in niches others overlook. With persistence and strategy, side hustles and small businesses can scale into fortunes. Here are six surprising…

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Why IVP’s Somesh Dash believes that Silicon Valley can look beyond artificial general intelligence for spirituality

Between Peter Thiel’s Antichrist lectures and the quest for AGI, religion is on the tech industry’s mind.

Fortune

Nvidia Rival Groq Raises $750 Million: 'Inference Is Defining This Era Of AI,' Says CEO Jonathan Ross

On Wednesday, Silicon Valley startup Groq announced $750 million in new financing, valuing the Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rival at $6.9 billion as it expands its global footprint in AI inference infrastructure.

Benzinga

A booming longevity industry wants to sell us ‘immortality’. There could be hidden costs

If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products – they’ve set their sights on immortality.

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Nick Clegg: US-UK tech deal is ‘sloppy seconds from Silicon Valley’

Meta’s former president of global affairs says agreement will leave UK more reliant on US tech firms

Fortune

Openness to foreign talent could help non-U.S. tech hubs in Europe and Asia: ‘Wherever is more open still has a chance to win the next cycle’

“Silicon Valley will remain very pro-immigrant,” Notable Capital managing partner Hans Tung said at Fortune Brainstorm Tech last week.

Benzinga

Teen Founders, Tap The Brakes: Paul Graham Says Curiosity Beats Companies In High School — Despite YC Wins With Airbnb, Reddit, And Sam Altman At 19

The co-founder of Silicon Valley’s most influential startup accelerator is delivering a reality check to ambitious teenagers everywhere. Paul Graham, whose Y Combinator has funded giants like Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), Stripe, Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX), and Reddit (NYSE:RDDT), is warning high schoolers to pump the brakes on their entrepreneurial dreams.

Benzinga

Trump's Son-In-Law Jared Kushner Co-Founds Brain Co., A $30M AI Startup Partnered With OpenAI And Backed By Silicon Valley Billionaires

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and former White House advisor Jared Kushner has entered the artificial intelligence sector with Brain Co., a startup that announced on Sept. 11 that it raised $30 million in Series A funding to help governments and large enterprises adopt AI in practical ways.

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What the rise of ChatGPT mastermind Sam Altman reveals about AI, tech and power

Since dropping out of Stanford University, Sam Altman has become one of the world's most influential tech entrepreneurs – at the helm of OpenAI and its artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT. The author of a new biography of Altman tells RFI what his ascent reveals about AI, Silicon Valley and how…

The Guardian - UK

Swiped to Twiggy: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Lily James plays the co-founder of Tinder and Bumble in a damning film that shows up Silicon Valley’s toxic male culture – plus Sadie Frost pays homage to the fashion icon who became the face of the swinging 60s

The Guardian - UK

How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley

Instead of recognising that social media harms mental health and democracy, the former deputy PM and Meta executive repeats company talking points

Fortune

YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup

One of the leaders behind Silicon Valley’s biggest start-ups is advising high school students to embrace learning in class before jumping into their dream business.

Benzinga

Ozempic Is The New Botox And Big Pharma Is Printing Billions

Ozempic and Zepbound have morphed from diabetes treatment into a cultural phenomenon, helping Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) and Eli Lilly And Co (NYSE:LLY) achieve a combined market cap topping $900 billion. Celebrities flaunt it, Silicon Valley elites swear by it, and analysts predict the GLP-1 market could surpass $150 billion…

Fortune

Silicon Valley's graying workforce: Gen Z staff cut in half at tech companies as the average age goes up by 5 years

As AI takes over entry-level jobs, the amount of Gen Z at large public tech companies like Meta and Microsoft has been slashed in half, and the age of the typical worker went up up 5 years since 2023. Experts say this shift could stifle innovation—but here’s how young workers…

The Independent UK

Seasteading is making a comeback — but these utopian paradises on the high seas have a history of failure

IN FOCUS: They promised utopian paradises, unshackled by governments and buoyed by tech. What they built instead was a costly illusion. Holly Baxter reports on how seasteading started, unraveled and is now rising again in popularity

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