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Is the AI Boom Turning Into a Spending Bubble?

We all know that AI has become the buzzword amongst Silicon Valley giants. The world's biggest tech companies are spending billions to power the AI

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Nvidia Tax Scores UAE Upgrade: Why AI's Golden Goose Could Be Fleecing The Desert's Dream Projects

The UAE's AI buildout could be running into Silicon Valley's priciest roadblock — the “Nvidia Tax.” The term refers to the steep markups that come with using Nvidia Corp's (NASDAQ:NVDA) high-end GPUs, which have become the default choice for large-scale AI systems.

Benzinga

How former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner turned a viral AI prophecy into profit, with a $1.5 billion hedge fund and outsize influence from Silicon Valley to D.C.

Leopold Aschenbrenner is a Wall Street novice. So why have some Silicon Valley bigwigs trusted him with billions?

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What Is the 996? Toxic Work Culture Said to Be Heading to the UK - Here's How to Cope

A 72-hour workweek trend from China and Silicon Valley may be creeping into UK workplaces, raising burnout and health concerns.

International Business Times UK

Former Apple Design Chief Has 20 Ideas For OpenAI Devices, Says It Should 'Make Us Happy'

Jony Ive, credited with designing Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) candy-colored iMacs and iPhones, said he has 15 to 20 ideas for OpenAI’s family of devices, as the Silicon Valley race to build AI consumer hardware intensifies.

Benzinga

Ford CEO Says AI Will Replace 'Literally Half' of White-Collar Workers — But Blue-Collar Trades Are Still The Essential Backbone Of The Economy

Most people expect AI to hit factory lines first. The machines take over, the people get replaced — that's the usual script. But Ford CEO Jim Farley has flipped that narrative. He says the jobs most at risk aren't the ones on the assembly line, but the ones behind a…

Benzinga

This Oklo-Linked ETF Has Already Surged 62% In October, After September's 101% Jump

The Defiance Daily Target 2X Long OKLO ETF (NASDAQ:OKLL) is shining bright once more in the ETF universe, surging ahead from the tailwind of its underlying stock, Oklo Inc. (NASDAQ:OKLO), the Silicon Valley-funded nuclear upstart at the eye of a fresh atomic-age gold rush.

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996 work culture is sad and inhumane. Whatever’s wrong with 888 – or even 000?

Silicon Valley is keen, once more, on a working pattern of 12-hour days, six days a week. It really is time for a new approach, says Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

Firms are pushing for your data to be sold to big tech. Labour won't say who they are

THE UK Government has refused to reveal which companies are encouraging them to sell Britons’ data to Silicon Valley despite transparency fears.

The National (Scotland)

Silicon Valley leader who navigated the internet's boom and bust sees another wild ride with AI

Former Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers learned all about technology’s volatile highs and lows as a veteran of the internet’s early boom days during the late 1990s and the ensuing meltdown that followed the mania

The Independent UK

Meet Mira Murati, the 36-year-old tech prodigy who shot to fame at OpenAI and now runs a startup that's a poaching target for Mark Zuckerberg

Murati enjoyed roles at Goldman Sachs and Tesla before making her name in artificial intelligence.

Fortune

Trump’s H-1B shift is a bold reform that will power U.S. workers and immigrant dreamers alike

I'm an immigrant, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and I think President Trump's grenade for America’s immigration system is exactly what the country needed.

Fortune

The H-1B fee hike will hold back America's tech community

I spent 15 years building tech in Silicon Valley on an H-1B visa, at AMD and Google. I never would've gotten my first U.S. job under this structure.

Fortune

Remebering Be Incorporated - the early 90s startup whose fate was decided by Steve Jobs

Former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée co-founded Be Inc in the early 1990s, hoping to take on Silicon Valley titans.

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The Independent UK

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 Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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 …

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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.

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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.

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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.

International Business Times

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.

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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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