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Google and Twitter reopenings launch grand experiment on the future of Silicon Valley work

A grand Silicon Valley experiment in how and where work will be done in a post-pandemic world has just gotten underway, with technology giants Google and Twitter this week announcing sharply different office reopening plans as other local firms wrestle with how and when to bring workers back to company…

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Twitter to Welcome Workers Back In the Office

Twitter's new chief Parag Agrawal on Thursday said it will reopen offices globally this month but let people work remotely if they wish, as many businesses end closures put in place to fight the spread of Covid-19. Google is also preparing for employees to return to its Silicon Valley offices…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Amanda Seyfried found her (deep) voice as Elizabeth Holmes in 'The Dropout'

Amanda Seyfried is leaning into her computer's camera for an impromptu tutorial. When it was announced that she would be playing disgraced Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes in a new Hulu limited series, most of the focus was on whether she could convincingly mimic Holmes' famous deep baritone.

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Elizabeth Holmes' wild trial almost remade 'The Dropout.' Here's why it was left out

LOS ANGELES — Liz Meriwether, the creator of "New Girl" and "Single Parents," became fascinated with Elizabeth Holmes in 2019, much like the rest of us. She remembers being drawn in by a Vanity Fair piece that detailed the Silicon Valley wunderkind's final months at her biotech company, Theranos, which…

Los Angeles Times

Elizabeth Holmes's sordid saga goes from trial to TV series

Hulu is presenting a limited TV series about fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes just two months after she her conviction for duping investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos

The Independent UK

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, ‘Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber’ question the motives of a Silicon Valley startup

For Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the mystery of Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick wasn’t about how he lost the reins of the ride-share company. It was about why he put the pedal to the metal at all.

Tribune News Service

The Dropout review: Amanda Seyfried’s Elizabeth Holmes is pitiful, never pitiable

The moral of this Silicon Valley morality tale? Don’t run a company based on a cod-philosophical slogan printed on a paperweight

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Super Pumped review – flashy, high-octane Uber saga runs out of gas

The series on the rise and fall of Uber’s hard-charging, grandiose CEO Travis Kalanick, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, gets too high on its own supply

The Guardian - US

Bossing it: why the women of big tech are taking over the small screen

The Tech Bro has become Hollywood’s go-to villain. Now, TV is finally grappling with Silicon Valley’s complex female entrepreneurs

The Guardian - UK

If they could turn back time: how tech billionaires are trying to reverse the ageing process

Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel are pouring huge sums into startups aiming to keep us all young – or even cheat death. And the science isn’t as far-fetched as you might think

The Guardian - UK

Silicon Valley job market bounces back strongly, inflation soars: report

SAN JOSE — The tech boom enabled Silicon Valley’s job market to rebound strongly in 2021 and banish much of the coronavirus job losses — but the region last year suffered sharply rising inflation, a new report has found.

Tribune News Service

Intel's Mobileye Targets US Autonomous Electric Shuttles From 2024

Intel Corp's (NASDAQ:INTC) Mobileye unit looks to build and deploy self-driving electric shuttles with its partners in the U.S. in 2024. Mobileye, Benteler EV Systems, and Beep will launch the on-demand driverless shuttles, which will feature 12 to 14 seats and no steering wheel or pedal, Reuters reports. They will operate the vehicles in…

Benzinga

Yoga, nature walks: Salesforce opens luxe ‘ranch’ to help remote workers connect

In an internal survey, employees asked company to find ‘ways to connect’ which the 75-acre Trailblazer ranch will provide plenty of

The Guardian - US

Wealthy town has an answer against building affordable housing: Mountain lions

The well-heeled Silicon Valley suburb of Woodside has come up with a novel way to block plans that would potentially bring in more affordable housing: Declare itself Cougar Town.

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Rowdy rafter of turkeys wreak havoc at Nasa’s Silicon Valley campus

The US Department of Agriculture has been called in to trap and relocate the feisty fowl before they begin nesting

Los Angeles Times

Silicon Valley's tech monopoly is over. Is the future in Austin, Texas?

When Tesla announced last fall that it was moving its corporate headquarters from California to Texas, officials in Sacramento seemed more surprised than concerned.

Benzinga

American Axle & Manufacturing Invests $15M In Autotech Ventures

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (NYSE:AXL) has invested $15 million in Autotech Ventures to access new opportunities that support its mission to develop powerful electric drivelines. Autotech Ventures is an early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital firm focused on tech start-ups in the global ground transportation industry. With over $400 million under management, Autotech…

Los Angeles Times

Turkeys are trashing a NASA research center in Silicon Valley, so they're getting the boot

NASA researchers in Silicon Valley are done talking turkey. They're taking action.

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The Independent UK

Peter Thiel leaving board of Facebook parent Meta

A Silicon Valley billionaire and advisor to former President Donald Trump is leaving the board of directors of Facebook parent company Meta

The Independent UK

Conservative billionaire Peter Thiel to resign from Facebook’s board ‘to support pro-Trump candidates’

The billionaire venture capitalist was one of Facebook’s few prominent conservative voices and a key ally of Donald Trump in Silicon Valley

The Times of India

Jio Platforms acquires 25% stake in Two Platforms for $15 million

NEW DELHI: Digital service company Jio Platforms on Friday announced an investment of $15 million in Silicon Valley-based deep tech startup Two Platforms for acquiring 25 per cent equity stake on a fully diluted basis.

The Guardian - US

The Silicon Valley veterans who want to bring you wildfire info in real time

Watch Duty, launched last year, sends users push notifications about new and spreading fire, giving them vital time to prepare

Glasgow Live

Glasgow Silicon Valley-style research centre planned to end 'inequalities' with other parts of UK

Glasgow will receive a share of £100 million of UK Government funding in a bid to encourage innovation and research and development work to end inequalities between other parts of the UK.

Insider UK

Silicon Valley-style accelerator planned for Glasgow

UK Government-backed innovation and research centre should new jobs for the region

Los Angeles Times

Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna lays out progressives' next steps

WASHINGTON — As House members return to Washington on Tuesday after a weeklong recess, progressives are looking toward how to recover from recent defeats.

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