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Trump Names Venture Capitalist And Elon Musk Associate As AI, Crypto Czar

President-elect Trump named Silicon Valley venture capitalist David Sacks, an associate of Elon Musk, as his AI czar. He'll lead crypto too.

Investors Business Daily

How the 173-year-old glass-maker behind Edison's light bulb and iPhone screens became a Silicon Valley darling

CEO Wendell Weeks talks about Corning Inc.’s innovations—ranging from Edison’s lightbulb to the face of your smartphone—and how its fiber-optic cables are powering the AI revolution.

Fortune

OpenAI announces weapons company partnership to provide AI tech to military

Partnership marks increasing Silicon Valley openness towards working with defense partners

The Independent UK

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Silicon Valley Titans And Their Psychedelic Journeys: The Experiences That Shaped Them

Silicon Valley's top leaders, including Steve Jobs, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk, share their experiences with psychedelics, from personal transformation to innovation.

Benzinga

Elon Musk's DOGE Dream Team: From Marc Andreessen To Uber's Travis Kalanick, Silicon Valley Titans Reportedly Join Forces To Overhaul Federal Spending

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with a team of Silicon Valley heavyweights, including Travis Kalanick, Marc Andreessen, Sriram Krishnan, and Antonio Gracias, to reform federal spending and identify opportunities to cut up to $2 trillion from the budget.

Benzinga

Encircled by geopolitical risks, Armenia builds a lively tech startup scene

Ex-Soviet state is betting on a growing tech eco-system to drive its economy in region rife with geopolitical tensions.

Al Jazeera

Silicon Valley Democrat urges liberals to stay on X as they abandon it for Bluesky

Progressive congressman has known Elon Musk for years

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Marc Andreessen tells Joe Rogan that Silicon Valley is split in half following Trump’s win

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen no longer makes the guest list of every dinner party in Silicon Valley.

Fortune

The new 'land grab' for AI companies, from Meta to OpenAI, is military contracts

Silicon Valley generative AI companies are getting over their aversion to working with the U.S. Department of Defense, as the pressure builds to get returns on massive AI investments.

Fortune

A Silicon Valley billionaire chastised NFL legend Julian Edelman over a bad grade as a schoolboy. It led to a lifelong habit

After a bad middle-school report card, Edelman’s father took him to see John Arrillaga, the real estate developer who built Silicon Valley.

Fortune

Billionaires Bill Ackman, Marc Andreessen, and Travis Kalanick are reportedly getting involved in DOGE

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are looking to Silicon Valley leaders for an unofficial government entity, according to the Washington Post.

Fortune

How New York transformed from tech backwater into global venture capital

Behind the rise of the New York tech scene, from DoubleClick to Etsy.

Fortune

Blavity CEO Morgan DeBaun leads one of the largest Black tech conferences and creates a space for startup founders

DeBaun made the pivot from Silicon Valley a decade ago to focus on entrepreneurship.

Fortune

Silicon Valley CEO warns 'absolutely there's a bubble' in AI valuations: 'Nobody would be surprised' if OpenAI 'disappeared next Monday'

Longtime tech executive Tom Siebel said the market is "way, way overvaluing" AI companies of all sizes, from startups to the $157 billion OpenAI.

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The Conversation

Elon Musk’s new job will bring tech ‘disruption’ to the US government – and history says it won’t be pretty

On November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to lead a newly constituted Department of Government Efficiency alongside fellow tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The new department will be tasked with reining in government bureaucracy, curbing government…

International Business Times

Is AI's Meteoric Rise Beginning To Slow?

A quietly growing belief in Silicon Valley could have immense implications: the breakthroughs from large AI models -- the ones expected to bring human-level artificial intelligence in the near future -- may be slowing down.

Fortune

Elon Musk spent millions bolstering Trump, but the president ‘goes through people like tissues,’ says Kara Swisher

A Silicon Valley icon who claims to know the Tesla CEO is predicting a fallout with Donald Trump.

Evening Standard

Potter's school sold! Silicon Valley firm buy Daniel Radcliffe's old school for £3.3m

Radcliffe’s old school in Chelsea has been sold to a Silicon Valley learning platform

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The Guardian - US

Silicon Valley’s right wing notches victories nationwide and at home

Tech elites scored local and national wins after backing Donald Trump and conservative California ballot measures

The Guardian - US

Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do

Americans will be stuck cleaning up after Maga’s destructive streak because men like this never clean up after themselves

The Guardian - AU

The Crunch: who’s ahead in Australia’s polls, supermarket prices and Silicon Valley politically split

Guardian Australia launches it's new poll-tracking page. Plus: the gap between climate action and pledges

InsideEVs

These Red And Purple States Are EV Epicenters. What If Trump Wins?

When one thinks of American technology and innovation, Silicon Valley is usually the first place that comes to mind. But in recent years, another region of the United States is going all-in on EVs, challenging the West Coast’s sector dominance. That’s the Carolinas.

The Guardian - UK

The stoicism secret: how Ryan Holiday became a Silicon Valley guru

He has sold 5m books about this ancient Greek approach to life – and been feted by sports teams and CEOs. What makes this former PR man so popular?

The Guardian - UK

Humanist chaplain Greg Epstein: ‘Our bowed interactions with our phones look like worship’

The Harvard ethicist and author on the similarities between digital technology and religion, the value of scepticism, and how to develop a positive relationship with our devices

PC Gamer

Factorio has Silicon Valley tycoons like Elon Musk under its spell, and one $7 billion CEO is letting employees expense the game

Factorio teaches important life skills. Like leaving the planet.

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