Silicon Valley

President Trump, who uses Twitter as his primary form of communication, has long accused Facebook and Twitter of censoring conservative views.

Politics & Government

Trump Threatens To Shut Down Social Media After Twitter Adds Warning To His Tweets

6:01pm May 27, 2020

by Avie Schneider

President Trump's vow to "strongly regulate" such platforms comes a day after Twitter added a fact-check label to a pair of his tweets and renews his argument that those sites silence conservatives.

Facebook: The Inside Story, by Steven Levy

Books

'Facebook: The Inside Story' Reveals A Company Made In Its Founder's Image

4:01am February 25, 2020

by Shannon Bond

Journalist Steven Levy's rich history of the social network traces Facebook's cascading crises to the worldview and early decisions of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

Uber headquarters in San Francisco on March 1, 2017.

Uber Whistleblower Takes On Silicon Valley, Armed With Stoic Philosophy

11:12am February 18, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

In 2017, Susan Fowler published a blog post that revealed Uber's misogynistic corporate culture — and helped change the world. In her memoir, she urges readers not to see her as a victim.

Elizabeth Giorgi created the "candor clause" after being harassed by a would-be investor. "I've probably spoken to more than 100 female founders across the U.S., and I would say that half of us have a story," she says.

Investor's Naked Selfies Ignite #MeToo Moment: Female Founder Fights Back

5:45pm January 06, 2020

by Yuki Noguchi

Venture capital investing is still a very male-dominated industry where female founders of startups say sexual harassment is a big problem. One woman is trying to change that for herself and others.

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Helen Harris, a former systems engineer for Dell, says her career was derailed a few years ago because of the way she looks. She was born and identifies as a woman.

'It's A Career Ender': 2 LGBTQ Former Dell Workers Share Their Stories

5:36pm July 15, 2019

by Jasmine Garsd

A former Dell worker said she had such a rough time at the company because of her appearance that she filed a human rights complaint. Another former worker alleges bias over her gender transition.

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Anne Schauer-Gimenez (from left) Allison Pieja and Molly Morse of Mango Materials stand next to the biopolymer fermenter at a sewage treatment plant next to San Francisco Bay. The fermenter feeds bacteria the methane they need to produce a biological form

Replacing Plastic: Can Bacteria Help Us Break The Habit?

11:06am June 17, 2019

by Christopher Joyce

Entrepreneurs are eager to find substitutes for plastic that naturally degrade. One option is a "natural" plastic made by microbes and then eaten by them. But the process is still in the early days.

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Apple Park's visitor center has a store, cafe and roof with views of the main building for the public.

National

Silicon Valley Has Its Tech Campuses. Now It Wants A Monument

11:16am April 19, 2019

by Samantha Clark

Tourists are flocking to California to see the origins of their favorite tech companies. Now there might be a monument about Silicon Valley's glory.

Ravi Belani, managing director at Alchemist Accelerator, speaks at a recent presentation by the startup accelerator in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Tech Industry Confronts A Backlash Against 'Disruptive Innovation'

4:31pm January 28, 2019

by Laura Sydell

Silicon Valley is rethinking the implications of technology that disrupts entire industries, while the man who coined the term "disruptive innovation" stands by its basic goodness.

Chinese companies are pumping massive resources into tech firms in Europe and the U.S. as a way to capture innovation and know-how.

China Makes A Big Play In Silicon Valley

11:43am October 07, 2018

by Jackie Northam

"The Chinese figured out that technology is the key to wealth and power, and the source of technology is still the West for China," says one China and tech watcher.

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An unmanned automobile competes in the i-VISTA (Intelligent Vehicle Integrated Systems Test Area) Autonomous Driving Challenge on August 18 in Chongqing, China.

What Happens When A.I. Takes The Wheel?

12:04pm September 06, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

In his new book Autonomy, Larry Burns, formerly with General Motors, argues that self-driving, electric cars are inevitable. In an interview with NPR, he addresses the now — and the future.