Silicon Valley

CSin3 students will wear this green sash when they graduate from Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday.

Education

'Embodiment Of Grit': How Children Of Farm Workers Became Tech Professionals

5:15am May 15, 2016

by Krista Almanzan

We first told you about CSin3 — an accelerated degree program — when it launched three years ago. Now its first cohort is set to graduate, with many students heading into high tech coding jobs.

Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2015.

Health & Safety

Biotech's Theranos Offers A Cautionary Tale For Silicon Valley

6:38pm May 02, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The blood-testing startup led by Elizabeth Holmes soared on hype and celebrity boosters. Now it's under federal scrutiny. It could show that Silicon Valley's success model doesn't work in biotech.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an event at Apple's headquarters Oct. 16, 2014 in Cupertino, California.

National

Confronting Homogeneity In Apple's Boardroom

7:30pm February 21, 2016

by NPR Staff

Antonio Maldonado wants Apple to increase diversity among its senior executives, and he's taking his fight to the shareholders meeting on Feb. 26.

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Intel Chief Diversity Officer Danielle Brown speaks during the Women Who Spark Awards presented by Intel in Las Vegas on Jan. 7.

Intel Discloses Diversity Data, Challenges Tech Industry To Follow Suit

3:34pm February 03, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

Intel is revealing more details about its diversity goals — the ones the chipmaker has met and failed to meet — than any other Silicon Valley giant to date.

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Ahead Of GOP Debate, Clinton Rips Republicans On National Security

8:16pm December 15, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Outlining her plan to combat ISIS and radicalization in the U.S., the Democratic presidential candidate said "shallow slogans don't add up to a strategy."

Adan Faudoa landed a job at Pandora, one of the first tech companies to set up shop in Oakland.

As Tech Firms Come To Oakland, So Do Hopes Of Racial Diversity

7:38pm December 03, 2015

by Pendarvis Harshaw

Oakland, Calif., is known for being diverse. The tech industry? Not so much. But there's hope the situation will improve as more tech companies move to Oakland.

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As Tech Firms Come To Oakland, So Do Hopes Of Racial Diversity

5:46am December 03, 2015

by Pendarvis Harshaw

Oakland, Calif., is known for being diverse. The tech industry? Not so much. But there's hope the situation will improve as more tech companies move to Oakland.

Square CEO Jack Dorsey outside the New York Stock Exchange before his company went public on Thursday.

Do Underwhelming Square, Match IPOs Mean Bubble Trouble?

2:03pm November 20, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Online payment startup Square and online dating giant Match have gone public. Their lackluster prices are the latest sign of Wall Street growing weary of tech hype and multibillion-dollar "unicorns."

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Leslie Miley, former software engineer at Twitter

Economy

Q&A With The Black Twitter Engineer Who Left Over Diversity Problems

1:06pm November 06, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Leslie Miley says the company keeps an internal list of colleges and universities it wants to hire from — Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon — and says messaging like that is part of the problem.

Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig is ending his presidential campaign after he says he would fail again to make the Democrats' debate stage.

Campaign-Finance Crusader Lawrence Lessig Ends Presidential Bid

3:39pm November 02, 2015

The Harvard law professor, who crowdfunded $1 million for his run, says he cannot move forward any longer if Democrats do not allow him in the debates.