Silicon Valley stifled the AI doom movement in 2024
For several years now, technologists have rung alarm bells about the potential for advanced AI systems to cause catastrophic damage to the human race. But in 2024, those warning calls…
Trump’s Silicon Valley advisers have AI ‘censorship’ in their crosshairs
President-elect Donald Trump has surrounded himself with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs — including Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and David Sacks — who are now advising him on technology and other issues.…
Tony Fadell on mission-driven a**holes, Silicon Valley entitlement and why LLMs are ‘know-it-alls’
Tony Fadell, the father of the iPod and founder of Nest, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Tuesday to talk about how building the next generation of deep…
Decent silicon case, missing a key feature
Official Google Pixel 9 case It’s pricey and the lack of magnets is a bummer, but the Official Google Pixel 9 case is a nice silicon case that looks and…
Xiaomi’s new custom phone chipset could match 2022’s best silicon
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Xiaomi is reportedly working on a custom smartphone chip that could be comparable to 2022’s flagship silicon. The Chinese smartphone maker will apparently reveal…
California AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters, but Silicon Valley warns it will cause one
Outside of sci-fi films, there’s no precedent for AI systems killing people or being used in cyberattacks. However, some lawmakers want to implement safeguards before bad actors make that dystopian…
Over 100 Silicon Valley VCs pledge to vote for Kamala Harris
More than 100 Silicon Valley VCs including Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla and Mark Cuban have pledged to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Mobilizing…
Here’s why David Sacks, Paul Graham and other big Silicon Valley names had a brawl on X over VC behavior
A decade-old drama involving VC David Sacks and Rippling founder Parker Conrad over their previous company Zenefits has blown up this week into a finger-pointing fight on X with many…
Lavish parties and moral dilemmas: 4 days with Silicon Valley’s MAGA elite at the RNC
It was an eventful week for the Silicon Valley moguls who have vowed to support Donald Trump in his bid to return to the presidency. Given the collision course of…
Trump’s VP candidate J.D. Vance has long ties to Silicon Valley, and was a VC himself
Former President Donald Trump picked Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate on Monday, as he runs to reclaim the office he lost to President Joe Biden in 2020.…