About three dozen investors, from Silicon Valley titans to a family office in Tampa, hold stakes in SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Robotaxis Are Spreading Across the U.S.—and So Is the Backlash
As autonomous taxi services scale beyond Silicon Valley, new problems abound for cities.
AI, Global Security News
After 15 years at the helm, Apple CEO Tim Cook to become executive chairman as hardware chief John Ternus takes the top job
The most consequential executive transition in Silicon Valley since Steve Jobs handed Apple to Tim Cook in 2011 is now locked in, and the man taking the CEO chair is the engineer who’s been quietly shipping the hardware you’re probably holding right now.
AI, Global Security News
Meet the Startup That Used AI and OpenClaw to Automate Its Own Developers
As the OpenClaw craze takes over Silicon Valley, some startups are combining the tech with AI coding tools to fully automate developers’ jobs.
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Ex-Google engineers charged with orchestrating high-tech secrets extraction
A federal grand jury has indicted three Silicon Valley engineers on charges in a scheme to steal trade secrets from Google and other leading technology companies. The indictment charges the three defendants with conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, theft and attempted theft of trade secrets, and obstruction of justice. Each could receive up to…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Politics
Why are AI leaders fleeing?
Normally, when big-name talent leaves Silicon Valley giants, the PR language is vanilla: they’re headed for a “new chapter” or “grateful for the journey” — or maybe there’s some vague hints about a stealth startup. In the world of AI, though, recent exits read more like a whistleblower warnings. Over the past couple of weeks,…
AI, Europe, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Why there’s no ‘screenless’ revolution
Apparently, Silicon Valley has declared a “war on screens,” according to a Jan. 1 headline. The article highlighted OpenAI’s hardware project, which is expected to be a screenless device crafted by former Apple designer Jony Ive. OpenAI acquired Ive’s company, io, last May for $6.5 billion and Foxconn has reportedly been hired to make as many as…