Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?
Lauren Goode: It sounds like you’re a little bit aligned with the successful tech entrepreneurs who were surveyed by the junior college in Palo Alto in terms of being a …
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How to Not Die in Silicon Valley
Lauren Goode: Zoë, you had vegan pizza the other night. You said it was pretty good. Zoë Schiffer: I did. I did, and I read a really, really scary article …
Big Tech Wants You Back in the Office
Lauren Goode: Oh, really? Zoë Schiffer: Yes. Lauren Goode: I did not have that experience on Caltrain. Zoë Schiffer: Well, you weren’t reading Infinite Jest on the Caltrain, were you …
What an ‘Airbnbopoly’ Game Says About Silicon Valley’s Standoff With Lina Khan
Four years ago, one of Vice President Kamala Harris’ top donors—the billionaire cofounder of LinkedIn Reid Hoffman—celebrated the IPO of Airbnb, a company he was heavily invested in, by fashioning …
Introducing WIRED’s Flagship Podcast, ‘Uncanny Valley’
Silicon Valley has been an epicenter of global innovation for decades. But the Valley, and its associated personalities, companies, and trends, has never been home to more undiluted power than …
A High-Profile Geneticist Is Launching a Fusion-Power Moonshot
Eric Lander is a Big Science heavyweight. A geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician, he led the International Human Genome Project and is founding director of the powerful Broad Institute of …
Rs 25 lakh pay per month not enough? Google techie’s paycheck-to-paycheck survival shocks social media
A Silicon Valley CEO has revealed the financial struggles of a well-paid couple who live paycheck to paycheck despite their substantial salaries. Damon Chen, founder of Testimonial.to, shared his surprise …
Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door
While the biometric-scanning Orb and the World network have their roots in crypto tokens, “crypto” wasn’t an oft-mentioned word during the event. Instead, Altman and Blania emphasized World’s blockchain service, …
Google spends Rs 23,000 crore to bring back former AI employee, sparks overspending debate in AI race
Google has made a significant investment in the artificial intelligence sector, acquiring Character.AI for $2.7 billion in 2023. The deal marks the return of Noam Shazeer, a pioneer in AI …
Inside one of the first all-female hacker houses in San Francisco
For Molly Cantillon, living in a hacker house wasn’t just a dream, but a necessity. “I had lived in a few hacker houses before and wanted to replicate that energy,” …