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The first Trump administration, and the tech industry that stood up to it, are both looking quainter by the day. Here’s one example: In 2017, when President Trump issued a series of…
Gavin McNamara has abandoned his keyboard and spends all day talking rather than typing. He speaks for hours with his computer and phone, sending emails, writing presentations, posting on…
Dan Peguine, a tech entrepreneur and marketing consultant based in Lisbon, lets a precocious, lobster-themed AI assistant called Moltbot run much of his life. Peguine, a self-professed…
In a remote part of Pakistan, villagers routinely take rickety cable cars across the canyons that cut through the Himalayan foothills. But in August 2023, the unthinkable happened when a…
Sixty pupils from River Valley Primary School reported symptoms of gastroenteritis after consuming lunch provided by the school's central kitchen meal operator, prompting investigations by…
Reid Hoffman doesn’t do much in half measures. He cofounded LinkedIn, of course, and helped bankroll companies including Meta and Airbnb in their startup days. He has also fashioned…
“Conclave” producer Juliette Howell has been named CEO of Lookout Point, the BBC Studios label behind “Happy Valley” and “Gentleman Jack.” Lookout Point’s previous co-CEOs Laura Lankester…
Did California lose Larry Page? The Google and Alphabet cofounder, who left day-to-day operations in 2019, has seen his net worth soar in the years since—from around $50 billion at the…
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Across the country, a growing sentiment suggests the university degree is an artifact of a bygone era, a depreciating asset in an economy obsessed with speed. A recent Gallup poll confirms…
“Climate change is disproportionately impacting this part of the world, but it’s also changing the rules of the game all over the world,” Cella CEO and cofounder Corey Pattison tells me,…
In this episode, we look back at 2025 and look ahead to what's happening in 2026—including what’s in store for Uncanny Valley. Source link
Robots from around the world converged on Silicon Valley to provide a glimpse of a potential future. Two robots picked up T-shirts with orange-tipped claws, then neatly folded and piled…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday intended to stop states from regulating AI—an idea that had received a lot of pushback from members of his base. The order didn’t…
Joel Edgerton was named best perfomer in a film for “Train Dreams” at the Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF). Suzannah Herbert’s “Natchez” took home the One in a Million Award, presented to…
Alex Komoroske has always been at odds with Big Tech’s darker side. Though he cut his product-management teeth at Google and Stripe, he was never comfortable with the industry’s increasing…
The transaction will enable the company to reduce gearing and redeploy the capital to maximise shareholder returns: CEO Sherman Kwek City Developments Ltd (CDL) on Thursday (Nov 20) said…
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of “Pluribus,” streaming now on Apple TV. Vince Gilligan is in the library at Variety’s New York office, surrounded…
The Royal Shakespeare Company has unveiled the full cast for its acclaimed production of “Twelfth Night,” directed by “The Crown” star Prasanna Puwanarajah, which transfers to London’s…
David Temkin was driving south from San Francisco, down Highway 101, as billboard after billboard pitched AI in variations of dense word salad. One ad marketed “automated testing…
Billionaire tech executive Marc Benioff said he wants President Trump to restore a sense of public safety in San Francisco by sending in the National Guard. Source link
For chips used in cars, reliability is key, so critical self-driving functions are often handled by two or more separate chips in order to have backups in case of a failure Mercedes-Benz…
On this special episode of Uncanny Valley recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, our hosts discuss Silicon Valley's history and future. Source link
The Trump administration’s hefty new visa fees for H-1B workers have prompted high-level talks inside companies in Silicon Valley and beyond on the possibility of moving more jobs overseas…
