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Silicon Valley's politics are hard to define and have roots in pre-Civil War America, according to a Stanford study.
Technologists may strive to push Democrats away from regulation on business, The New York Times reports.
Health regulators in St. Kitts and Nevis are probing the 2016 clinical trial, which they said was conducted without prior official approval.
It was "obviously a mistake," LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman said.
David Sacks, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent investors and a former PayPal COO, discusses the promise of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin and ethereum.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 8- A Silicon Valley culture war pitting liberal-leaning tech firms against a small conservative cohort took on new intensity on Tuesday after Google fired a male engineer for a memo that decried the company's commitment to hiring women. Memo author James Damore, 28, received jeers, cheers and a couple of job offers, while the debate raged on...
NEW YORK, July 13- Stash, a New York- based startup that lets individuals save small sums of money and make micro-investments through a mobile app, has secured a $40 million investment in a round led by fund manager Coatue Management. Existing investors including funds Breyer Capital, Goodwater Capital and Valar Ventures, the venture capital firm of PayPal...
NEW YORK, July 10- German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse Group has made a $10 million investment in Trumid, a New York- based financial technology startup that runs an electronic corporate bond trading platform, people familiar with the deal said. Trumid, which is backed by venture capitalist Peter Thiel and investor George Soros, will also announce that it...
Some of Silicon Valley's most prominent execs have already started donating to both parties ahead of the 2018 midterms, Recode reports.
In the world of meme creators, President Trump’s post of a fake wrestling video against CNN was celebration-worthy, N.Y. Times reports.
A bunch of drone and 5G companies, including AirMap, Airspace, Kespry, Measure, and PrecisionHawk are attending the White House tech summit.
June 8- AvidXchange, a software company that helps mid-sized companies automate their invoicing and bill payments, said on Thursday it raised $300 million from investors including Mastercard, Silicon valley investor Peter Thiel and Canada's second largest public pension fund. Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, a Singapore state investor, also contributed to the...
Blood transfusions from teen-agers might sound like science fiction, but it's happening.
Peter Thiel's focus on funding early-stage science projects led to a venture firm that's just raised some money to back emerging start-ups.
Palantir hones a reputation as a secretive outfit, but Peter Thiel is now part of the most visible entity on Earth—the Trump administration.
Here's why the entrepreneur says getting a degree was a mistake.
*Investors like synthetic biology's market potential. LONDON, April 6- Scientists are getting closer to building life from scratch and technology pioneers are taking notice, with record sums moving into a field that could deliver novel drugs, materials, chemicals and even perfumes. Matt Ocko, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist whose past investments include...
WASHINGTON, April 3- Before Wall Street attorney Jay Clayton was nominated to be head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, he communicated with more than a half dozen of President Donald Trump's transition representatives, including one whose company has a multi-million-dollar contract with the SEC, according to documents seen by Reuters.
The Silicon Valley titan says there's a real downside to becoming obsessed with winning.
