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Balaji Srinivasan calls for tech to "exit democracy" and seize local governments

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To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take...
To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take control of City Hall, you must listen to Balaji Srinivasan. Before you do, steel yourself for what’s to come: A normal person could easily mistake his rambling train wrecks of thought for a crackpot’s ravings, but inf...

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The Tech Bros Powering Silicon Valley's Military Fever Dream

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InFebruary, hundreds of people converged on Sand Hill Road for a party thrown by Andreessen Horowitz...
InFebruary, hundreds of people converged on Sand Hill Road for a party thrown by Andreessen Horowitz and the defense contractor Anduril to send a loud message: America is under threat and now is the time to build. Many attendees were tracking the arrival of a group of mostly male twenty-something entrepreneurs who c...

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DoD and US Intelligence Agencies award $53B in contracts to AI and Tech firms

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'California Forever' Billionaires Accused of Tricking People to Sign Petitions

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A young man was standing by a folding table with a pen and a stack of...
A young man was standing by a folding table with a pen and a stack of paper when Claudia Wilde emerged from the Target store in Fairfield, California, last week.“He says, ‘I have a petition… I need you to sign for better roads,’” she told The Daily Beast. “And I said, ‘That’s the name of the petition?’ He goes, ‘Yea...

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A VC-backed startup's push for growth left little time for actual engineering

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For 19 months, the sociologist Benjamin Shestakofsky embedded himself in an early-stage tech startup to study...
For 19 months, the sociologist Benjamin Shestakofsky embedded himself in an early-stage tech startup to study its organization and culture. The company went on to become one of Silicon Valley’s “unicorns,” valued at over US $1 billion. This article is adapted from an excerpt of the author’s new book, Behind the Star...

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Bay Area tech workers are seeing 'salary stagnation,' new report says

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The 46-Year-Old Millionaire Who Claims to Have the Body of a Teenager

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Cisco to lay off more than 4k employees to focus on artificial intelligence

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Google employees blast 'profoundly boring' management lacking 'visionary leader'

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After big tech layoffs, Silicon Valley may have lost its monopoly on workers

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So far this year, Google, Amazon and Discord are among technology companies to announce layoffs.Tech companies...
So far this year, Google, Amazon and Discord are among technology companies to announce layoffs.Tech companies including Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce laid off 6% to 13% of their workforce in 2023, leading more technology workers to trade the prospect of high-growth equity and household-name employment...

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Balaji Srinivasan calls for tech to "exit democracy" and seize local governments

The Tech Bros Powering Silicon Valley's Military Fever Dream

DoD and US Intelligence Agencies award $53B in contracts to AI and Tech firms

'California Forever' Billionaires Accused of Tricking People to Sign Petitions

A VC-backed startup's push for growth left little time for actual engineering

Bay Area tech workers are seeing 'salary stagnation,' new report says

The 46-Year-Old Millionaire Who Claims to Have the Body of a Teenager

Cisco to lay off more than 4k employees to focus on artificial intelligence

Google employees blast 'profoundly boring' management lacking 'visionary leader'

After big tech layoffs, Silicon Valley may have lost its monopoly on workers