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Covid-19 is India's biggest crisis: philanthropist M R Rangaswami

The Indian-American philanthropist and venture capitalist from the Silicon Valley has urged the diaspora community to help support the Indian people

Manchester, Silicon Valley…

Why do Innovation Revolutions happen outside India?

Facebook spent $23 million on Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2020

"He is synonymous with Facebook, and as a result, negative sentiment regarding our company is directly associated with, and often transferred to, Mr. Zuckerberg," read the statement

How venture capitalists behave

Book review of The Economics of Venture Capital Firm Operations in India

Board games spin new tales

Folks getting tired of playing games on their phones are looking for a different way to engage their senses and bond with friends and family

Can influx of high-tech industry transform Texas into 'new Silicon Valley'?

If Silicon Valley loses its marquee status, it will almost certainly give way to several hubs in Texas

China's spat with Jack Ma is bid to control big tech. Silicon Valley next?

Flagship changes like loosening merchant exclusivity might have had more impact several years ago, before competition intensified, but the direction of travel is clear

Google employees form union in US, escalating tension with management

The elected leaders of the union made the announcement in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday

The stampede from Silicon Valley

Regulatory burden is pushing big firms out of California

Apple car not coming before 2025-2027 at earliest, says analyst

Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that the launch of Apple Car is unlikely to happen until 2025-2027

Google told scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research: Report

Google states on its public-facing website that its scientists have "substantial" freedom

Google firing respected AI researcher Timnit Gebru is cause for concern

Over 1,400 Google employees and thousands of techies employed in other Silicon Valley businesses have signed a letter of protest about the manner of her dismissal

DoorDash boosts IPO price range amid strong appetite for tech stocks

San Francisco-based DoorDash plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "DASH" this month. It had confidentially filed for an IPO in February.

Silicon Valley looking forward to Biden undoing Trump's immigration rules

Tech advocates are reportedly eager to work with incoming Biden administration and reverse several of Trump's immigration policies, especially those that created barriers for high skilled visa holders

A slice of Scandinavia in India's Silicon Valley

The upcoming Chaman Bhartiya School in Bengaluru is daring to be different in India's K-12 jungle

Questioning the Silicon Valley 'gospel'

Book review of Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley

As wildfires approach Silicon Valley, tech firms struggle to find fight

Winnacker, a fire district chief who led a team against the 2017 fires that scorched vineyards in Napa and Sonoma Valley, is interested in tools that can spot fires early and ease evacuations

Remote working: What the 'tech exodus' means for the Silicon Valley

Apple and Alphabet have long been deeply office-oriented; Yahoo, Best Buy and Reddit ended up reversing course on their flexible work arrangements in the past decade.

Silicon Valley-based VC Rocketship raises $100 mn for its second fund

The launch of Fund II will enable the VC to continue investing globally across sectors and company stages and increase the firm's number of follow-on investments, said the Silicon Valley-based VC

How women, immigrants, nonwhites helped American economy boom after WW II

The hopeful truth is that when Americans band together to force open the gates of opportunity for women, for Black men, for the groups that have long been oppressed in our economy, everyone gets ahead