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 …
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Bay Area’s 23andMe cuts 40% of its workforce and discontinues therapeutics division – The Mercury News
NEW YORK — 23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash …
Google lied and cheated, federal court judges in monopoly cases say
A high-ranking Google director was texting with two of the company’s executives about digital-ads prices when he mentioned that the changes they were discussing could lead to lawsuits. Suddenly, he …
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 …
Bay Area judge rules Meta, Google, TikTok must face schools’ addiction claims – The Mercury News
By Isaiah Poritz | Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc., Google, TikTok and Snap will have to face lawsuits brought by school districts in federal court blaming their “addictive” apps for contributing …
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 …
Hydrogen startup Verdagy opens San Jose plant at risky moment – The Mercury News
By David R Baker | Bloomberg A laser-wielding robot hovers over a nickel tray in Verdagy Inc.’s new California factory, inspecting the seams of what will become an electrochemical cell. …
Tech companies chop hundreds more Bay Area jobs as industry wobbles
SAN JOSE — Tech companies have revealed plans to jettison hundreds more Bay Area workers in an unsettling reminder that the shaky industry is still seeking ways to trim employment. …