James Damore, the Google employee famously fired after he shared a memo alleging that the gender gap in tech could be due to biological differences, has filed an unfair dismissal case against the company.
“Silicon Valley is the new Wall Street,” a Bannon ally says.
In an article about the most prominent threats to Silicon Valley, Axios claimed Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon “is railing against the ‘Lords of Silicon Valley.'”
The growing divide between conservatives and Silicon Valley is no accident. In a recently released survey of over 600 tech founders, I and my co-authors identified fundamental philosophical differences between Trump voters and technologists. Namely, Silicon Valley is about as “globalist” as it gets, supporting both free trade and immigration much more than the typical self-identified Republican.
Following the firing of programming chief Roy Price, Amazon Studios has faced the departure of their fourth executive in four months as Conrad Riggs, the former head of unscripted entertainment, departs the company shortly after Joe Lewis, the former head of comedy and drama.
California’s September job growth saw government employment booming at an annualized rate of over 12 percent — and the private sector crawling at less than 2 percent.
Zain Jaffer, the CEO of Silicon Valley tech startup Vungle, has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a minor and battery of an officer.
Google and Facebook, along with other companies in Silicon Valley, spent millions of dollars lobbying Congress in the third quarter in response to fears of regulation, according to a report.
Nearly half of tech workers are afraid of losing their jobs due to ageism, according to a survey.
Twitter revealed it will be banning “hateful display names” and published a timeline for future online safety policy changes.
The city of Stockton, California, is planning to offer a basic income grant of $500 per month to poor residents, making it the first U.S. city to provide a guaranteed income.
Twitter is reportedly planning to crackdown on ‘hate and abuse’ on their platform with the rollout of a new update.
Illegal aliens who have received temporary amnesty from the Obama administration are reportedly working as interns and aides in local California government on immigration issues.
Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon warned against the dangers of trusting Silicon Valley and Washington elites in his speech at the Values Voter Summit on Saturday.
James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas has released a follow-up to its exposé of bias at the New York Times earlier this week. This time, the target is YouTube, the ubiquitous video-sharing platform owned by technology giant Google.
Amazon is reportedly experimenting with a new delivery service, aiming to take on private shipping companies such as FedEx and UPS.
Barry C. Lynn, a former senior fellow at the New America Foundation who was fired after criticizing Google, claimed this week democracy could be threatened by technology monopolies.
Investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election could force Google and Facebook to reveal algorithm secrets, according to a report.
Uber’s founder and former CEO, Travis Kalanick, retaliated against Uber’s board of directors by appointing two new board members last week in what looks like the opening round in a battle for control of Silicon Valley’s most valuable tech unicorn.
Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has revealed a new project he believes could revolutionize travel: city-to-city rocket transport system.
The EU Commission has warned social media companies Facebook and Twitter that if they don’t comply with EU law, they could face heavy regulation.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has denied that the social media platform holds an anti-Trump bias.
E-commerce giant Amazon has claimed that Google is no longer supporting YouTube playback on the Amazon Echo Show device.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s open borders organization says it is “critical” that Congress pass Republican legislation to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.
President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka are pushing the creation of a computer science initiative aimed at providing support for STEM education in schools.
Silicon Valley was sent into a dither this week after Vanity Fair indicated that legendary venture capitalist and Trump supporter Peter Thiel is about to become Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB).
President Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head, Lisa Jackson, who infamously used the fake name “Richard Windsor,” blasted the Trump administration Tuesday for what she called a lack of “transparency” in her former department.
A new poll released by the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) found that 51 percent of Bay Area residents have considered moving out of the region over skyrocketing housing prices.
Silicon Valley’s unemployment rate has jumped almost a full point since May, to 3.9%. It could reverse California’s epic seven-year economic boom, and could lead to a crash just as epic.
Gab, a free speech-orientated social network, has been given five days to change domain services from its provider Asia Registry, who claimed their domain will otherwise be terminated.
Legislators in Washington are reportedly considering stricter regulation on Silicon Valley tech companies as digital advertising becomes a central part of American elections.
A former Facebook executive has stated that tech companies such as Google and Facebook have become “surveillance states” and are “inviting government regulation.”
Google has been accused of paying female workers less than men for the second time in recent months, most recently facing a lawsuit by three female ex-employees.
Gab, the free speech social network, has filed a lawsuit against Google after they were suspended without warning from Google’s Play Store last month.
Maureen Ohlhausen, the current chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, dismissed concerns over Silicon Valley monopolies, Tuesday, citing the rise and fall of AOL.
Actor Kumail Nanjiani said in a podcast interview this week that the racial unrest in America is “scarier” now than it was after the deadly Islamic terror attacks of September 11th, 2001.
Tesla has remotely upgraded the battery capacity of a number of Tesla cars in Florida in order to help those that may be fleeing Hurricane Irma.
Andrew Torba, CEO of free speech Twitter alternative Gab, joined Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Tuesday to discuss Silicon Valley censorship.
Telecommunications company Verizon reportedly plans to begin a new program which rewards users for providing their personal data to the company.
Microsoft renewed its defense of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Tuesday with a promise to defend its employees from deportation.
