A tech executive fleeing to his New Zealand doomsday bunker reportedly forgot...
A Silicon Valley tech executive forgot how to unlock his underground bunker in New Zealand, according to a recent report.Purchasing and converting underground bunkers into luxury shelters was a growing...
View ArticleThe wealthiest of Silicon Valley have become super doomsday preppers by...
Some of the wealthiest of Silicon Valley have developed a penchant for prepping for the apocalypse in recent years.Lasik eye surgery, multimillion-dollar real-estate investments in New Zealand, "go...
View Article'More community, more content, less expectation': 9 venture capitalists say...
An audio-only chat app called Clubhouse has been the talk of Silicon Valley techies and venture capitalists on Twitter recently.Although the app is still invite-only and in the development stages,...
View ArticleRent the Runway has long been heralded as one of Silicon Valley's hottest...
It was mid March and businesses were just starting to feel the impact of coronavirus — and even highflying startups weren't immune. During a virtual company-wide meeting, Rent the Runway co-founder and...
View ArticleA California town can test all of its residents for COVID-19 thanks in part...
A small Northern California town is one of the first communities to attempt to test every one of its residents for COVID-19.Two residents — a biotech entrepreneur and a venture capitalist — used their...
View ArticleHow Facebook board member, Trump adviser, and billionaire venture capitalist...
The Silicon Valley tech elite, perhaps out of mere wealth and circumstance, have begun investing in apocalypse preparations in recent years.Buying up real estate to serve as hideaway bunkers is one...
View ArticleHunkered-down tech workers built a virtual Silicon Valley, with dozens of...
A venture capitalist built a virtual layout of Silicon Valley using the web design tool Figma.She shared it with other tech workers in the region, who built scores of digital offices, bars, and other...
View ArticleMisinformation, hacking, and imploding startups: 18 books about tech to read...
Looking for something to read while you while away the hours in isolation? We put together our top picks for books about Big Tech – covering everything from Cambridge Analytica through to Facebook and...
View ArticleSan Francisco's Sea Cliff neighborhood, where Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey owns...
On the northwest corner of San Francisco lies the exclusive neighborhood of Sea Cliff.It was founded in 1913 as one of the city's residence parks, or makeshift suburbs.It's become one of San...
View ArticleInside a 'haunted' 149-year-old million-dollar castle hidden in San Francisco...
Albion Castle is a four-story castle in San Francisco that was built in 1870 as a home and brewery.The tech hub has grown up and around it over the decades, and now the castle is all but hidden.It has...
View ArticleAirbus is developing bomb-detecting 'electronic noses' that may one day sniff...
Airbus is partnering with Silicon Valley biotech firm Koniku to introduce bomb-sniffing sensors to airports and aircraft that may be able to detect viruses such as COVID-19 one day, the Financial Times...
View ArticleLook inside the 'Tesla of eco-villages' that's aiming to meet the rising...
ReGen Villages is a startup striving to build self-sufficient communities across the globe.The company has yet to develop, but its founder says the concept is perfectly poised to thrive following the...
View ArticleExperts say the office as we knew it is gone and companies will need one-way...
Scores of white-collar employees have acclimated to working from home instead of the office as the coronavirus pandemic has altered daily rhythms across the world.Reopening dates for workplaces are not...
View ArticleThe ongoing layoff waves could sweep thousands of tech workers out of the...
Any young job-hunter faces tough odds in the current sinking economy, as thousands of workers compete for a waning number of open jobs while the bills pile up.But the pressures are much greater for...
View ArticleSilicon Valley companies may have to give up providing ubiquitous free snack...
As offices gear up to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, employers are exploring how to implement distancing measures in the workplace.That includes minimizing contact among workers, including in...
View ArticleSoftBank's brutal treatment of WeWork founder Adam Neumann shows that it has...
A lawsuit filed by former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann this week contains allegations unlikely to help the tech giant's already tarnished reputation among startup founders, according to industry insiders....
View ArticleSilicon Valley VCs have a new obsession that perfectly captures the grave...
As the coronavirus-led economic shutdown drags on, many investors have started counseling startups to have more than a years' worth of "runway" to avoid having to raise funding on poor terms.But VCs...
View ArticleExperts say that when offices reopen, group work areas might replace the...
With thousands of white-collar employees having adapted to working from home due to coronavirus-driven shutdowns, many have posited that the office environment may not have a place in the future.And...
View ArticleHere are 8 answers to some of the internet's questions about Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is now a household name, representing technology, innovation and wealth. But despite all the buzz around the Silicon Valley name, it turns out the internet has some basic questions about...
View ArticleApple employees are expected to start returning to the company's offices soon...
Apple has a phased plan for some employees to return to work in its offices, according to a new report from Bloomberg.Apple reportedly wants to bring employees back to its global offices in stages,...
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