Silicon Valley
Jimmy Yang Turns Down Offers to Shill Crypto to Avoid Looking ‘Like an Asshole,’ He Says
The Silicon Valley star owns crypto himself but can't in good conscience push fans toward an investment where they could lose everything.
Sacramento Kings Owner’s Son Sorry His VC Firm Asked Applicants for IQ Scores
Aneel Ranadive of Soma Capital tells Motherboard what his company was doing was “completely against everything that I stand for.”
Crisis Text Line and the Silicon Valleyfication of Everything
Monetizing people's darkest moments shows that even many "tech for good" initiatives have ulterior motives.
'Nobody Cares' About China’s Uyghur Genocide, Says Billionaire Investor
Chamath Palihapitiya has since said the comments he made on a recent podcast "come across as lacking empathy."
Lawsuit: ClassPass Built Fitness Empire on Thousands of 'Fake' Partnerships
Wellness boutiques say they dealt with angry customers, injured reputations, and potentially dangerous situations after ClassPass listed them without consent.
Restore Net Neutrality, Or Facebook Will Dominate The Internet Forever
Without a functioning FCC, it’s only a matter of time before Big Tech and Big Telecom team up to screw us all.
OK, So Facebook Is Bad. Now What?
Facebook, it has become increasingly clear, cannot be trusted to govern itself.
A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC
She gets $1.7 million. Sam Lessin’s venture firm gets 5% of her creator earnings for 30 years. “it's def not indentured servitude,” he says.
The Great Competition to Give Away Money
Flush with cash, venture capitalists are fighting to invest in startups they often know less and less about. “The older guys,” said one, “are like, ‘This doesn't end well.’”
All the Weird Things That Happened at Elizabeth Holmes’ Trial So Far
A few weeks down, a few months to go.
Tech ‘Unicorn’ Pacaso Is Turning Homes Into LLCs and Pissing Off the Neighbors
Californians say the billion-dollar company is hawking illegal timeshares. "If this business model succeeds," one Sonoma resident said, "our town starts to become more and more like an adult Disneyland."
Big Tech Has Made Billions Off the 20-Year War on Terror
A team of researchers have published a new report detailing how Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Twitter have profited from the global campaign of violence.