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Paul Allen
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Silicon Valley estate is on sale for $41 million — take a look inside
CNBC - Taylor Locke
The Atherton, California estate of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is on the market for $41.48 million. Allen passed away in October of 2018 at …
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SFGate
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Uber
US agency eyes fatal crash involving self-driving car
SFGate - SF Gate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is moving to determine the probable cause of the first fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle. Elaine Herzberg died in March 2018 when Uber
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The New York Times
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Mark Hurd
Mark Hurd, Co-Chief Executive of Oracle, Is Dead at 62
The New York Times - By DON CLARK
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Hurd, who was known for both success and scandal at Hewlett-Packard and most recently served as co-chief executive at Oracle, died on Friday. He was 62 years old. Mr. Hurd had taken
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SFGate
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Mark Hurd
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62
SFGate - SF Gate
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62.
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Republican Party
GOP Splits Over Tech Bias, Boosting Effort to Reform Big Tech’s Legal Shield
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Some House Republicans are pushing back on their colleagues’ aggressive efforts to tackle the alleged liberal bias of tech platforms. But that’s not …
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Salesforce
Salesforce CEO speaks about gender pay gap in Silicon Valley
CBS News
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is making an effort to close the pay gap between men and women in tech. By 2019, the company had spent more than $10 …
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Quartz
Facebook
Silicon Valley execs attack Facebook acceptance of political lies
Quartz - Michael J. Coren
Facebook has decided it has standards when it comes to truth—just not for politicians. Earlier this month, it said that politicians were free to lie in their ads, even if their message contained conspiracy
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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The Smartest People in the Room? What Silicon Valley’s Supposed Obsession with Tech-Free Private Schools Really Tells Us
lareviewofbooks.org - By Morgan G. Ames
IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, the media has produced a steady stream of stories about Silicon Valley tech executives who send their children to …
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Santa Clara County
Three Santa Clara schools on lockdown, bomb squad headed to park
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Three schools in Santa Clara were placed on lockdown Friday morning as police began investigating a suspicious device at Bowers Park. The three …
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YCombinator
At Y Combinator's Startup School, it's not all tech cheerleading
CNET - Richard Nieva
30,000 startups enrolled in the accelerator's online program, as the iconic institution tries to overcome its insular image.
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TechCrunch
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Technology
Who will own the future of transportation?
TechCrunch - Kirsten Korosec
Autonomous vehicles are often painted as a utopian-like technology that will transform parking lots into parks and eliminate traffic fatalities — a number that reached 1.35 million globally in 2018. Even
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Fox News
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Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook's Zuckerberg asked about alleged bias against conservatives in exclusive Fox News interview
Fox News - David Montanaro
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked by Fox News' Dana Perino in an exclusive interview whether he believes bias against conservatives exists in Silicon Valley, as many on the right have long claimed.
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SFGate
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NASCAR
NASCAR closes $2B purchase of International Speedway Corp.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR closed its $2 billion purchase of International Speedway Corp. on Friday, bringing under the sanctioning body's control 12 tracks that include Daytona, Talladega and Speedway.
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Fox News
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg on conservative bias in Silicon Valley
Fox News
Watch 'The Daily Briefing' on Friday, October 18 at 2 p.m. ET for Dana Perino's interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Watch 'The Daily Briefing' on Friday, October 18 at 2 p.m. ET for Dana Perino's
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OpIndia
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Technology (India)
Rose Valley Scam: Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Rider CEO Venky Mysore questioned by ED regarding transaction between and
opindia.com - OpIndia Staff
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s company came under ED' scanner in 2015 after it alleged that the money transferred between the actor’s Red Chillies, …
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Housing
Facebook gives $25M to build affordable housing for teachers
abc7news.com - By Anser Hassan
PALO ALTO, Calif. (KGO) -- An old building and a large parking lot on the 1.5-acre piece of land on 231 Grant Avenue in Palo Alto, will soon become …
12 hours ago
Stanford University
Stanford expansion only benefits Stanford
smdailyjournal.com - Don Horsley and Diane Howard
The news Stanford University continues to push for approval of 3.5 million square feet of new development without addressing community impacts …
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InsideHook
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Lifestyle
Millionaire Millennials Love California and Traverse City, Michigan
insidehook.com - Kayla Kibbe
While most stereotypes paint an image of broke, debt-burdened millennials eating ramen for dinner in tiny apartments, turns out not all millennials …
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Idaho
Active weather pattern dominates Southwest Idaho
idahonews.com - Haley Squiers
A change to the weather pattern is in effect, starting Thursday, with windy conditions in the valley and snow in the mountains. Temperatures have …
21 hours ago
Netflix
Chandrachoor Rai Opens Up On Comparisons Of His Netflix Film ‘Upstarts’ With Silicon Valley!
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It’s been over two months since the 66th National Film Awards were announced, and actor Chandrachoor Rai, who received a Special Mention for his film …
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Fatherly
Scooter Braun
Coolest Dads 2019: Scooter Braun and the Nice-Guy Business Bros
Fatherly
Cool Dad Job: Co-founder of Instructables, CEO and Founder of SafeConnect Solar Eric Wilhelm is one of those guys who went west and struck gold in …
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Disease
Valley Fever Awareness Symposium held at Bakersfield College, bringing awareness to the disease
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BAKERSFIELD,Calif. — A local organization is bringing awareness and educating the community on Valley Fever and the many resources available to those …
18 hours ago
SFGate
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Walgreens
Google affiliate begins drone deliveries in Virginia town
SFGate - By The Associated Press
A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver customers' Walgreens purchases in a test being run in a Virginia town. Wing, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, received federal approval earlier this
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Business Insider
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Venture Capital
Meet Austin's top venture capital firms and investors - Business Insider
Business Insider - Megan Hernbroth
Austin has yet to land an outpost of popular fitness studio Barry's Bootcamp, but that hasn't stopped venture capital from creeping into the Texas capital. Once a long-time sales hub, Austin is just as
20 hours ago
Edge Computing
Edge Computing in Autonomous Vehicles — panel discussion | Center for East Asian Studies
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Dr. Sven Beiker, Founder & Managing Director, Silicon Valley Mobility, LLD Sven Beiker is a Lecturer in Management at the GSB, and the Managing …
18 hours ago
SFGate
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Huawei
Huawei exec: Chinese tech giant wants to be 'transparent'
SFGate - By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei said Friday that the company is prepared to be "open and transparent" as it looks to persuade the U.S. government that it can be trusted that
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Happy Spreadsheet Day. It's the 40th anniversary of VisiCalc, or so this Excel chart tells me. (Sorry, Mitch, couldn't resist.) Today's Login is 1,471 …
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Santa Clara
Assemblyman Ash Kalra joins Santa Clara County workers’ picket lines on 9th day of strike
ktvu.com - Bay City News
Santa Clara County workers striking for the ninth day Thursday were joined on the picket lines by Assemblyman Ash Kalra. Workers with Service …
18 hours ago
Air Quality
Victory Bell Game moved from Coachella Valley High to Indio High due to air quality concerns
desertsun.com - Shad Powers
Despite all the schools in the Coachella Valley Unified School District being canceled and all activities suspended for Friday and throughout the …
13 hours ago
Google Chrome
Delete Google Chrome. Install the Brave Browser — The Bad Crypto Podcast
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The majority of the massive Silicon Valley social and web tech companies don’t see you as a customer. They see you as a product. Capturing your data …
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