China’s call to foster semiconductor independence has sent investors chasing after chip startups of all sorts. Moffett AI, a Shenzhen-based chip design company, has received a fresh Series A injection. The company did not disclose the exact amount, only saying that the proceeds were in the “several tens of millions of dollars.” The round was […]
The Guardian view on Elizabeth Holmes: fake it to make it until you break it | Editorial
The downfall of the founder of Theranos is a story of hubris and lies – and a parable for a financial system that is badly brokenThe story of how Elizabeth Holmes came to defraud some of the richest and most powerful investors in the US, only to end up…
Gift Guide: Extremely Online books
If you can’t read a good book without stopping every few pages to tweet about it, you might be what we call Extremely Online. You unabashedly distinguish between real life and digital life by using phrases like IRL versus URL, you disabled the Screen Time app on your iPhone because you don’t need that kind of judgement. Maybe you’re so online that it’s your job to write about social media, and even when you’re not working, you’re still thinking about the vice grip that Meta has on your life. Okay, that last one hit a bit too close to home.
大退職時代は「大再考時代」？ テック業界の人々が、仕事に求める条件を見直している
コロナ禍を機に会社を辞めたり転職したりする人が急増し、「大退職時代」が本格的に到来した2021年。米国のテック業界では今年後半になって、ウェルビーイングなどを基準に優先順位を見直しながら新たな職を選ぶ「大再考時代」が訪れつつある。
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California companies can no longer silence workers in victory for tech activists
Silenced No More Act makes it illegal for firms to prevent employees from speaking out about harassment or discriminationIn a major victory for Silicon Valley activists and California workers, the governor has signed a law making it illegal for compani…
Should Mark Zuckerberg be scared of Peter Thiel?
Unless you’ve been in a cave over the last week, you’ve likely read a review or some discussion about The Contrarian, a new book about billionaire investor Peter Thiel by longtime Bloomberg Businessweek features editor and tech reporter Max Chafkin. It isn’t surprising. Thiel has become an increasingly powerful figure in the U.S., and Chafkin […]
Jscrambler raises $15M Series A to help defend against website attacks
Jscrambler, a Portugal-based startup specializing in cybersecurity products that protect organizations against web data exfiltration attacks, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. The investment, which comes two years after the startup secured $2.3 million in seed funding, was led by Ace Capital Partners and backed by existing investors Sonae IM and Portugal Ventures. Jscrambler […]
セラノス創業者エリザベス・ホームズの裁判はどうなる？ シリコンヴァレーが先行きに注目する理由
血液1滴であらゆる病気を発見できると謳い、のちに「虚偽」であることが明らかになったセラノス。創業者で詐欺などの罪で起訴されていたエリザベス・ホームズの裁判が、約3年を経てようやく始まった。ホームズとセラノスが描いた“夢”は成功に至る道のりにすぎないと弁護側は主張すると予想されるが、その過程で「シリコンヴァレーの文化」の問題点にも焦点が当たる可能性が高い。
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A billionaire wants to build a utopia in the US desert. Seems like this could go wrong | Jessa Crispin
The architects of the proposed 150,000-acre project are scouting the American south-west. They’re already predicting the first residents can move in by 2030Welcome to Telosa, a $400bn “city of the future,” according to its founder, the billionaire Marc…
This Week in Apps: OnlyFans bans sexual content, SharePlay delayed, TikTok questioned over biometric data collection
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices […]