News
Taves: Failed Silicon Valley politician plans to inject California’s Prop. 13 with steroids
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (722+ words) Some promises aren't worth keeping. A mechanical engineer, perennial candidate for higher office and Silicon Valley gadfly, Kumar shamelessly pandered to baby boomers last year while running to be the next assessor of Santa Clara County, repeatedly misleading voters that,…...
Silicon Valley meets the court: Tech trio powering padel’s rise in Bay Area
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1502+ words) From the tech world to the padel courts, three friends " Jessica Talbert, Katie Lampert and Neil Chainani " left their careers in tech and fintech to pursue a new dream: building a local sports community around one of the world's fastest-growing…...
OpenAI looks at South Bay tech campus for Silicon Valley expansion
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (593+ words) MOUNTAIN VIEW " OpenAI is eyeing a lease for an office campus in Mountain View that's large enough to accommodate well over 1,000 workers, a potential deal that would mark a major expansion for the artificial intelligence company. The creator of ChatGPT…...
Silicon Valley commercial leasing surges and new development rises
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (521+ words) SAN JOSE " Commercial leasing activity jumped in Silicon Valley during the third quarter of 2025 and development activity rose at a modest pace as owners of commercial properties scout for an elusive market rebound, a new report shows. Santa Clara County,…...
Silicon Valley engineer will reopen another closed Armadillo Willy’s
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (402+ words) John Vink may be the best friend a slab of brisket ever had. The engineer-turned-entrepreneur who reopened Sunnyvale's closed Armadillo Willy's in September, renaming it Empire Armadillo, has announced that he will reopen a closed South San Jose location. Look…...
‘Pathetic weasel’ and other expletives: Rishi Kumar’s campaign allegedly sent profanity-laden texts to Silicon Valley elected official
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (996+ words) The campaign text that flashed across Sunnyvale City Councilmember Richard Mehlinger's phone pledged that Rishi Kumar would put money back into his pocket if elected as the next Santa Clara County Assessor. Kumar, a former Saratoga City Councilmember, is one…...
Silicon Valley’s ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ avoids prison with $50 million payment to feds
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (554+ words) By David Voreacos, Olga Kharif and Miles J. Herszenhorn, Bloomberg Roger Ver, the cryptocurrency advocate known as "Bitcoin Jesus," has paid nearly $50 million to resolve a US tax evasion indictment without having to admit he committed a crime. Prosecutors agreed to…...
Silicon Valley chip-gear maker sued in China over alleged trade secret theft
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (328+ words) By Debby Wu and Olivia Tam, Bloomberg Top US chip-equipment supplier Applied Materials Inc. was sued by a rival in China over what that company characterized as trade secret theft, a further escalation in the technology war between the world's…...
Silicon Valley’s $4 billion gamble on defense manufacturing
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (624+ words) By Lizette Chapman, Bloomberg Every month Neros Inc. makes hundreds of drones designed to drop warheads on adversaries. By the end of the year, the company wants its new Southern California factory to crank out 10,000 per month. Never mind that…...
Iconic Silicon Valley VC firm urged to fire partner over ‘racist’ social media post about Muslim politician Mamdani
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (657+ words) A Fourth of July social media post about Muslim politician Zohran Mamdani by a partner at a legendary Silicon Valley venture capital firm has the nation's largest Muslim advocacy group calling for the investor's firing. Later that day on X,…...