2+ week, 6+ day ago   (935+ words) Palo Alto parent Tilli Bannett is a venture capitalist who invests in tech companies, but at a recent school board meeting, she challenged district leaders to remove most tech from classrooms. "I came here to ask of you, where is…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1237+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley’s effort to place Matt Mahan in the governor’s mansion is stalling out amid recriminations, donor frustration and second-guessing. The San Jose mayor entered California’s wide-open governor’s race as tech’s chosen champion: a centrist Democrat with founder…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1231+ words) San Jose mayor Matt Mahan had been in The Daily Show hotseat all of 30 seconds when Jon Stewart asked about his startup days. Jeff Bezos makes a $34 million bet to replace cotton and polyester Quantum computing stocks soar as Trump…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (92+ words) They’ve amazed audiences from Silicon Valley to live television, now this father-son duo brings their modern mentalism live to our studio. As part of AAPI Heritage Month, we explore how Dan and James Chan are transforming traditional magic into something…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (698+ words) Whether or not Sacks and OpenAI intended to intimidate critics, their actions have sufficiently scared several AI safety advocates. Many nonprofit leaders that TechCrunch reached out to in the last week asked to speak on the condition of anonymity to…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (754+ words) Gabriel Petersson’s childhood looked a lot like many Gen Z upbringings: collecting Pokemon cards and building worlds in Minecraft, while worries about college and careers sat somewhere in the distant future. But by high school, growing up in a small…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (447+ words) A former Michelin-starred Bay Area restaurant has closed after 43 years. Chez TJ, at 938 Villa St. in Mountain View, was a fine dining restaurant from owner George Aviet that served contemporary French cuisine and launched the careers of some of the…...

5+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (162+ words) What a difference 12 years makes. • Hello! I’m critic and recovering Twitter addict Erik Adams, and welcome to The A.V. Club’s coverage of The Audacity. • Another amusing character trait introduced in the premiere: Duncan’s tendency for malapropisms like “I don’t…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (507+ words) [This story contains some spoilers for the first two episodes of The Audacity on AMC and AMC+.] The Audacity is not going to be the thing that breaks the grip big tech has on our lives. That’s not a judgment…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (262+ words) Succession writer Jonathan Glatzer brings his new Silicon Valley drama to AMC this spring. The network has revealed the release date and unveiled first-look images from the upcoming series, The Audacity. The Audacity, an eight-episode Silicon Valley drama from Emmy,…...