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How to make technology monopolies uncool again

Earlier this week, a federal judge ruled that Google has a search monopoly. Yes, you heard the bomb right. Google. The company whose name everyone uses as an abbreviation for “search” has a monopoly. On search. The White House called…

Susan Wojcicki tells how she made YouTube the new TV Mecca

Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube and one of Silicon Valley’s most influential female executives, died on Friday after battling lung cancer for two years, the company said. She resigned from her post last year after leading various parts…

Susan Wojcicki: “One of the greatest contributors to the technology industry”: Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook offer condolences on the death of former YouTube boss Wojcicki

The tech industry mourned the loss of former YouTube boss Susan Wojcicki on social media, who died on Saturday after a two-year battle with cancer. “Her loss is devastating for all of us who know and love her, for the…

Given the negative headlines, it is easy to forget that the technology industry can still surprise and do good

As a journalist, it’s easy to get fed up with the tech industry. We usually focus on its many problems: rampant misinformation and racism on social media, artificial intelligence spiraling out of control, and Big Tech allegedly using its market…

26-year-old Silicon Valley engineer uses her imposter syndrome as inspiration for her new life

Novelist Kyla Zhao, a 26-year-old Singapore native who moved to the Bay Area to attend Stanford University when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, used the extra alone time the lockdowns gave her to work on her writing. After graduating…

About 1,200 tech workers sign a letter in support of Kamala Harris

(Bloomberg) — A group of about 1,200 technology workers has pledged to support Kamala Harris’s presidential bid, showing that Silicon Valley Democrats have broad industry support beyond the most vocal investor class. Most read by Bloomberg Tech4Kamala plans to announce…

Microsoft’s Palantir-GPT-4 partnership and Anduril’s $14 billion valuation show that defense technology is gaining traction

It’s been a great few days in the increasingly active defense technology sector. Today, Microsoft and Palantir announced they will combine their AI services for the U.S. military and intelligence community, with Microsoft contributing GPT-4 and other OpenAI models and…