Silicon Valley

Banking

Can Peter Thiel’s Fellowship of Billionaires Replace Silicon Valley Bank?

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Thiel’s bank, named after the mountain where the dragon Smaug hoards his treasure, plans to serve tech startups and crypto companies.

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Energy

Amping Up: Harnessing Innovation and Efficiency to Modernize the US Power Grid

The current surge in energy demand is virtually unprecedented since the mass effort to electrify America immediately following World War II.

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Energy

Low Battery: ‘Heat Dome’ Exposes Cracks in America’s Decaying Power Grid

Rising temperatures and massive new data centers are providing a massive stress test for the US power grid.

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Semiconductors

Can Anyone Crack ASML’s Grip on the Lithography Market?

ASML is crucial to the most important commercial and strategic tech products on the market, from Apple iPhones to Nvidia’s AI accelerators.

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Personal Finance

In Billionaire League Tables, US Keeps the Gold

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The US is home to around 905,000, or nearly 37%, of the world’s population of individuals with a net worth of at least $10 million.

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Social Media

The TikTok Ban Looms But Nobody Can Agree On What That Means

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The clock is ticking on TikTok. Or is it? And if it is, whose hand is on the alarm setting as of this morning?

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Big Tech

Google Announces Breakthrough in Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is potentially revolutionary technology that could, among other things, end classical computing as we know it.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI is Passing the First Stage of its Antitrust Era

It’s not a hallucination: Artificial intelligence companies have actually managed to placate at least one national regulator.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can Voice Assistants Make a Comeback in the Age of AI?

Once upon a time, the biggest prestige battle in Silicon Valley was who had the best voice assistant. Then came ChatGPT.

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Big Tech

Silicon Valley Gears Up for Crucial Earnings Week

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Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta all report earnings this week. Wall Street is dying for any hint that heavy investment in AI is paying off.

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Media & Entertainment

Does TV News Have a Home in the Streaming Era?

Big Tech loves movies, TV shows, and live sports. So why has it shown remarkably little appetite for the TV news business?

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Semiconductors

The G7 Wants to Get Involved with Semiconductors and Subsea Cables

The Group of Seven countries are forming a group that will rejigger the semiconductor supply chain and lay out new subsea internet cables.

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Economics

Is the US Seeing a Startup Boom?

After a slump through the latter half of the last decade, the US is experiencing a startup tsunami, according to The Economist.

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