Silicon Valley

Real Estate

It’s Not Just Commercial Landlords Fretting Over New High in Vacancies

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Office vacancy rates in major cities have risen to worrisome levels while investments into commercial real estate are in retreat.

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International Economics

Ireland Is Launching a Sovereign Wealth Fund

On Tuesday, Ireland said it wants to leverage its corporate tax revenue from tech giants to create a sovereign wealth fund.

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Power Corridor

How Much Did SBF’s Parents Know?

Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is shaping up to be one of the biggest show trials on Wall Street since Bernie Madoff. Did SBF’s parents know?

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Patent Drop

Apple’s Headset Could Incorporate “Real-Time Social Intelligence”

Apple’s latest filing emphasizes the comfort users have with the company’s consistently-monitoring devices.

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Social Media

Snap Squashes its Nascent AR Enterprise Division

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Snap shuttered its ARES unit — that’s Augmented Reality for Enterprise Services — after launching it just a few months ago.

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Patent Drop

Oracle’s Patent Could Break AI’s Black Box

The data services company wants to patent a way for neural networks to explain themselves. The tech signals a vital need for AI adoption.

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Patent Drop

EBay May Make Deliveries Via Drone and Bus

eBay wants to use drones for deliveries, but without wasting their batteries.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Wants to Keep the Cloud Healthy

Cloud services make Amazon tons of its revenue. Keeping those networks spic and span is a high priority, according to its new patent.

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Social Media

Unpicking The Myth of Social Media Addiction

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You’d be forgiven for thinking social media addiction is scientific fact, but there’s no hard evidence it exists. So why is it a thing?

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Technology

Nobody Wants to Invest in Small Tech

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Industries

Aston Martin Strikes Battery Deal with EV Startup Lucid

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Industries

Palmer Luckey Continues His M&A Offensive

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Technology

Snap Uses AI Chatbot Data for Advertising, Of Course

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Technology

EU Moves To Break Up Google’s Ad Tech Business

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Technology

Reddit Faces Massive Wave of User Protests

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

Ding Dong, Elizabeth Holmes Just Went to Prison

Last night was the first night the fraudster CEO spent in jail. Just a few thousand more days to go.

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