Tag: silicon valley

• Is This Mysterious Silicon Valley Company Helping…

  March 20, 2018

  Is This Mysterious Silicon Valley Company Helping The NSA Spy On Americans? » Last night we learned about PRISM, a classified National Security Agency program that involves huge, wide-ranging data… more ›

• The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and…

  January 20, 2018

  The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought » The executives were armed that day with something unusual for Uber Technologies Inc.: the results… more ›

• The solar economy’s supply chain stretches all the…

  January 1, 2018

  The solar economy’s supply chain stretches all the way to the tiniest object. Gravity has shifted. Shenzhen floods the market with cheap disposable utilities while the Valley’s grand announcements pull… more ›

• Silicon Is Just Sand

  August 1, 2016

  Silicon Is Just Sand » Money, murder, and sadomasochism: A journey into the hidden world of the Los Angeles tech boom. August 29, 2015, is a hot night on Venice… more ›

• Maximum Wage — How We Get To Next — Medium

  January 29, 2016

  Maximum Wage — How We Get To Next — Medium » Homepage Steven Johnson13 mins ago12 min read The acceleration of productivity we see in Silicon Valley has been happening… more ›

• Why Silicon Valley Will Continue to Rule —…

  May 3, 2015

  Why Silicon Valley Will Continue to Rule — Backchannel — Medium Think of the transistor as the grain of sand at the core of the Silicon Valley pearl. The next… more ›