Silicon valley

November 04, 2024

Business

Meta’s Profit Rises 35%, Even as Spending Spree Continues

The Silicon Valley company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it does not plan to slow down its investments anytime soon.

By Editors Desk

Meta’s Meta Quest headset. The company reported double-digit revenue and profit growth for the third quarter.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times

April 25, 2024

Society

Mystery over billionaire CEO’s missing child

The billionaire heiress chil of one of Silicon Valley’s top CEOs has disappeared without a trace.

By Editors Desk

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. Source: Supplied.

February 20, 2024

Business

Tech Leaders Fled San Francisco During the Pandemic. Now, They’re Coming Back.

Founders and investors who moved to Miami and elsewhere are returning to a boom in artificial intelligence and an abundance of tech talent

By Editors Desk

San Francisco is once again experiencing a tech revival. PHOTO: MICHAEL HO WAI LEE/ZUMA PRESS

January 31, 2024

Business

23andMe’s Fall From $6 Billion to Nearly $0

From celebrity ‘spit parties’ to a drop in the bucket: The once-hot DNA-testing company is struggling to profit

By Editors Desk

Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe, center, remotely rang the NASDAQ opening bell the day the company went public in 2021. PETER DASILVA/REUTERS

December 30, 2023

Artificial Intelligence

When Silicon Valley’s AI warriors came to Washington

Effective altruism is increasingly described as a cult. But as the movement’s billionaire adherents pour money into Washington, its obsession with the AI apocalypse is remaking the capital’s tech policy landscape.

Illustration by @eoinryanart for POLITICO

December 13, 2023

Artificial Intelligence

Marissa Mayer wants to embrace the AI race and risks — in the right way

Mayer has "always been fascinated" by AI. In fact, both her degrees have an AI focus.

By Editors Desk

Marissa Mayer. Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune

August 06, 2023

Tech

Every start-up is an AI company now. Bubble fears are growing.

Silicon Valley has seen wave after wave of hype cycle over the past decades — with mixed success.

By Editors Desk

June 11, 2023

Tech

Silicon Valley escalates the battle over returning to the office

Google isn’t alone in facing pushback from employees.

By Editors Desk

March 07, 2023

Tech

Need to Write Your Vows? A.I. Can Help.

Artificial intelligence is steadily becoming a trusty tool for composing wedding speeches. Should it be?

By Editors Desk

March 02, 2023

Tech

The age of the Silicon Valley ‘moonshot’ is over

Big Tech’s cost-cutting and layoffs are another nail in the coffin for the industry’s most ambitious and costly projects

By Editors Desk