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Silicon Valley heavyweights like Eric Schmidt, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Reid Hoffman show support for California Gov. Newsom as he faces a recall election over his pandemic response

Recalling Newsom "would reverse our progress against COVID and would be bad for California," angel investor Ron Conway told Politico. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt......»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 26th, 2021

Project Syndicate: How California can stop the Big Tech stampede from Silicon Valley

Will California’s state and local governments reduce burdensome taxes, regulations, and other barriers to stop the outbound stampede?.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchDec 29th, 2020

The woman Trump describes as Europe"s "tax lady" defied him again and backed radical plans to tax Silicon Valley"s revenue

Europ.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 24th, 2020

Layoffs Hit Hard as Unicorns Place New Focus on Profitability

There’s a new craze sweeping through Silicon Valley – profitability. After the public mar.....»»

Category: topSource: redherringJan 13th, 2020

Bipartisan Senate report calls for sweeping effort to prevent Russian interference in 2020 election

A bipartisan panel of U.S. senators Tuesday called for sweeping action by Congress, the White House and Silicon Valley to ensure social-media sites aren’t used to interfere in the coming presidential........»»

Category: topSource: washpostOct 8th, 2019

Infineon revs up auto business with $10 billion Cypress deal

Germany's Infineon has agreed to buy Silicon Valley-based Cypress Semiconductor for $10 billion, in an expensive move by Europe's largest chip-maker to expand further in next-generation automobiles and Internet technologies......»»

Category: topSource: reutersJun 3rd, 2019

Google Shares Slump 3% After Tech Giant"s Weekend From Hell

Between the DoJ firing the Trump Administration declaring war on the Silicon Valley tech giant, and the cloud outages that plagued much of the US and Europe Sunday afternoon, Google par.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeJun 3rd, 2019

Apple’s No-Good, Very-Bad Day: Trade War, Supreme Court Ruling Knock Stock Down 6%

The Silicon Valley giant faces uncertainty on its hardware sales and App Store revenue. If your week is off to a bad start, spare a thought for Apple. Its stock tumbled nearly 6% Monday, afte.....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneMay 13th, 2019

Germany Charges Former Volkswagen CEO With Serious Fraud Over "Dieselgate"

Ironically, while Europe has led the US in holding Silicon Valley tech firms acc.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 15th, 2019

A flood online of hate speech greets lawmakers probing Facebook and Google about white nationalism

A congressional hearing to explore the spread of white nationalism on social media quickly served to illustrate of the problem Silicon Valley faces, after anonymous users on YouTube began posting attacks on the basis of race and religion......»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 9th, 2019

Residents in this metro area saw their taxes rise by more than $2,600

Lofty home prices aren't the only scary thing in Silicon Valley; property taxes assessed to more expensive dwellings are also rising......»»

Category: realestateSource: cnbcApr 2nd, 2019

Western Digital lays off more than 200 Silicon Valley workers

The San Jose-based company is conducting a sweeping round of layoffs as it consolidates amid hardware changes......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 13th, 2019

Will the US regulate Facebook? Europe is about to do just that

A global tech earthquake is coming, and the epicenter is thousands of miles from Silicon Valley......»»

Category: topSource: cnnApr 12th, 2018

​Silicon Valley faces regulatory fight on its home turf

A proposed California ballot measure that would provide consumers with increased data privacy rights is the passion project of an unlikely trio: A finance industry executive, a real estate developer and a former CIA analyst......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 14th, 2018

The Wall Street Journal: Zuckerberg to head to Europe to discuss Facebook’s handling of personal data

Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and other European officials next week, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to calm tension with regulators and policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 17th, 2018

Macron to Silicon Valley: Embrace Europe"s Regulations

French President Emmanuel Macron ratcheted up tensions with U.S. tech giants calling on them to embrace Europe’s regulation of topics ranging from taxation to privacy to artificial intelligence, because Washington is failing to do so......»»

Category: smallbizSource: wsjMay 24th, 2018

Europe, not the U.S., is now the most powerful regulator of Silicon Valley

As the E.U.’s new privacy law takes affect, Facebook and other big companies scramble to comply. And a privacy advocate files new lawsuits against the social network as well as Google, Instagram and WhatsApp......»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 25th, 2018

Europe, not the U.S., is now the most powerful regulator of Silicon Valley

Europe, not the U.S., is now the most powerful regulator of Silicon Valley.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 25th, 2018

Silicon Valley cities considering taxes aimed at large employers

After Seattle’s recent enactment of an employee head count tax to combat an acute housing shortage blamed on the rapid growth of Amazon and other high tech companies, cities in Silicon V.....»»

Category: realestateSource: bdcnetworkMay 30th, 2018

The New Tech Avengers

An unlikely triumvirate of Silicon Valley insiders is holding the tech industry accountable on privacy and addiction. Yesterday, they scored a major victory in California, where legislators passed a sweeping data-privacy law......»»

Category: smallbizSource: wsjJun 29th, 2018