Obama weighs in on Big Data, privacy in Silicon Valley fireside chat
The slippery slope of data has never been more crucial, former President Barack Obama warns in a far-ranging fireside chat at a tech conference in San Francisco on Wednesday......»»
Top of the List: Why Santa Clara is data center central for Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is the second-largest market in the U.S. for data center space, behind only Northern Virginia, according to a report on the status of data centers in Silicon Valley by Data Center Frontier and Data Center Hawk. And the city of Santa.....»»
Palantir lands $80 million sole-source contract with U.S. Navy
The Silicon Valley-based big-data analytics firm has finalized multiple deals with Defense Department agencies over the past year......»»
Palantir seals its first major U.S. Navy deal as Raytheon is passed over
The Silicon Valley-based big data analytics firm has finalized a series of deals with Defense agencies over the past year......»»
Facebook leases portion of the largest data center campus in Santa Clara
Facebook Inc. — which has signed large leases in the East Bay and Sunnyvale in recent years — has widened its Silicon Valley footprint......»»
Error or Plunder? Report Suggests FCoin Purposely Moved Customer Bitcoin Since 2019
A recent report from Silicon Valley-based Anchain AI wonders out loud whether funds were purposely pilfered by insiders, challenging FCoin’s official line claiming a data error was to blame......»»
The Technology 202: Silicon Valley will face new challenges in 2020. Here’s what we’re watching.
The election and a new privacy law could kick off a new decade of regulation......»»
CBF Cool Offices: Upstart"s Columbus HQ2 could grow bigger than Silicon Valley home base
Upstart picked Columbus for its second headquarters 13 months ago and set a stretch goal of 100 employees by the end of 2019. It's already hired 120, including data scientists, software engineers and customer support staff. The Columbus office realistic.....»»
Healthcare workers are uncomfortable with tech giants like Google handling patient data, a survey found
Getty A survey of UK healthcare staff found workers are overwhelmingly uncomfortable at the prospect of Silicon Valley firms handling sensitive patient data. YouGov, a major UK market research firm, surveyed 1,000 staff working at the UK's state-funded .....»»
Uber drives up prices for shared rides, Chicago data reveals
How much ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft charge customers throughout a day is one of the most closely held secrets in Silicon Valley......»»
Uber"s carpool pricing strategy revealed by Chicago fare data
How much ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft charge customers throughout a day is one of the most closely held secrets in Silicon Valley......»»
Black & Veatch"s new partnership will provide "Uber-like" experience for field personnel
Black & Veatch has partnered with Silicon Valley startup Zinier to create an "Uber-like" application that merges resource and field management data in real time, and integrates other apps, systems and data hubs for the Overland Park-based engineering .....»»
Job hopping: This is how long employees typically stay at Tesla, Apple, Facebook, Cisco, Nvidia, Oracle and more
Big tech companies in Silicon Valley worry about retaining in-demand workers who are barraged with tempting job offers — but some companies seem to retain employees for longer than others. A Silicon Valley Business Journal analysis of data calculate.....»»
Elizabeth Warren, who wants to break up Big Tech as president, has raised more money from tech employees than anyone else
Lucas Jackson/Reuters FEC data show that Elizabeth Warren has more Silicon Valley campaign contribution.....»»
Years after Obama used Facebook to help him win the presidency, Silicon Valley is under Democratic fire
The Democratic Party’.....»»
Kleiner Perkins Backs $2 Million Seed Round for Crypto Derivative Data Firm
Crypto data analytics startup Skew has raised $2 million in seed funding from several VC firms including Silicon Valley icon Kleiner Perkins......»»
Zoomdata"s San Mateo office closes following acquisition
Logi Analytics Inc., a Virginia-based company, is purchasing business intelligence and data visualization startup Zoomdata Inc., a move that will lead to the departure of Zoomdata's Silicon Valley-based CEO......»»
Apple unveils new services and privacy tools at its developer event
There is growing concern over how the Silicon Valley tech giant runs its app store......»»
Apple kicks off WWDC 2019 amid privacy and product questions
There is growing concern over how the Silicon Valley tech giant runs its app store......»»
Apple kicks off developer conference amid privacy and product questions
There is growing concern over how the Silicon Valley tech giant runs its app store......»»
The Technology 202: Silicon Valley pans White House bias tool as a gimmick
Privacy advocates have more serious concerns......»»