Wired

I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong

For decades, Mark Lemley’s life as an intellectual property lawyer was orderly enough. He’s a professor at Stanford University and has consulted for Amazon, Google, and Meta. “I always enjoyed that ...
News 8000

Chaseburg grass fire contained after controlled burn spreads

CHASEBURG, Wis. (WKBT) -- Eight fire departments responded to a grass fire Friday after a controlled burn spread faster than anticipated in Vernon County. The fire started when a planned controlled ...
Phys.org

Physicists create new electrically controlled silicon-based quantum device

A team of scientists at Simon Fraser University's Quantum Technology Lab and leading Canada-based quantum company Photonic Inc. have created a new type of silicon-based quantum device controlled both ...
EurekAlert!

SFU physicists create new electrically controlled silicon-based quantum device

A pioneering team of scientists at Simon Fraser University have created a new type of silicon-based quantum device controlled both optically and electrically. A pioneering team of scientists at Simon ...
AOL

Meet all 33 Silicon Valley power players at Trump’s high-profile tech dinner—and here’s Elon Musk’s explanation for why he wasn’t there

President Trump hosted 33 Silicon Valley leaders including Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Bill Gates at a White House dinner Thursday. Attendees announced billions in U.S. investments ...
The New York Times

How This A.I. Company Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom

Builder.ai went from a value of $1.5 billion to zero in a few months, amid questions over the sales of an A.I. product. Its downfall hints at a broader downturn. By David Streitfeld David Streitfeld ...
PBS

Ukraine becoming the ‘Silicon Valley’ of defense as startups develop long-range drones and missiles

When a Ukrainian-made drone attacked an ammunition depot in Russia last September, it showcased Kyiv’s determination to strike deep behind enemy lines and the prowess of its defense industry. The ...
MIT Technology Review

Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening

Semiconductor powerhouse TSMC is under increasing pressure to expand abroad and play a security role for the island. Those two roles could be in tension. One winter afternoon in a conference room in ...
The New York Times

Silicon Valley Is in Its ‘Hard Tech’ Era

Goodbye to the age of consumer websites and mobile apps. Artificial intelligence has ushered in an era of what insiders in the nation’s innovation capital call “hard tech.” Goodbye to the age of ...
PC Gamer

OpenAI's skyrocketing spending could see billions of dollars in silicon headed down the AI mines in the next few years, including 2 million Nvidia chips headed to Texas ...

OpenAI consumes compute capacity like few have ever done before it. A recent report expects it to gorge itself on datacentre capacity and research between 2025 and 2030—burning cash at a rate of ...
9to5google

Here are the two reasons why silicon-carbon batteries aren’t being used in more phones

Silicon-carbon batteries have made it possible for recent smartphones to launch with huge batteries, but many have been wondering why the tech hasn’t made its way to more smartphones, such as ...