March 7, 2021 Away From Silicon Valley, the Military Is the Ideal Customer By Cade Metz While much has been made of tech’s unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, startups are still plumbing the industry’s ties to the military. Read More 3
January 20, 2021 Trump Pardons Silicon Valley Engineer Convicted of Stealing Google’s Trade Secrets By Silicon Valley Newsroom Anthony Levandowski had not yet started his 18-month sentence, which was delayed indefinitely because of Covid. Read More 5
July 18, 2019 South Bay Activists Renew Calls for Palantir to Cut Ties with ICE By Nicholas Chan Last week, immigrant advocates gathered at Palantir’s Palo Alto headquarters, demanding that the company shut down entirely. Read More 6
November 14, 2018 How Charles Harder Went From Local Democratic Politics to Defending the Trump Family By Jacob Pierce Attorney and UC Santa Cruz graduate Charles Harder defends Donald Trump and helped Hulk Hogan shut down Gawker. Read More 11
August 22, 2018 Santa Clara County’s Data-Mining Deal with Palantir Draws Scrutiny From Privacy Advocates By Jennifer Wadsworth Though Palantir’s work with the county has an altruistic aim, some worry about its role in other controversial law enforcement contracts. Read More 1
June 22, 2017 Brotopia: How the Valley’s Elite Plan to Outlive the Rest of Us By Tori Truscheit The valley’s well-to-do tech bros hope to outlive most of us—and how they’re investing their time and money speaks volumes. Read More 13
January 4, 2017 Year in Preview: 2017 By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Inside published its annual Year in Review list last week. Now we give you our prognostications of what’s to come in 2017. Read More 6
September 30, 2016 Lawsuit: Palantir Discriminated Against Asian Job Applicants By Jennifer Wadsworth Regulators have sued Palantir—the data mining company backed by billionaire Peter Thiel—for allegedly discriminating against Asians. Read More 9
August 3, 2016 Ro Khanna Balances Stance on Peter Thiel’s Gawker Lawsuits By The Fly Proud-gay-tech billionaire Peter Thiel has done a lot of fascinating things. One of these things is trying to bankrupt Gawker Media. Read More 2
May 29, 2015 Mike Honda Comes Out Swinging at Challenger Ro Khanna By Lindsey J. Smith Ro Khanna announced Saturday his intention to rematch longstanding Democratic Rep. Mike Honda for California's District 17 congressional seat. Honda didn't wait long to go on the attack. Read More 40