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palantir Peter Thiel's Palantir gets $500 million from Japan, just before expected IPO Xeni Jardin
washington Facebook helps launch American Edge, lobbying group in DC to fight antitrust regulators Xeni Jardin
Theranos wannabes Is Magic Leap the Theranos of augmented reality? Mark Frauenfelder
contact tracing Apple and Google are working on coronavirus contact-tracing technology for iOS and Android Xeni Jardin
garbage language What is "garbage language" and why is it so hard to avoid using? Thom Dunn
computer history A guide to Silicon Valley's High-Tech Heritage Trail David Pescovitz
silicon valley Interview with author of Super Pumped, an expose of Uber's chaotic inner circle Mark Frauenfelder
occupational diversity To chase out low-waged workers, Mountain View is banning overnight RV and van parking Cory Doctorow
silicon valley Theranos but for poop Rob Beschizza
entrepreneurs Elon Musk but with Elizabeth Holmes' eyes Rob Beschizza
silicon valley The best quote from Aminatou Sow's interview in The Cut is about Elizabeth Holmes's "fake blood machine" Mark Frauenfelder
collect them all Collect them all: Venture capitalist trading cards Rusty Blazenhoff
ubi Douglas Rushkoff's sobering view of Universal Basic Income Rusty Blazenhoff
asset bubbles UC Santa Cruz asks professors to rent their spare rooms to students who couldn't get housing guarantees Cory Doctorow
liberaltarianism Liberaltarianism: Silicon Valley's emerging ideology of "disruption with economic airbags" Cory Doctorow
housing crisis Very small Silicon Valley bungalow going for $2.6 million Andrea James