Silicon Valley

17 Jobs That Robots Were Supposed to Have Stolen By Now

Robots are stealing our jobs. Again. In fact, they’ve been stealing our jobs in one way or another since the dawn of the industrial revolution. But when the economy’s in the toilet, our fear of robotic workers reaches new heights. And that fear was well reflected in the early 1980s — a period of double-digit…

Tech News Matt Novak

Facebook Is Building Its Own “Resort-Inspired” Factory Town

Facebook is dipping its big blue thumb into the real estate market, investing in a cushy 394-unit apartment complex that’s a 45-minute walk to its new Frank Gehry-designed Menlo Park campus. The $120 million Anton Menlo will be designed by architects at KTGY Group in a partnership with St. Anton Developers (hence the name) and…

Social Media Alissa Walker

Is L.A. Too Spread Out to Be a Tech Center?

New York Times tech writer Eilene Zimmerman did not come to Los Angeles to make friends, you guys. In her story and blog post about L.A.’s startup culture, Zimmerman manages to cram as many tired stereotypes as she can into a single sentence: “As a city, Los Angeles has been better known more for sprawl,…

Tech News Alissa Walker

You Won’t Believe These Incredibly Dumb Internet Startup Companies

Why are Internet companies so stupidly named? Probably because all the “good” domains were bought up about 15 years ago, so all that’s left are increasingly strained cutesy constructions based on misspellings or diminutive adverbs. Safely, Knowly, Scopely, Scrubbly, Securly, Etceteraly, etc.

Sploid Ken Layne

Is It Smarter To Invest In Silicon Valley Or Hollywood?

If there’s one thing I know about Gizmodo readers and staff, it’s that we all have a bunch of excess money that’s stressing us out. What should we do with it? Where should we invest it? Tough questions. But even if the whole tech startup vs. blockbuster investing question doesn’t quite apply to you it’s…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman

This Book Showed ‘80s Kids the Computerized, War Games War of Tomorrow

Here in the 21st century, soldiers can be sitting in a room in New Mexico while piloting an unmanned aerial vehicle halfway around the world in Afghanistan. Back in the early 1980s this kind of reach was still largely the stuff of science fiction. But the incredibly rapid development of computing power and satellite communications…

Tech News Matt Novak

Rich Silicon Valley People Use Helicopters To Fly Over BART Strike

The BART strike has left half a million people without their usual train to work. But the New Rich don’t need to be bothered by public transit labor issues—Silicon Valley workers already have their own private luxury buses. But if that’s a hassle, just take a private helicopter!

Sploid Ken Layne

30 Years Ago, the Next Silicon Valley Could Have Been in Vermont

There’s Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Beach in Los Angeles, Silicon Alley in New York, Silicon Hills in Austin and lately tech boosters in New Orleans have been trying to get the name Silicon Bayou to stick. Everybody wants their region to be the next destination for science and technology-oriented companies…

Tech News Matt Novak

Here’s a 2-Bedroom Cottage For $1.1 Million—Yes, It’s In Silicon Valley

Ready for a cozy two-bedroom starter cottage? This little house in Silicon Valley is listed at $1.1 million. Act fast, because there is definitely not a housing bubble in the Bay Area. http://gawker.com/the-next-housing-bubble-is-about-to-pop-all-over-you-510108728

Sploid Ken Layne

HBO Picked Up That Silicon Valley TV Show That Might Be Good

We heard last year that HBO had greenlit a dark, single camera Silicon Valley comedy show pilot by Mike Judge (Office Space) but with the blink and you’ll miss it nature of TV pilots, you never know what’s going to happen until it hits the airwaves. Well, it’s going to air. Deadline reports that HBO…

Television Casey Chan

Amazon Is Making a TV Show Called Betas That’s About Nerds in Silicon Valley

Not to be left out from the copycat networks making shows about Silicon Valley, Amazon Studios is producing a half-hour comedy series called Betas. It’s centered around four nerds ” and their quest for nerd fame as they attempt to crack the ultimate code.” One of these shows has to be good, right? https://gizmodo.com/oh-god-bravos-silicon-valley-show-looks-even-worse-tha-5949966 The…

Commerce Casey Chan

Nvidia’s New Headquarters Is Going to Look More Alien Than Apple’s Spaceship

If Apple’s upcoming campus is a spaceship, then NVIDIA’s planned headquarters must be the alien planet that it lands on. Celebrating its 20th year birthday, NVIDIA has announced plans to build a building that looks if not completely alien than at the very least reptilian. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-high-resolution-renders-of-apples-next-campus-a-5830633 The new headquarters was designed by Hao Ko of…

Tech News Casey Chan

Silicon Valley Job Growth Now Matches the Dot-Com Boom

While the rest of the US struggles out of the mire of recession, Silicon Valley is skipping towards a rosy sunset and cashing its generous pay checks. More so than ever, in fact—because a report suggests job growth in the Valley now matches the dot-com boom era. Uh, yay? The 2013 Silicon Valley Index found…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

PBS’s Silicon Valley Gives You an Inside Look At the Startup World Before It Became Terrible

Silicon Valley wasn’t always the buzzword-flinging, startup-sprouting tech Mecca it is today. And PBS’s latest installment of the “American Experience” series looks back 10 years before the phrase “Silicon Valley” had even been coined, when eight young physicists decided to shed their corporate shackles and found the Valley’s first startup, Fairchild Semiconductor. The documentary mainly…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Burn Silicon Valley to The Ground (NSFW)

What you’re about to watch is a real video advertisement created by a real venture capital fund in Silicon Valley, ostensibly a real place in the United States. If you didn’t hate the startup world before, you’ll now instantly die. According to TechCrunch, Runa Capital is “a $135M technology-focused venture capital firm” that’s invested in…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Watch This Trailer for the PBS Show About Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is just begging for a good show to be made about it. Bravo’s attempt is not that show, but maybe Mike Judge’s can be. Or maybe this PBS one that’s now in the running. https://gizmodo.com/oh-god-bravos-silicon-valley-show-looks-even-worse-tha-5949966 Part of the PBS history series American Experience, the special willl be taking a look at the birth…

Television Eric Limer

HBO Just Greenlit a Silicon Valley Comedy By Mike Judge That Could Actually Be Good

If Bravo’s Start-Ups: Silicon Valley makes you gag and, in turn, makes your gags want to gag, you could be in luck. HBO has bought the pilot for a very different Silicon Valley that might serve as an effective antidote to that reality TV schlock. https://gizmodo.com/oh-god-bravos-silicon-valley-show-looks-even-worse-tha-5949966 The Silicon Valley that HBO is interested in is…

Television Eric Limer

Cable Industry Launches New Research Lab to Fight Off Streaming Services

The cable industry is pulling together and setting up a Silicon Valley research center, in an attempt to fight off the threat of online streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Reuters reports that cable TV executives—from the likes of Time Warner and Comcast—are pooling resources to set up the research lab in Silicon Valley next…

Television Jamie Condliffe

Watch Bravo’s Horrible New Tech Startup Reality Show with Us

At 10pm EST, Bravo’s awful and totally hilarious self-parody of a Silicon Valley reality TV show, Real Startups of Atlanta, or some bullshit, premieres. We will be watching and liveblogging in Kinja. Related, we’re also trying to fend off the impending apocalypse that this show is trying to usher in. Feel free to join us—share…

Television Leslie Horn & Sam Biddle

The Best/Worst Parts of the First Clip from That Awful Silicon Valley Reality Show

Bravo has released the first clip from Start-Ups, its parody-rife reality show about Silicon Valley. Here is the rundown of the short scene in which angel investor Dave McClure looks over a pitch from brother-sister disruptin’ duo Ben and Hermione (Hermione!) Way’s rip-roarin’ vaguely-purposed company, Ignite. It follows what we’ve come to know as Standard…

Television Leslie Horn

17 Jobs That Robots Were Supposed to Have Stolen By Now

Facebook Is Building Its Own “Resort-Inspired” Factory Town

Is L.A. Too Spread Out to Be a Tech Center?

You Won’t Believe These Incredibly Dumb Internet Startup Companies

Is It Smarter To Invest In Silicon Valley Or Hollywood?

This Book Showed ‘80s Kids the Computerized, War Games War of Tomorrow

Rich Silicon Valley People Use Helicopters To Fly Over BART Strike

30 Years Ago, the Next Silicon Valley Could Have Been in Vermont

Here’s a 2-Bedroom Cottage For $1.1 Million—Yes, It’s In Silicon Valley

HBO Picked Up That Silicon Valley TV Show That Might Be Good

Amazon Is Making a TV Show Called Betas That’s About Nerds in Silicon Valley

Nvidia’s New Headquarters Is Going to Look More Alien Than Apple’s Spaceship

Silicon Valley Job Growth Now Matches the Dot-Com Boom

PBS’s Silicon Valley Gives You an Inside Look At the Startup World Before It Became Terrible

Burn Silicon Valley to The Ground (NSFW)

Watch This Trailer for the PBS Show About Silicon Valley

HBO Just Greenlit a Silicon Valley Comedy By Mike Judge That Could Actually Be Good

Cable Industry Launches New Research Lab to Fight Off Streaming Services

Watch Bravo’s Horrible New Tech Startup Reality Show with Us

The Best/Worst Parts of the First Clip from That Awful Silicon Valley Reality Show

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