Silicon Valley Investors Back Trump: ‘Impossible to Support Biden’
Silicon Valley’s biggest investors are backing former President Donald Trump after expressing disgust at President Joe Biden’s anti-growth policy proposals. “It’s impossible to support Biden,” said Keith Rabois, an early leader at PayPal who also played key roles at LinkedIn, Square and Slide. SaidLaBois said that while he is no fan of Trump, he will […]
Silicon Valley investors turn against Biden, embrace Trump
Some Silicon Valley venture capitalists are beginning to take a stance against President Joe Biden even as they openly touted their support for former President Donald Trump, a big shift for an industry that has overwhelmingly backed Democrats for the past few years. High-profile names like David Sachs, Chamath Palihapitiya, Marc Andreessen and Sean Maguire […]
Nvidia co-founder who funded quantum computer at RPI wants to turn Hudson Valley into tech powerhouse
The co-founder of semiconductor maker Nvidia is funding a futuristic quantum computer system at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and wants to turn New York’s Hudson Valley into a technology powerhouse. Curtis Priem, 64, has donated more than $75 million to help Albany-area universities obtain IBM computers. This is the first device to be installed on a […]
Hudson Valley brewery boom turning NY region into Napa of beer
Something special is brewing in the Hudson Valley. The beer-making business is booming there, leading drinkers to refer to the region as the Napa Valley of beer. The 150-mile distance from New York City to Albany encompasses 10 Hudson Valley counties and is home to 90 craft breweries, nearly 20% of the Empire State’s 515 […]
Historic Death Valley tower toppled by reckless driver
How salty. Last month, a selfish driver knocked down a 100-year-old salt tram tower in Death Valley. The video appears to show the suspected gunman sinking the historical relic into the mud and peeling it off. The 113-year-old wooden tower, part of the Saline Valley Salt Tram, was pulled from its concrete foundation and thrown […]
Power pole falls as storm sweeps Las Vegas Valley
NV Energy crews and police responded to a downed power pole in Henderson on Friday afternoon. source
Human remains found in Hudson Valley by excavators
Excavation crews unearthed human remains from a Hudson Valley home last week, quickly dashing the town’s hopes of finally solving a decades-old missing person case, police said Thursday. . The skeleton was reportedly discovered on April 16 by workers preparing to build a new home in the town of Paterson. New York State Police. The […]
Biden’s Noncompete Ban Is a Gift to Silicon Valley
Biden’s FTC moves to protect Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft with non-competitive conduct bans The Biden administration’s declaration that nearly all non-compete clauses in employment agreements will be treated as illegal should be understood for what they are. A partial war and a giveaway to Silicon Valley’s wealthy supporters. The Biden-appointed Federal Trade Commission voted […]
California home size of hotel room on the edge of Silicon Valley hits market for $1.7M
Developers are drooling over this expensive pocket-sized palace. A bite-sized 384-square-foot home on the edge of California’s Silicon Valley has been put on the market for a whopping $1.7 million. According to ABC7. Located at the end of a cul-de-sac in a quiet residential area of Cupertino, the home is overlooked by neighboring $5 million […]
Pennsylvania innovation needs to overcome ‘valley of death’
(The Center Square) — For economic growth in Pennsylvania, legislators want to figure out ways to keep young people from fleeing for greener pastures elsewhere. “Our young people grow up, we educate them well, and then they go where the opportunities are,” Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, said during a Senate Republican Policy Committee on Thursday. […]