Lauren Goode

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Investors Worry Trump’s Tariffs Could Cause a ‘World of Hurt’ for Startups

At the start of the year, Tom Drummond, managing partner at the San Francisco-based venture capital firm Heavybit, was feeling mildly anxious about the state of the world and how political volatility...

Trump’s Tariffs Could Reshape the US Tech Industry

Sweeping tariffs unveiled by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday will have ripple effects across the tech industry, according to experts who study global trade. The measures, which include a minimum 10...

Trump’s Trade War Pushes Canadian Tech Workers to Rethink Silicon Valley

Last week, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney declared that the “old relationship” his country had with the United States was “over,” and it’s “clear the US is no longer a reliable partner.”...

Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data

Nvidia has acquired synthetic data firm Gretel for nine figures, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal.The acquisition price exceeds Gretel’s most recent valuation of $320 million, the sources...

The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build ‘Heaven on Earth’

A high-profile network of investors and founders in Silicon Valley are promoting a new moral vision for the tech industry, in which job choices and other decisions are guided not by the...

The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome

The US Department of Justice wants Google to sell off its Chrome browser as part of its final remedy proposal in a landmark antitrust case.The proposal, filed Friday afternoon, says that Google...

I Used AI to Do All of My Holiday Shopping

One of the promises of the next era of generative AI is that the technology will be agentic, or have the ability to perform tasks autonomously on behalf of us chaotic humans....

Nvidia Says Its Blackwell Chip Is Fine, Nothing to See Here

Chip giant Nvidia reported its third-quarter earnings earlier today, and all ears—and presumably some watch parties—were tuned in to try to determine what the company’s performance might mean for the near future...

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