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It’s ‘liquidity, stupid’: VCs say tech investing is tough amid IPO lull and ‘nuts’ AI hype

3 mn readKey Points It’s a tough time for the venture capital industry right now as a dearth of blockbuster initial public offerings and M&A activity has sucked liquidity from the market, while buzzy artificial intelligence startups dominate attention. At the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, two venture investors — whose portfolios include the likes of […]

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Refresher Course: How should we govern AI?

3 mn readArtificial intelligence tools are used almost everywhere, from social media to police precincts and courts. Civics 101’s host Hannah McCarthy and Julia talk about how AI is governed today and if current laws are enough to protect our rights and privacy. When we talk about AI, when we talk about the algorithm, machine learning, what are we […]

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Big San Jose office building linked to high-profile firm flops into default

2 mn readA big San Jose office building whose principal owner is a high-profile real estate firm has tumbled into a loan default, an ominous reminder of worsening woes for the Bay Area office market. The office building is located at 2290 North First Street within the key tech and business hubs in north San Jose. San […]

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The Next Wave of ‘Unicorn’ Start-Ups

5 mn readTechnology start-ups worth $1 billion, once as rare as unicorns, are now plentiful enough and old enough that there’s a new generation behind them — one that looks very different. Silicon Valley’s current crop of highly valued tech start-ups, which include now-household names like Uber and Airbnb, all benefited from the spread of smartphones and […]

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Handshake makes its first-ever acquisition with Europe in mind

3 mn readSometimes you go in for a Handshake, but they refuse to let go and end up buying your entire company. Well, at least that seems to be the case with European virtual and hybrid recruiting platform Talentspace, which just got acquired by a talent network Handshake. It is Handshake‘s first acquisition to date and follows […]

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Unlike X, Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts

2 mn readBluesky, a social network that’s experiencing a surge in users this week as users abandon X, says it has “no intention” of using user content to train generative AI tools. The social network made the announcement on the same day that X (formerly Twitter) is implementing its new terms of service that allow the platform […]

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