Silicon Valley

Bipartisan Bill Seeks New US Tech Regulator

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democrat Elizabeth Warren, back bill to create new US government tech commission

8 months ago

Oracle Joins California Leavers, Relocates To Texas

California exodus? Software giant Oracle becomes latest Silicon Valley firm to move its HQ from California and relocate it to…

3 years ago

Elon Musk Leaves California, Moves To Texas

After threatening to pull Tesla out of California altogether, Elon Musk reveals he has personally left the US state and…

3 years ago

Founding Father HPE Leaves Silicon Valley, Moves HQ To Texas

California loses a Fortune 500 company, after founding father HPE announces HQ move away from Silicon Valley to Houston, Texas

3 years ago

Top UK Quantum Computing Experts Depart For Silicon Valley ‘To Access Funding’

Relative lack of available capital and expertise in Europe drives well-known names in quantum photonics to seek backing elsewhere

5 years ago

Google Disowns Anti-Diversity Document That Spurred Backlash

Google has said it doesn't endorse the views in a 10-page document criticising the company's diversity policies, which drew a…

7 years ago

Tech Firms Face Uncertainty As US Suspends Premium Processing For H-1B Visas

The suspension could significantly impact tech companies who rely heavily on foreign skilled workers

7 years ago

Apple’s Futuristic New HQ To Open In April

The first staff will move into Apple Park this Spring and will find a futuristic doughnut main building, orchards, meadows…

7 years ago

US Tech Firms Criticise Trump Immigration Ban

Silicon Valley firms acknowledged immigration curbs could affect their ability to do business

7 years ago

US Election 2016: Silicon Valley Mostly Picks Clinton Over Trump

Major tech firms are clearly on the side of Hillary Clinton with Trump failing to win much favour in Silicon…

7 years ago

How New York Envy Drives On-Demand Startups In Silicon Valley

San Francisco is the epicenter of the on-demand startups movement, but what's new in Fog City is old hat in…

8 years ago

Kanye West Wants To Build A ‘Luxury Cloud Service’

Kanye West takes to Twitter to call on the help of Larry Page and "dudes in San Fran" to help…

8 years ago

‘Single-Minded, Bullish’ Lord Sugar Is No Icon For British Techies

Tech workers in the UK have personalities closer to ‘inquisitive’ Facebook-founder Mark Zuckerberg, survey finds

8 years ago

OpenStack Silicon Valley: At Five Years Old, Is OpenStack Ready?

There are the early adopters and the customer success stories, but OpenStack is still fighting Goliaths

9 years ago

Alibaba’s Ambitious US Cloud Plans Just Got Serious

Alibaba's cloud computing division Aliyun has unveiled plans to protect user data with a "Data Protection Pact" as the firm…

9 years ago

Apple’s Futuristic Cupertino HQ Receives City Approval

Apple can finally start building its 'spaceship' headquarters after Cupertino council gives approval

10 years ago

Delegation Aims To Pull Silicon Valley Data Centres To Sweden

Officials from Sweden are on a mission to lure Californian data to the cooler, greener Nordic environment

12 years ago

Google Plans Research Facilities To Expand Into Hardware Market

New laboratories and a Google exhibition centre are in the development plan for the company's Californian headquarters

12 years ago

German Rhine Dubbed Europe’s Silicon Valley

The Rhine-Main-Neckar region in Germany is the most lucrative software cluster in Europe, thanks to revenues from SAP and Software…

13 years ago