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Business Jul 14, 2017

Silicon Valley reeling in wake of sexual harassment storm

It started with a few women speaking up, reporting a suggestive text message, an invitation to a hotel room, an unwanted touch under a table.

Engineering Jul 10, 2017

Researchers revolutionize brain-computer interfaces using silicon electronics

Today, implanted electrode devices for stimulating the brain are extremely crude devices with only a handful of electrodes that are used to mitigate the effects of Parkinson's, epilepsy, and other neurodegenerative conditions. ...

Business Jul 10, 2017

As US high tech surges, Silicon Valley becomes a diplomatic outpost

Sometime in August, Denmark's newly appointed ambassador to high tech will settle into Silicon Valley and staff his embassy, a novel kind of diplomatic outpost that recognizes the global clout that U.S. high tech companies ...

Business Jul 9, 2017

Growing chorus denounces sexist Silicon Valley culture

A growing chorus of voices denouncing sexist culture is echoing through male-dominated Silicon Valley, knocking a number of internet industry executives from their perches.

Quantum Physics Jul 7, 2017

Physicists devise new approach to manipulate silicon 'qubits'

During their research for a new paper on quantum computing, HongWen Jiang, a UCLA professor of physics, and Joshua Schoenfield, a graduate student in his lab, ran into a recurring problem: They were so excited about the progress ...

Business Jul 3, 2017

Silicon Valley's sexism problem: Could the tide be turning?

Sexism in Silicon Valley has been an open secret for years. What's changing: A growing number of women are coming forward with personal stories of sexual harassment and discrimination, prompting apologies, resignations and ...

Business Jul 2, 2017

Silicon Valley investors taking heat over sexual harassment

Sexism in Silicon Valley may be coming in for a reckoning, prompted by women coming forward with stories of sexual harassment by industry bigshots. Apologies, resignations and self-reflection have followed, although it's ...

Business Jun 29, 2017

Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the world's largest start-up incubator in central Paris on Thursday, taking the city a step closer to fulfilling its ambition of becoming Europe's technology capital.

Materials Science Jun 28, 2017

Better understanding the principles of silicon etching leads to improved surface patterning

From solar cells that capture more light, to medical devices that resist colonization by bacteria; there are many applications for materials given a bristly coating of silicon nanowires. Creating these nanostructured silicon ...

Business Jun 22, 2017

Uber's problems highlight silicon valley's faltering vision for the future

It would be nice to think that Uber's problems are going to be fixed with the resignation of its CEO Travis Kalanick. Of course, the shareholders who instigated the demand for his resignation were not necessarily expressing ...

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