DeepMind's cofounder Demis Hassabis is a chess champion who landed funding from Peter Thiel by talking about a key tension in the game

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Demis Hassabis used his knowledge of chess to win DeepMind's first major investment from Peter Thiel.

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Silicon Valley agrees that Satya Nadella is winning

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is living his best life.

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A former venture capitalist known as Silicon Valley's 'party animal' has been convicted in a $19 million fraud case

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Michael Rothenberg

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Ukraine is thinking more like Silicon Valley to defend itself against Russia's electronic warfare

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The Ukrainian government has made innovating military technologies, such as radios and drones, that can combat Russia's electronic warfare campaign a priority.

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A boomer moved from Silicon Valley to a small city in Texas' Hill Country. He said the people are friendlier and his community is much more peaceful.

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Bill Ross and his wife moved to Boerne, TX.

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The tech world's quiet connector

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Ruzwana Bashir wears a Danz dress, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, and her own bracelet and ring.

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Tech execs are reportedly 'scrambling' to score a ticket to a dinner with China's president in San Francisco

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with business execs and President Joe Biden to discuss AI and more.

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Billionaire group behind mystery Silicon Valley city says it's done buying up land. The company now owns a property the size of Beaumont, Texas.

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An illustration of Flannery Associates's proposed city from a distance surrounded by farmland

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A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley elites is buying up land to build a new city. Farmers say they've been pressured to sell up.

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Expensify launched a glitzy lounge where employees could pay $9 a month for coffee and cocktails. The company is shutting it down just 6 months later.

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David Barrett is the founder and CEO of Expensify.

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