Tech giants announce record layoffs after hiring binge
Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Apple nearly doubled their total workforce over the past three years. But now they are letting more than 50,000 employees go
Google axing 12,000 jobs, as tech industry layoffs widen
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Earlier this week, Microsoft announced 10,000 job cuts, or nearly 5% of its workforce
The war in Ukraine sinks dream of ‘Russia’s Google’
The Kremlin is taking advantage of the restructuring of Russian search engine Yandex to increase its control over the news its citizens see online
Alexandr Wang is the new youngest self-made billionaire
The son of Chinese immigrants to the US, Wang dropped out of college after his freshman year to found Scale Al, a company that helps companies like Uber, Toyota, and Airbnb optimize their artificial intelligence systems
From Silicon Valley to Mount Everest: A journey of personal salvation aided by ayahuasca
Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, a former executive at eBay and Paypal, has published a memoir explaining how she went from shunning nature walks to climbing the world’s Seven Summits
Silicon Valley start-up funded by billionaires hires top ‘anti-aging’ experts
The secretive Altos Labs, which is said to be backed by Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner, has recruited leading specialists to find ways of reprogramming cells and ultimately prolong human life
Why Leonardo DiCaprio’s conflict-free diamonds could soon be made in Spain
Diamond Foundry, a Silicon Valley company that ‘grows’ the precious gems, has chosen Trujillo in Extremadura for an upcoming factory project
Elizabeth Holmes: the self-made billionaire behind Silicon Valley’s blood-test scandal goes on trial
Having reached the top through a supposedly revolutionary technology to diagnose disease, the Theranos founder is now facing 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy and could be sentenced to 20 years
Gate 93: Spain’s portal to Silicon Valley
Three Spanish techies create a fund to help Spanish initiatives survive in America’s startup mecca
The scientists trying to find the “cure” for old age
Could we live to 140? 1,000? Is there a limit? Scientific research into extending the human lifespan is being backed by Silicon Valley giants such as Google and Facebook
“Anybody who is reasonably smart can make it in Silicon Valley”
Adeyemi Ajao, cofounder of Tuenti, discusses life among the California tech set
The Spaniard discovering the key to success in Silicon Valley
Gabriel Bestard’s innovative keyless lock is set to go on sale in the United States in November
“We need to be more competitive with Silicon Valley”
Spain makes much of its high-tech credentials, but the reality for most internet start-ups is a hostile environment encumbered by excessive red tape