It's no coincidence that some of the most successful start-ups in history - including many of the so-called "unicorns" - are headquartered in Silicon Valley.
Source: CNBCWith an impending robot revolution expected to leave a trail of unemployment in its wake, some Silicon Valley tech leaders think they have a remedy to a future with fewer jobs - free money for all.
Source: MercurynewsSmartphones were revolutionary and lucrative, but the U.S. market is saturated, and Apple's iPhone sales have fallen for three quarters. The "app economy" has matured, with more people using existing apps than downloading new ones. And Facebook, which has filled users' news feeds with so many ads it can barely add more, is predicting its revenue growth will slump next year.
Source: MercurynewsAn artificial intelligence company that uses computers, not lawyers, to sift through thousands of legal documents in search of key information is moving part of its operations to Toronto.
Source: CBCWhen it comes to making machines to perform tasks that humans have done for years, the United States, China and India are far ahead of anyone else, according to a top tech industry executive.
Source: CNNDespite concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) is a threat to jobs, Reid Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn and one of the most influential people in Silicon Valley, said AI could in fact help create more positions
Source: CBS NewsArtificial intelligence is the latest Silicon Valley darling. Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are using it in their image recognition algorithms, in their voice-based virtual assistants, and in their attempts to curate news and social media posts specifically for your eyes.
Source: StateEnterprise cloud company ServiceNow is eyeing a future where organisations won't need to build out their own machine learning technologies, turning instead to service providers to offer the capability as-a-service.
Source: ZDnetTypical AI specialists, both Ph.Ds fresh out of school and people with less education and just a few years of experience, can be paid from $300,000 to $500,000 a year
Source: The HinduThe outsourcing industry in the Philippines, which has dethroned India as the country with the most call centers in the world, is worried that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will eat into the $23 billion sector.
Source: VoanewsNigel Toon, the cofounder and CEO of Graphcore, a semiconductor startup based in the U.K., recalls that only a couple of years ago many venture capitalists viewed the idea of investing in semiconductor chips as something of joke. "You'd take an idea to a meeting," he says, "and many of the partners would roll about on the floor laughing." Now some chip entrepreneurs are getting a very different reception. Instead of rolling on the floor, investors are rolling out their checkbooks.
Source: MIT Technology ReviewIn a recent interview, Hillary Clinton expresses worries about the future of artificial intelligence and the role big tech plays in our daily lives.
Source: Business InsiderWhen Terah Lyons arrives at the Flywheel Coffee Roasters in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, she is greeted so enthusiastically that she laughs with surprise. But this can't have been the first such welcome. Even if you don't know who she is, the ease and poise with which she walks and the warmth of her smile make it hard not to be struck by her presence. And as if on cue, from the speaker overhead comes Alicia Keys' hit song "You Don't Know My Name."
Source: OzyNEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced the establishment of dotData, Inc., a new startup company based in Cupertino, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, that develops and globally provides software that automates data science processes using artificial intelligence (AI).
Source: HOBMary Meeker is a legend in Silicon Valley. Why? Because every year, she comes out with what many think is the most complete and thorough analysis of the technology industry. Now, Mary and her team do impeccable work: her presentations are full of great graphs, her slides full of data...and you have to believe that her insights come from hours of researching the industry and listening to the thousands of entrepreneurs that come to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Meeker's employer) for investments.
Source: HOBGoogle is beefing its healthcare-focused Brain research team to build the "next gen clinical visit experience," according to internal job postings.
Source: HOBWe have to accept a simple fact that we can't expect much of hacking and coding stuff from Hollywood movies. There are a lot of movies based on hacking and coding but most of them seem so unrealistic.
Source: HOBIn the span of a week, I had job offers to work as a software engineer at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, LinkedIn, and Yelp. Here's how I negotiated them.
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