'Unicorns' that wowed investors face hard road on Wall Street
The so-called "unicorns" that lured big investments and took Silicon Valley by storm are facing a chillier environment as they turn to Wall Street for fresh capital.
Sep 29, 2019
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Business
Hard landing for SoftBank? WeWork woes raise questions
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son is no stranger to controversy, but a meltdown at WeWork has sparked pointed questions about whether his enormous investments and futuristic pronouncements are more style than substance.
Sep 27, 2019
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Engineering
Energy-efficient power electronics: Gallium oxide power transistors with record values
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) has achieved a breakthrough with transistors based on gallium oxide (ß-Ga2O3). The newly developed ß-Ga2O3-MOSFETs (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) provide a high breakdown ...
Aug 27, 2019
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Engineering
3-D printing of silicone components
ETH spin-off Spectroplast has developed a method to make silicone products using a 3-D printer. The young company now plans to bring to market customised medical products such as hearing aids, breast prosthesis for breast ...
Aug 20, 2019
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World's thinnest, lightest signal amplifier enables bioinstrumentation with reduced noise
A research group led by Professor Tsuyoshi Sekitani and Associate Professor Takafumi Uemura of The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, succeeded in developing the world's thinnest and lightest ...
Aug 20, 2019
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Time to worry: Silicon Valley wants to read your mind
Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. The social media giant recently announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that reads people's brainwaves ...
Aug 16, 2019
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Business
Sorry, Facebook and Google, Ellen Pao says startups will fix Silicon Valley's diversity problem
In 2013, Harry Glaser and Tom O'Neill started hiring for their new company Periscope Data from their professional networks. They knew they had a problem when "we got up to be four or five white men" in the company, said Glaser, ...
May 3, 2019
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Business
Amazon invests in self-driving car startup Aurora
A self-driving car technology startup founded by former Google, Tesla and Uber executives said Thursday it secured $530 million in new funding that included a "significant" investment from Amazon.
Feb 7, 2019
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Internet
Will EU copyright overhaul 'break' the internet?
EU lawmakers have backed a major overhaul of copyright law that was hailed by some as a much-needed win against Silicon Valley, but its impact on ordinary web-users remains unclear.
Sep 13, 2018
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Silicon Valley is winning the race to build the first driverless cars
Henry Ford didn't invent the motor car. The late 1800s saw a flurry of innovation by hundreds of companies battling to deliver on the promise of fast, efficient and reasonably-priced mechanical transportation. Ford later ...
Feb 23, 2018
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