Scoop: JD Vance raises $4.2 million in Silicon Valley

Queue raises $12.6M for a pharmacy that runs without a pharmacist

A Silicon Valley startup says it has built a pharmacy with no pharmacist behind the counter. Sealed bottles go in, filled and checked prescriptions come out, in about a minute. The company, Queue, came out of stealth on Tuesday with a working machine and fresh money. It has raised a 12.6mn seed round led by [] This story continues at The Next Web

Wells Fargo Provides $46M Refi for SoCal Shopping Center

A Target-anchored shopping center in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley has secured refinancing, Walker Dunlop announced Thursday. Wells Fargo provided 46 million in fixed-rate, interest-only permanent financing for the 336,718-square-foot Rosemead Place in Rosemead, Calif., in Los Angeles County. PropertyShark lists MPM Partners, run by Herbert Yang, as the property’s owner. The shopping center []

The New Meta for Silicon Valley Startups Is Nihilism

Forget saving the world. You can profit from destroying it.

The Drama Over This $40 Million Movie Reveals a Bleak Truth About the Future of Hollywood

The Sam Altman biopic reveals just how deeply Silicon Valley has sunk its claws into Hollywood.

California Dems Thought Now Would Be a Good Time for Another Gas Tax Hike. Where's Gavin Newsom?

California Dems Thought Now Would Be a Good Time for Another Gas Tax Hike. Where's Gavin Newsom?

Meta Stock Had a Lousy First Half. Here’s Why the Tech Giant’s Shares Are Rising Again

Meta Stock Had a Lousy First Half. Here’s Why the Tech Giant’s Shares Are Rising Again

AI-crazed San Francisco homebuyers find insane new currency to outbid rivals

Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom is making home-buying in the notoriously expensive Bay Area real estate market even more miserable. In a viral post this week, Michael Hess, a founder at an AI-moderated research platform, shared a screenshot of a text message exchange with a realtor. Hess in the exchange was notified that his bid []

An Abundance of Influence

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, Julia Pitta A group of YIMBY big tech donors took over San Francisco politics. Now they're setting their sights on the rest of the country. The post An Abundance of Influence appeared first on The Nation.

Micron Technology Stock: Is It Heading for a $2 Trillion Valuation?

Although the stock is up big, its valuation still looks modest.

Blake Dowling: Welcome to Silicon Tally — less traffic, fewer egos, reliable power, lower taxes

Tallahassee’s tech sector is building momentum, confidence and serious opportunity. The post Blake Dowling: Welcome to Silicon Tally — less traffic, fewer egos, reliable power, lower taxes appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns Elections. Lobbying Government..

California Gov. Newsom Calls Wealth Gap A ‘Five-Alarm Fire,’ Demands Tax On Billionaires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the American economic system, proposing a “national billionaires’ tax” and a “true economic reset” to prevent the consolidation of inherited wealth. In a Substack post titled “It’s Time For a National Billionaires’ Tax and a New Social Compact,” Newsom argued that federal, corporate, and [] California Gov. Newsom Calls Wealth Gap A ‘Five-Alarm Fire,’ Demands Tax On Billionaires

How California can ensure wine labeled ‘American’ uses exclusively American grapes

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Jason Smith Jason Smith is a second-generation wine grape grower in Monterey County. He is the president and CEO of Valley Farm Management. The California Legislature will soon have to choose between siding with global beverage companies that view []

What to know about California’s billionaire tax measure

Millions in opposition spending from Silicon Valley, a counterproposal from Sacramento and dissent among the state’s most powerful labor unions: Here’s how California’s controversial billionaire tax made it on the ballot, and what it could mean come November. The post What to know about California’s billionaire tax measure appeared first on MS NOW.

California once was the American Dream. Now it’s 3rd-worst state to move to * WorldNetDaily * by Angelina Delfin, The Daily Signal

Source link For generations, California represented the American dream—a place where families moved in search of opportunity, good-paying jobs, and a better life. Today, the Golden State is earning a

US stocks today: Nasdaq jumps over 1% as chip stocks rally, investors eye AI earnings

U.S. stocks rose sharply, led by chipmakers like Broadcom on AI-driven optimism and a strong earnings outlook. Microsoft fell after announcing job cuts, while investors remained cautious about Fed policy. Markets are now focused on upcoming earnings and Fed minutes for direction amid elevated rate uncertainty.

Building tech in the world’s secret R&D hub

Apple. Anthropic. Disney Research. Google. Meta. Microsoft. NVIDIA. OpenAI. Few places outside Silicon Valley can claim RD hubs from all of these companies. Fewer still are concentrated in a city of just over 400,000 people—roughly half the size of San Francisco. Over the past two decades, however, many of the world’s most influential technology companies

As everything gets more expensive, it's time to make do and mend

The skyrocketing cost of computer components needs to foster a new mindset.

Bahoshy: Mideast Venture Funding Plunges in 1H (Video)

Bahoshy: Mideast Venture Funding Plunges in 1H (Video)

AOC pathetically struggles to attack big tech companies in embarrassing word salad

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered word salad when answering questions about big tech companies. AOC’s comment came amid speculation that tech giants might soon raise prices on electronics due to a strained chip-processing supply chain. The congresswoman called out large data centres focusing on AI, which require vast amounts of semiconductors and other processing chips.

The Millionaire Boom Is Real - But So Is The Market Trap

The Millionaire Boom Is Real - But So Is The Market Trap

California’s Biggest Tax Hike Is Marni Von Wilpert’s Blueprint

Gavin Newsom and corrupt Sacramento Democrats just approved “the largest tax increase in state history,” including new taxes on software downloads and raising health insurance premiums. Marni Von Wilpert wants to export California’s failed formula to the rest of America: higher taxes, higher prices, and bigger government. That’s why Wilpert refuses to call out Gavin [] The post California’s Biggest Tax Hike Is Marni Von Wilpert’s Blueprint appeared first on NRCC.

The future of chipmaking looks more like Manhattan than Silicon Valley

Constrained by physics and politics, chipmakers are building upwards

Getty pulls £2.8bn tie-up with Shutterstock after CMA orders disposal

The two companies had agreed the deal in January to create a firm worth a combined 3.7 billion US dollars (£2.8 billion).

Illinois’s Tech Tax Tantrum

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America added more than 1,200 millionaires per day in 2025, but the heyday of the ‘everyday millionaire’ is already over

The stock market made a record number of people millionaires in 2025. But the real wealth action was happening one tier up.

Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is for Sellouts

Big Tech is throwing big money into data center buildouts. As national opposition to the facilities grows, some workers are beginning to question whether it’s worth it.

Newsom calls for a national 'billionaires' tax' while fighting one in California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a national “billionaires' tax” and suggests the U.S. government should own a stake in AI companies. (AP Production: Marissa Duhaney) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Microsoft, AWS and Anthropic are spending billions — and not on better models

On July 2, Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business, announced the formation of the Microsoft Frontier Company. The new The post Microsoft, AWS and Anthropic are spending billions — and not on better models appeared first on The New Stack.

We are bullish on AI-first fintechs: Cedar Hill Capital’s Sahil Anand

VC firm Cedar Hill focuses on enterprise fintechs married to AI in the BFSI industry

Exclusive: Element Labs raises funds at $4b valuation

This is the second time this month that an Israeli chip startup in serial entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz’s portfolio has raised hundreds of millions of dollars.

15 industries quietly making people very rich that rarely get written about

From scrap yards to self-storage, these unglamorous businesses have minted more millionaires than most people realize — here is how each one actually makes money

Four Irish Founders Accepted into Y Combinator’s Summer 2026 Batch

Four Irish founders are heading to Silicon Valley after being accepted into Y Combinator’s Summer 2026 batch, one of the world’s most influential startup programmes as they build companies in AI-powered financial technology and advanced manufacturing. Founded by Ryan Morrissey and Bence Redmond, Blueprints lets users express a plain-English conviction about the world and turn []

The memory chip crunch is paying off for this US company

Revenue quadrupled to 41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from 1.88 billion to an incredible 28.2 billion year-over-year.

KSAT Q&A: Mayor Jones talks Toyota plant expansion, searching for new SAPD chief

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday to discuss the Toyota manufacturing plant expansion on the South Side and the city’s search for a new San Antonio police chief.