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‘Invest in Pakistan’ tech summit concludes in Silicon Valley

Pakistan's envoy in the US highlighted reforms introduced by the government to improve ease of doing business

Blood-testing startup founder ordered to stand trial

Questions were first raised about the accuracy and reliability of her signature blood-testing device in a series of articles in the Wall Street Journal in 2015

Apple invites Hollywood to Silicon Valley

“It’s show time” is how the iPhone maker billed the affair slated for the Steve Jobs Theater at its Cupertino, California, headquarters

Smartphones market continues to fall

Fresh surveys show global sales had their worst contraction ever in 2018, and the outlook for 2019 isn't much better

Chinese investors flee Silicon Valley

SAN FRANCISCO: New Trump administration ­policies aimed at curbing China’s access to American innovation have all but halted Chinese investment in US technology startups,...

Bomb threat spurs evacuation at Facebook’s Silicon Valley campus

SAN FRANCISCO: A bomb threat prompted authorities on Tuesday to evacuate a building at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Facebook Inc near San Francisco,...

Palestinian teens reach finals of Silicon Valley app pitch

Four Palestinian high school friends are heading to California this week to pitch their mobile app about fire prevention to Silicon Valley's tech leaders,...

Silicon Valley eyes Africa as new tech frontier

LAGOS: With its colourful hammocks and table tennis table, a new tech hub in the Lagos metropolis wouldn´t look out of place among the...

Silicon Valley startup peddles 3D-printed bike

After a career that included helping Alphabet’s Google build out data centers and speeding packages for Amazon.com Inc to customers, Jim Miller is doing...

Silicon Valley, Wall Street taking notes on Spotify debut

NEW YORK: Spotify Technology's unusual route to becoming a public company is a test case for other multibillion-dollar tech companies that are looking to...

India’s Silicon Valley faces man-made water crisis

DELHI: Every day more than 1,000 water tankers rumble past Nagraj's small plywood store in Bangalore, throwing up clouds of dust as they rush...

Trump travel ban stirs faint corporate outcry beyond Silicon Valley

NEW YORK/BOSTON: Most US corporate bosses have stayed silent on President Donald Trump's immigration curbs, underscoring the sensitivities around opposing policies that could provoke...

Silicon Valley online course to mint self-driving car engineers

SAN FRANCISCO: Silicon Valley is creating a crash course in self-driving car technology to address a shortage of engineers with help from a startup in a different field: online education.

Economists see ride-hailing industry as ripe for competition

SAN FRANCISCO: Chinese powerhouse Didi Chuxing's acquisition of Uber Technologies Inc's China operations marked the biggest move yet toward consolidation in an industry that many investors and Silicon Valley pundits view as a winner-take-all game.

Google co-founder fuels flying car labs: report

SAN FRANCISCO: Google co-founder Larry Page has secretly poured more than $100 million into building flying cars, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

Chai stirred into Silicon Valley coffee culture

SAN FRANCISCO: In a Silicon Valley culture known for brilliant ideas boiling up in coffee shops, Gaurav Chawla is pouring his heart into chai.

Indians launch website against Modi

NEW YORK: A large group of Indians living abroad under the banner Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA) created a website against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and organized a protest during his visit to Silicon Valley.

Modi's Silicon Valley tour marred by protest

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA: Lights flashed and chants of "Modi, Modi" filled the 18,000-seat sports arena in San Jose, California, on Sunday as the Indian premier took the stage for the final event of his Silicon Valley tour, marked by sporadic protests over his human rights record.

Tesla, Google, Apple: is Silicon Valley the future of the US car?

NEW YORK: Is the future of the US car industry in Silicon Valley?

Microsoft lays off 2,100 employees, axes Silicon Valley research

SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) will close its Silicon Valley research-and-development operation as part of 2,100 layoffs announced on Thursday, as it moves toward its new CEO's goal of cutting 18,000 staff, or about 14 percent of its workforce.

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