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Emergency calls reveal chaos, long waits in aftermath of Asiana crash

August 24, 2021 at 1:05 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tapes of 911 emergency calls made moments after the Asiana plane crash at San Francisco airport last Saturday reveal panic and confusion, with passengers describing severe...

Ex-Kleiner partner wants day in court in discrimination lawsuit

August 24, 2021 at 11:53 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A high profile sex discrimination lawsuit in Silicon Valley should be taken private via arbitration, lawyers for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers argued...

Tiger Global invests $50 million in Automattic’s WordPress.com

August 24, 2021 at 10:24 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Automattic, the company that operates blogging service WordPress.com, announced a $50 million investment from hedge fund and private-equity investor Tiger Global on Friday. The investment comes...

Online takeout companies GrubHub and Seamless to merge

August 24, 2021 at 10:05 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two of the nation's biggest online food delivery businesses said they are merging in a deal that they hope will drive more orders, in more cities,...

Exclusive: Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg’s immigration advocacy group

August 24, 2021 at 9:45 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire environmentalist Elon Musk has quit a Silicon Valley advocacy group formed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after the group funded ads for senators touting their...

In Silicon Valley, snarky blogs make a comeback

August 24, 2021 at 9:14 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley is taking itself a tad too seriously, and a few of its shriller residents have taken note. Recent weeks have seen the birth of...

Uber investor gauges interest in major new funding round: source

August 24, 2021 at 8:51 a.m.

(Reuters) - An investor in Uber, the fast-growing alternative taxi service, has reached out to a venture capital firm about a potential new funding round that could value the company...

Search for Boston bombers likely relied on eyes, not software

August 24, 2021 at 8:12 a.m.

(Reuters) - As investigators searched through videos and photos for clues that ultimately led them to the suspects in this week's bombing at the Boston Marathon, their search likely relied...

In immigration debate, some query skilled-worker shortage

August 24, 2021 at 2:21 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As the wrangling over immigration reform intensifies in the Congress, the tech industry is lobbying hard to raise the limit on H-1B visas, which allow non-U.S....

Beach becomes latest clash over technology titans’ property

August 24, 2021 at 12:59 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist has stepped into the middle of a long-standing controversy over a California tradition: open access to the state's famed beaches....

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