[ad_1] If RSA’s attendees were even able to score an Airbnb, it was second to the tech companies who’d, for years, packed employees into expensive rentals that once were on the normal-person market. Companies whose fat salaries also pushed rents out of reach for locals. Both had ensured a steady flow of evictions among artists, […]
Category: silicon valley
Zoom is now ‘the Facebook of video apps’
[ad_1] Which is why it’s especially cynical for many of us that Google banned employees from using Zoom’s shady desktop app on the same day that Zoom hired Facebook’s former security bobblehead as a consultant on its hazy privacy and security triage campaign. Everyone working remotely:ZOOM monitors the activity on your computer and collects data […]
What’s on TV: ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ and ‘Silicon Valley’
[ad_1] This weekend, Silicon Valley ends its run on HBO after six seasons lampooning tech culture. This is also the week that you can get Game of Thrones on Blu-ray either as a Complete Series or just season eight, which is also available on Ultra HD Blu-ray. Either way, you should finally be able to […]
The creators of ‘Silicon Valley’ are making a Match.com origin series
[ad_1] Written by David Kushner, the book tells the story of how Gary Kremen created what became the first online dating site using a $2,500 loan. It also tackles Kremen’s decade-long battle with Stephen Michael Cohen, who stole the rights to sex.com — a domain he purchased shortly after buying Match.com with the belief that, […]
The sixth season of ‘Silicon Valley’ will be its last
[ad_1] The run of Silicon Valley has been a tumultuous one. While the show has pretty consistently been well-reviewed, it lost one of its main characters from season one when actor Christopher Evan Welch died from lung cancer. The show also took a narrative turn after season four when controversial actor and comedian T.J. Miller […]