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Predicting the technology of the future for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles

by Adriene Hill and Kristin Schwab
Nov 20, 2017
Some of the tech that will be used in Los Angeles may not have even been invented yet.
 A general view of the Olympic Rings in front of the Bolshoy Ice Dome prior to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in the Olympic Park Coastal Cluster on February 1, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
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Toronto is building a billion-dollar mini smart city

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 16, 2017
The city partnered with an Alphabet subsidiary to bring new tech to its waterfront.
Toronto Mayor John Tory during his visit to Marketplace's New York bureau.
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Where does Silicon Valley's bro culture start? VC

by Molly Wood
Nov 15, 2017
Venture capital begets the tech industry. What happens if it's rotten from the start?
DFJ Partner Steve Jurvetson (L) and TechCrunch moderator Connie Loizos speak onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 at Pier 48 on September 18, 2017 in San Francisco, California.
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The Source Code: Ellen Pao

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 15, 2017
Our conversation with Ellen Pao on the pervasive sexual harassment problem in venture capital.
Ellen Pao leaves the San Francisco Superior Court Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break from her trial on March 25, 2015, in San Francisco. Pao, Reddit's interim CEO, is suing her former employer, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, for $16 million alleging she was sexually harassed.
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Why discrimination in venture capital runs deep

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 15, 2017
Ellen Pao on why it's going to take more than a few leaders stepping down to solve the problem.
Ellen Pao, the interim CEO of Reddit, sued her former employer, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, for $16 million, alleging she was sexually harassed by male officials.
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A startup that's capitalizing on the untapped hair extensions market

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 13, 2017
Mayvenn, an e-commerce platform, allows stylists to sell the accessories directly to their clients.
Hair extensions and wigs are a $5 billion market in the U.S.
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The role of accelerators in upping diversity in tech

by Amy Scott and Stephanie Hughes
Nov 10, 2017
Michael Seibel, Y Combinator's first African-American partner, makes the case for talented minorities founding startups instead of working for someone else.
“What's amazing about YC is ... you don't have to know anyone, so there isn't some type of old boys' club," says Michael Seibel, a Y Combinator partner.
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Is the Amazon Key a sign of our lock-less future?

by Amy Scott and Kristin Schwab
Nov 8, 2017
Maybe those metal keys will stay in your junk drawer forever.
Amazon's Cloud Cam works with the Key.
Image via Amazon
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Silicon Valley once sold little more than microchips. How did it become the capital of tech?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 7, 2017
Historian Leslie Berlin's new book explores Silicon Valley's transformation into a tech hub.
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Will China's brand-obsessed consumers shell out 2 months' salary for an iPhone X?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 3, 2017
The country is important to Apple's growth.
New iPhone X sits on a dock at an Apple showroom in Sydney on November 3, 2017
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