Silicon Valley
US Justice Department seeks Google Chrome sale to curb monopoly
The US Justice Department and a group of states proposed major changes to Alphabet Inc.’s Google — including a forced sale of the company’s Chrome web browser — after a landmark ruling that the tech giant illegally monopolized online search.
Silicon Valley’s ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ fights $48 million IRS tax evasion case from Spanish island
Roger Ver grew up in Silicon Valley, founding a computer company called MemoryDealers at the precocious age of 19. He also engaged in tax protests and ran for California’s legislature at 21 as a libertarian.
Bay Area’s 23andMe cuts 40% of its workforce and discontinues therapeutics division
The restructuring arrives during a period of turmoil at South San Francisco-based 23andMe, which has recently included a high-profile data breach and several rounds of previous layoffs