How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers

How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers

April 14, 2026 Tech elites are enriching themselves by plundering STEM establishments—and providing researchers scraps. Ad Policy Peter Thiel and his ilk are ravenous public science.(Eva Marie Uzcategui / Getty) Silicon Valley wouldn’t exist with out government-funded analysis. Foundational applied sciences, together with the semiconductor and the Internet, emerged from Cold War–period navy analysis applications….

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Jake Paul may have gotten his jaw broken on Netflix, but he and his  million fortune are laughing their way into Silicon Valley boardrooms

Jake Paul may have gotten his jaw broken on Netflix, but he and his $65 million fortune are laughing their way into Silicon Valley boardrooms

Jake Paul crossed paths with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at President Donald Trump’s second inauguration ceremony last year, Paul said in an interview with TBPN alongside his business partner, entrepreneur Geoffrey Woo. Paul endorsed Trump in the run up to the 2024 presidential election and has since revolved around his orbit, most recently sitting shoulder…

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