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Politics · Economy · Military · Security · TechThe Download: Silicon Valley’s blind spot and Nvidia’s chip-tracking plan
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get the midterms so wrong? —Aaron Zamost, a tech communications consultant and a former executive at Square The self-styled visionaries…
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