John Arrillaga, the billionaire philanthropist who helped develop the modern Silicon Valley before becoming one of its most prolific and generous donors, died Monday morning at the age of 84, his ...

John Woolfolk is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group, based at The Mercury News. A native of New Orleans, he grew up near San Jose. He is a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism and has ...

For decades, Silicon Valley has been the home of libertarian techno-utopianism and wild transhumanist dreams. Big Tech’s self-styled visionaries actively ...