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Shweta Taneja

Earth, Silicon Valley

Writer at Freelance

award-winning author | tech journalist & columnist @httweets | partnerships & comms @locusmag | feminist w/ evil laugh | scifi, climate, tech, science, ecology

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  • 3 weeks ago | ssir.org | Shweta Taneja

    Philanthropy & Funding Can you ask economically vulnerable women to donate for the empowerment ofothers? Buzz Women’s giving circle in India is doing just that. To read this article and start a full year of unlimited online access, subscribe now! Subscribe Now Already a subscriber? Login Need to register for your premium online access,which is included with your paid subscription?

  • 1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Shweta Taneja

    From a bright sunny day on the Stanford campus, I head down into the basement of its Electrical Engineering building. It’s not dark or dingy, rather, the newly opened Stanford Robotics Center is polished and rather sparkly, the open space gleaming in excitement, segueing off into glass rooms on either side. Before I can introduce myself on the tour – we’re all here to see robots – I’m distracted by two rather tiny and completely non threatening bots that come and kind of sniff us.

  • 1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Shweta Taneja

    It was at a CRISPR community event in Cupertino, that I overheard two scientists talking about the ethics of creating gene-edited embryos. As I expected, Dr He Jiankui was mentioned. The infamous scientist from China is in the Valley right now, looking for funding and support for a new commercial venture that is focused on lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s disease through gene-editing research.

  • 2 months ago | hindustantimes.com | Shweta Taneja

    Also Read: Seeing Silicon | How India’s first garage startup became a heavyweight in the tech industry Dantas, who used to be a professional ballet dancer, started the first robotics co-working space in Oakland eight years ago, to bring the mechatronic engineering community together. Since then, they’ve had over 80 startups as part of the co-working space who have collectively raised over $250 million.

  • 2 months ago | htsyndication.com | Shweta Taneja

    Posted On: 2025-04-29 Posted By: Shweta Taneja Health & Lifestyle Education Technology Real Estate & Construction Hindustan Times India, April 29 -- On a sun-kissed spring evening I drive to a robotics co-working space in Mountain View. The parking's full. Perhaps because of free beer. Or maybe it's because it's a get together to see bots with free beer.

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Shweta Taneja
Shweta Taneja @shwetawrites
27 May 25

"#Robots are fragile, we’ve to take care of them,’ says #OussamaKhatib at @Stanford Robotics Center. Do you agree? I feel they're expensive and delicate, so yes, they're fragile. My latest column #SeeingSilicon in @htTweets @HT_Ed https://t.co/lgRphIR601

Shweta Taneja
Shweta Taneja @shwetawrites
21 May 25

RT @bookworm_Kris: Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq & translator Deepa Bhasti on HEART LAMP winning the International Booker Prize 2025 and…

Shweta Taneja
Shweta Taneja @shwetawrites
21 May 25

Congrats Banu Mushtaq & Deepa Bhasti for winning the @TheBookerPrizes! #Kannada rocks wish I could read it. #heartlamp https://t.co/44YiN9iT3S