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1 week ago | siliconvalley.com | Gieson Cacho

The beauty about customizable keyboards is that if you don’t like it, you can change it up. If the touch feels off, you can switch out the keycaps. If typing on it is too loud, users can replace the switches. Crafting the experience so that the mechanical keyboard fits a desired aesthetic is one of the joys of the hobby. The problem with tweaking mechanical keyboards is that it’s an arduous ask.

1 week ago | siliconvalley.com | Chris Megerian |Kevin Freking

By Chris Megerian and Kevin Freking, Associated PressWASHINGTON — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. The billionaire entrepreneur posted Wednesday about his decision on X, his social media website. “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” he wrote.

1 week ago | siliconvalley.com | Katie Lauer

KVHS broadcasts from a tower tucked in Concord’s rolling hills, a few miles southeast of the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial on the shoreline of Suisun Bay. Dave Hughes doesn’t have a key to access the property, despite being the on-air personality behind The Beat of Diablo, KVHS 90.5 FM’s hyperlocal evening radio show. That’s not normally a problem, because there’s not a physical station to unlock.

2 weeks ago | siliconvalley.com | Linda Zavoral

Ensemble Investments, one of the developers building out the up-and-coming Clara District near Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, has announced plans for the project’s first signature restaurant. The restaurateurs behind the Saratoga standouts Hero Ranch Kitchen and Flowers will venture beyond that trendy block of Big Basin Way to build an Italian-style steakhouse at the AVE Santa Clara upscale apartments, part of the Clara community that will grow to include thousands of residences.

2 weeks ago | siliconvalley.com | Chase Hunter

A fire at a Mountain View apartment complex caused an estimated $1 million in damage Saturday afternoon when improperly stored chemicals ignited on a balcony, according to the Mountain View Fire Department. The fire displaced seven adults from the multi-family apartment complex in the 700 block of South Oak Street. One bystander was evaluated for injuries by Santa Clara County paramedics but declined transportation to a hospital, the fire department wrote in a social media post.