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Michelle Quinn

Michelle Quinn is VOA’s Silicon Valley Bureau Chief based in San Francisco. A veteran technology journalist, she has been a reporter and columnist at the Mercury News and a reporter for Politico, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. She has written for the New York Times, Wired and National Geographic.

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February 20, 2025
US small businesses brace for effects of higher steel, aluminum tariffs

U.S. small businesses are waiting to feel the effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum. Michelle Quinn reports.
February 13, 2025
The Inside Story: The Trump Transition | 183

Join us as we report on the Trump Administration's new agenda and policies, covering everything from immigration to foreign aid, trade, and more executive orders. This week on The Inside Story: The Trump Transition.
February 10, 2025
Musk looks to make rapid changes at several US government agencies

President Donald Trump’s point person for making rapid changes at U.S. governmental agencies is Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Congressional Democrats say that the Trump-backed multibillionaire's attempt to reduce federal government spending is wrong. Michelle Quinn has more.
February 07, 2025
Trump signals his support for cryptocurrency

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to make the United States the cryptocurrency capital of the world. He is putting his plan into place in the early weeks of his second presidential term. VOA's Michelle Quinn has the story.
January 30, 2025
Chinese app shakes up AI race

A small Chinese company sent shockwaves around the tech world this week with news that it has created a high-performing artificial intelligence system with less computing power and at a lower cost than ones made by U.S. tech giants. Michelle Quinn reports.
January 28, 2025
App provides immediate fire information to Los Angeles residents

When fires burned in the Los Angeles, California, area, residents turned to an app for immediate fire information about the dangers. Michelle Quinn reports.
January 24, 2025
App provides immediate fire information to Los Angeles residents

Acting as a virtual emergency operation center, Watch Duty relies on a variety of data sources to provide detailed, localized information to its users
January 16, 2025
Who will drive Trump's AI and crypto policies?

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants the United States to be the world leader in artificial intelligence and crypto currency. To that end, he has tapped a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor to be the AI and crypto czar. Michelle Quinn has the story.
January 09, 2025
Meta to offer wider range of speech on platforms, CEO says

This week, Meta’s CEO announced there would be a wider range of speech on Facebook and other Meta platforms. Michelle Quinn has the story.
January 07, 2025
Meta to offer wider range of speech on platforms, CEO says

Mark Zuckerberg says his firm will do away with fact-checkers and rely on community monitoring of posts instead, among other changes
April 04, 2023
LogOn: Farmers Look to Technology to Help in Fields

Progress and stumbling blocks as Silicon Valley works with farmers to boost output, lower costs
February 09, 2023
San Jose, California, Is US City Where Immigrants 'Thrive' the Most

San Jose, part of California's Silicon Valley technology hub, is the U.S. city where immigrants thrive the most, according to a report that looked at factors such as income, education levels and housing costs.
February 02, 2023
The Inside Story-Deadly Force

From a police beating in Memphis to Asians seemingly targeted in California; the suicide bombing of a mosque in Pakistan to renewed violence in the Middle East, the sheer volume of recent deadly force incidents demands attention, on the Inside Story: Deadly Force
January 27, 2023
Asian Californians Reel in Wake of Recent Mass Shootings

With 11 dead in Los Angeles, 7 dead in Half Moon Bay, Asian American communities in California struggle to celebrate Lunar New Year season
January 27, 2023
Asian Californians Reel in Wake of Recent Mass Shootings

With 11 dead in Los Angeles and seven dead in Half Moon Bay, the Asian American communities in California struggle to celebrate the Lunar New Year season
December 08, 2022
Arizona Ramps Up Tech Workforce, Skills to Meet Chips Job Boom

President Biden visited Phoenix this week highlighting the region's semiconductor manufacturing boom
December 06, 2022
Biden Touts Advanced Chips Manufacturing in Visit to Arizona Semiconductor Plant

TSMC, the Taiwanese chip giant, announced Tuesday it will invest $40 billion and build a second semiconductor facility in Phoenix, making it one of the largest foreign direct investments in US history
December 06, 2022
Biden Touts Advanced Chips Manufacturing in Visit to Arizona Semiconductor Plant

Taiwanese chip giant investing $40 billion and building a second semiconductor facility in Phoenix
November 30, 2022
Arizona Aims to Become a Semiconductor Powerhouse

Taiwanese chip giant building fabrication facility in Phoenix
November 27, 2022
White House Seeks More Aid for Ukraine Before Republicans Take Control of House

There’s been widespread bipartisan backing for military and other support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion, but some Republican leaders signal more scrutiny of US spending is ahead

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