What Trump’s win means for Silicon Valley

Donald Trump clinched the presidency for a second time on November 6, delivering a victory for tech and business magnates such as Elon Musk who rallied around his campaign. Trump’s first term was marked by a wave of deregulation across the tech and telecom sectors and punctuated by his broadsides against industry giants who he felt crossed him. A second term could dial those trends up a level, while his newfound alliances with Musk, the cryptocurrency sector and other tech leaders could blur the lines between Silicon Valley and the federal agencies tasked with overseeing it.