2016: The Year Silicon Valley’s Hype Machine Sputtered

Four words sum up the Silicon Valley hype machine at the end of 2016: “squirrels and sea monkeys.” That was the repeated response from Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz when Reed Albergotti of The Information asked about the technology behind the startup’s augmented-reality glasses. For months, as Albergotti recently reported, Magic Leap has wooed