A few weeks in the White House has imbued chief technology officer Megan Smith with a newfound respect for Silicon Valley's number one enemy: regulation. While Larry and Sergey try to dismantle healthcare law, the former VP of Google X is complimenting "talented regulators" in The New York Times Magazine.

Today in the occasional internet diary blog of Mark Zuckerberg: the cherubic chief executive is cranky with the federal government, and is telling the rest of us about his spat with the president.

President Barack Obama just wrapped up a meeting with some of Silicon Valley's brassiest brass. Marissa and Sheryl got very good seats. [Photo: Getty]

After months of chanting We could have done sooo-oo much better, TIME reports America's tech sector will have a chance to school President Obama on Healthcare.gov and NSA surveillance. But he probably should have reconsidered some of these choices.

In another sign of confidence in the tech industry's money-minting promise, former public servants looking to "cash in" on their experience are turning to startups where they once might have knocked on Wall Street's revolving door.