GeneralCA / Silicon Valley·Ranked Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (eBook)

Bad Blood eBook on sale for $1.99 across major outlets this week.

“Most eBook outlets have Bad Blood on sale for 1.99. A well-rated retelling of the saga of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, the blood testing startup.…”
— Slickdeals.net

Why it matters

Weekly Silicon's editorial model scored this 1.15/10 overall, reading it above all as an industry story with cross-cutting implications. Its strongest dimension is regional relevance at 2/10 — direct impact on US technology hubs rather than a purely overseas development — with technology breakthrough close behind at 1/10, pointing to a genuine capability or engineering advance rather than a routine product update. The effects land first in the CA / Silicon Valley region, so readers there should watch for follow-on announcements.

Derived from the AI score breakdown below.

AI score breakdown

#8 that day1.15/ 10

A composite of 1.15/10 put this story at #8 for Tuesday, June 23, 2026, driven mostly by regional relevance (2/10) and technology breakthrough (1/10).

Technology breakthrough · weight 30%1/10

Economic impact · weight 25%1/10

Job impact · weight 20%1/10

Regional relevance · weight 15%2/10

Policy & geopolitics · weight 10%1/10

Composite is the weighted sum of the five dimensions. How scoring works →

Companies in this story

Amazon