And while hacking goes a long way in the world of tech, Silicon Valley's tech community is now focused on hacking an even larger problem -- cancer. Rather than taking the typical approach of creating a new app or machine learning algorithm to cure cancer, HackCancer chooses to "hack cancer" through fundraising efforts. For instance, the 4th Annual MR|MS Silicon Valley Pitch Competition and Benefit Gala also included a startup pitch competition aimed to encourage the tech community's participation. Cancer and Tech Heroes UniteHackCancer's startup pitch competition demonstrates the organization's unique ability (and true hack) to bring the tech community and those battling cancer together. "There's a perception that Silicon Valley only cares about its own community, but I think that the Mr|Ms Silicon Valley event shows that there's more to it than that.

Source: Huffington Post August 18, 2016 15:13 UTC