How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco
The city has become the crucible of an experiment - are robotaxis ready for the streets?.....»»
Can math make redistricting more fair?
Just before midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 28, an independent, bipartisan commission voted to approve a new map for Colorado's congressional districts––dividing the state into eight territories with roughly equal populations......»»
Inside Reach Capital’s edtech-powered returns
Reach Capital, a San Francisco-based venture firm co-founded by Jennifer Carolan and Shauntel Garvey, focused exclusively on edtech for years before the sector ballooned with unicorns. The rare, female-led partnership closed its third fund in Februar.....»»
Chinese tech giant Baidu begins publicly testing Apollo Go robotaxis in Shanghai
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has begun publicly testing its Apollo Go robotaxi mobile platform in Shanghai, marking the company’s continued expansion of its footprint in China. While Baidu says its robotaxis have achieved Level 4 capabil.....»»
Why Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don"t Help and May Make Things Worse
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times, written by Tara Parker-Pope: Covid precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar, with plastic barriers separating sales clerks from shoppers, dividing customers at.....»»
Ample raises $160M to scale its battery swapping service
Instead of an EV battery being something that needs to be recharged, like an iPhone, Ample wants to turn them into things that can be swapped out, like batteries in a digital camera. San Francisco-based Ample has raised a $160 million Serie.....»»
San Francisco Becomes First Major US City To Mandate Proof of Full Vaccinations For Certain Indoor Activities
"San Francisco became the the first major US city to mandate proof of full vaccinations for certain indoor activities Thursday," reports CNN. Earlier this month, New York City announced a similar requirement, but it's only requiring workers and patro.....»»
Carta says it just used its own product to establish a new — and far higher — valuation for itself
Carta, the nine-year-old, San Francisco-based cap table management and valuation software company, just raised $500 million in its eighth round of funding, at a $7.4 billion valuation. That’s more than double where the company was valued eight.....»»
Pave gets Y Combinator to back better startup compensation tools, again
Pave, a San Francisco-based startup that helps companies benchmark, plan and communicate compensation to their employees, has raised a $46 million Series B. YC Continuity led the round, which also saw participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessem.....»»
Twitter shuttering NY, SF offices in response to new CDC guidelines
Just two weeks after reopening its New York and San Francisco offices, social media giant Twitter said Wednesday that it will be closing those offices “immediately.” The decision came “after careful consideration of the CDC’s.....»»
Jerry Rice on Success
There is a nice story about Jerry Rice, american football player, running in the Sunday, February 9, 2010 print edition of the San Francisco Chronicle’s. The story is about the secrets of success. [...] There is a nice story about Jerry Rice, am.....»»
COVID-19 could prompt healthier cityscapes
Speculation about the impact of COVID-19 on America's thriving cities came almost as soon as the disease itself—and the diagnosis was usually grim. Plunging rents in New York and San Francisco indicated residents were fleeing their densely-packed u.....»»
Magic lands $27M Series A for its ‘plug and play’ passwordless tech
Magic, a San Francisco-based startup that builds “plug and play” passwordless authentication technology, has raised $27 million in Series A funding. The round, led by Northzone and with participation from Tiger Global, Volt Capital, Digit.....»»
DNA from 93-year-old butterfly confirms the first US case of human-led insect extinction
The Xerces blue butterfly was last seen flapping its iridescent periwinkle wings in San Francisco in the early 1940s. It's generally accepted to be extinct, the first American insect species destroyed by urban development, but there are lingering que.....»»
Cube Dev Raises $15.5 Million to Help Companies Build Applications with Cloud Data Warehouses
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #API–Cube Dev, the open-source company behind the popular Cube.js data tool, today announced $15.5 million in funding to scale go-to-market activities and accelerate the development of its first commer.....»»
Uber expands its grocery delivery service to more than 400 US cities and towns
The service now covers major markets like San Francisco, New York City and Washington DC Kris Holt Contributor Share on Twitter Kris Holt is a contributing writer at Engadget......»»
Blackstone acquires majority stake in Simplilearn for $250 million
Blackstone is acquiring a majority stake in Bangalore and San Francisco-headquartered edtech startup Simplilearn for $250 million. Simplilearn operates an eponymous online bootcamp to help people learn data science, AI, machine learning, cloud comput.....»»
Researchers develop deep-learning method for translating vocal signals from the brain to text
Researchers at the University of Califonia San Francisco developed a way to allow people with speech loss to communicate with their brains. The technology uses neural networks to translate brainwaves into words and phrases. It is a breakthrough becau.....»»
Tech Workers Who Swore Off the Bay Area Are Coming Back
Critics said the pandemic would make the industry flee San Francisco and its southern neighbor, Silicon Valley. But tech can't seem to quit its gravitational center. New York Times: The pandemic was supposed to lead to a great tech diaspora. Freed of.....»»
Flymachine raises $21 million to build a virtual concerts platform for a post-pandemic world
As concerts and live events return to the physical world stateside, many in the tech industry have wondered whether some of the pandemic-era opportunities around virtualizing these events are lost for the time being. San Francisco-based Flymachine is.....»»
SF’s Off the Grid food truck festival refocuses on emergency response and services
Off the Grid is a mainstay of the San Francisco culinary scene. The event company, founded by Matt Cohen in 2010, created neighborhood pop-up festivals centered around entrepreneurial food trucks. It was part of the vanguard in the food truck movemen.....»»