How to get all pets in Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley's 1.6 update allows players to adopt more than one pet. It also brought along turtles as a new species. We'll tell you how to adopt more pets......»»
Mobility restrictions can have unexpected impacts on air quality
An international collaborative study led by University of Helsinki has conducted a holistic study to investigate the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on several air quality pollutants for the Po Valley region in northern Italy. The area is well known.....»»
People with COVID Often Infect Their Pets
New unpublished studies show that dogs and cats with COVID-positive owners frequently have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Gillmor Gang: Catching Up
As the pandemic dwindled enough to get in our car with dogs, SiriusXM, and our children in the rear view mirror, we drove to South Carolina. Tina had endured the last year and almost another half while her mother languished with aging pets, her husba.....»»
Tahoe"s Workforce is Disappearing, As Many Can No Longer Afford to Live There
200 miles east of Silicon Valley, "A disproportionate number of people who purchased homes in Tahoe in 2020 are employees of some of the largest tech companies in the Bay Area," a real estate brokerage firm specializing in data analytics recently tol.....»»
White House turns up heat on Big Tech"s Covid "disinformation dozen"
The White House turned up the pressure on Silicon Valley to get a handle on vaccine misinformation Thursday, specifically singling out 12 people one group dubbed the "disinformation dozen," saying they were responsible for a great deal of misinformat.....»»
Sociologist confirms what pet parents know: Pets really are part of the family
Do you sign your pets' names to your holiday card? Have you ever sent your dog to day care? Do you shop regularly for cat or dog toys? Welcome to a new breed of American family—the multispecies family......»»
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.....»»
Track your pets with 24/7 GPS monitoring with the LTE-enabled Whistle Switch
Not all pet trackers are made the same. With the Whistle Switch Smart Collar, you can track down your pets with the help of LTE......»»
Events platform Bevy acquires Egypt’s Eventtus to scale its offering for enterprises
It’s been fascinating to watch the development of Eventtus, a startup I came across many years ago on my travels in the Middle East, finding them at the Rise-Up Summit in Cairo in 2012. Then, it was two young women who’d taken the Silicon Valley.....»»
The most infamous failures in tech history, immortalized as desk toys
Thanks to the mischievous NYC-based art collective MSCHF, you can now purchase small-scale replicas of some of Silicon Valley's most egregious failures.....»»
30 Million Americans Face "Excessive Heat Alerts". Death Valley, California Hits 130 Degrees
"Death Valley, California, recorded high temperatures of 130 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday and 129.4 degrees on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service..." reports NPR. "Experts need to verify the 130-degree records from this year and last.....»»
US Sanctions a Chinese Facial Recognition Company With Silicon Valley Funding
The US Department of Commerce has sanctioned 14 Chinese tech companies over links to human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, including one backed by a top Silicon Valley investment firm. From a report: DeepGlint, also known as Beijing.....»»
Among Us gets a physical release packs with crewmate plush and more extras
Among Us has a physical release on the way that includes all DLCs, pets, a crewmate plush, access cards, and more goodies......»»
Austin-based iFly.vc closes $46M second fund from legendary tech founders
To compete with the myriad venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, iFly.vc has a unique vantage point. Its founder Han Shen has straddled the United States and China for several decades. He was the first hire on the investment team of Formation 8, t.....»»
Apple is "Decentralizing Out of Silicon Valley"
9to5Mac writes: Amid pushback regarding Apple's plans to return to in-person work this fall, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reports that Apple is "ramping up efforts to decentralize out of Silicon Valley." In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter,.....»»
Cats may catch COVID-19 from sleeping on their owner"s bed
New research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, suggests that people with COVID-19 frequently pass it on to their pets. Cats that sleep on their owner's bed seem to.....»»
Oklo Has a Plan To Make Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Run Off Nuclear Waste
An anonymous reader shares a report: The face of nuclear energy is changing, and one of the companies working to redefine what nuclear energy looks like is Oklo. The 22-person Silicon Valley start-up has a plan to build mini-nuclear reactors, powered.....»»
Sam Altman Wants To Scan Your Eyeball in Exchange for Cryptocurrency
Sam Altman has a new startup that intends to give a special type of cryptocurrency to every person on earth. But first, it wants to scan everybody's eyeballs. From a report: Altman, the former head of the Silicon Valley business incubator Y Combinato.....»»
Accel closes on $3B across three funds as it ramps up global investing
Accel announced Tuesday the close of three new funds totaling $3.05 billion, money that it will be using to back early-stage startups, as well as growth rounds for more mature companies. Notably, the 38-year-old Silicon Valley-based venture firm is d.....»»
The first on-chip valley-dependent quantum interference
A research team led by academician Guo Guangcan from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with researchers from Sun Yat-sen University and Zhejiang University, realized two-photo.....»»