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......»»
Internal rates of return in emerging US tech hubs are starting to overtake Silicon Valley
Tech innovation is becoming more widely distributed across the U.S. amid moves from the Bay Area. Startups are booming in emerging markets -- and getting a bigger piece of the VC pie. Abe Othman Contributor.....»»
Family tracking app Life360 to acquire wearable location device Jiobit for $37M
Popular family tracking app Life360 is investing in hardware. The company this morning announced the $37 million acquisition of Chicago-based Jiobit, the maker of a wearable location device designed for use by families with younger children, pets, or.....»»
Toyota"s acquisition of Lyft"s self-driving unit bolsters its automation ambitions
The acquisition will give Toyota a direct presence in Silicon Valley and expand its Woven City smart-city project in Japan......»»
Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown Wagyu beef, elk and bison
Orbillion Bio’s plans to make high-end meats in a lab have investors lining up for a seat at the company’s cap table. Mere weeks after launching from Y Combinator’s famous accelerator program, the Silicon Valley-based potential purv.....»»
How Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook Became Foes
The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate later today. The New York Times: At a confab for tech and media moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July 2019, Timothy.....»»
Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown wagyu beef, elk and bison
Orbillion Bio’s plans to make high end meats in a lab have investors lining up for a seat at the company’s cap table. Mere weeks after launching from Y Combinator’s famous accelerator program, the Silicon Valley-based potential purv.....»»
Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown wagyu beef, elk, and bison
Orbillion Bio’s plans to make high end meats in a lab have investors lining up for a seat at the company’s cap table. Mere weeks after launching from Y Combinator’s famous accelerator program, the Silicon Valley-based potential purv.....»»
Pain, loss linger a decade after tornadoes hammer 6 states
For Tom Sanders, it's the void left by the death of a cousin and the man's wife, killed when a tornado mowed through a placid Alabama valley. To Markedia Wells, it's the stolen innocence of her sons, who still get nervous anytime it starts raining. D.....»»
Mark Zuckerberg Announces Facebook is Working on a Clubhouse Clone
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced that the company is building audio features where users can engage in real-time conversations with others, similar to the app Clubhouse, which gained a lot of buzz in Silicon Valley circles earlier thi.....»»
What does it take to create a startup ecosystem?
Say it louder for the people in the back: As tech grows bigger by the minute and venture capital adds dollar signs by the day, a startup hub’s success is not an either/or situation. The next Silicon Valley is a tired narrative, when in reality star.....»»
New book explores how to be a happier, healthier dog owner
A University of Liverpool researcher is empowering dog lovers to find health and happiness with the help of their pets......»»
Large-scale CO2 removal startup Carbo Culture raises $6.2M Seed led by True Ventures
Carbo Culture — a startup that has scaled an industrial process to create large-scale CO2 removal using woody waste from agriculture and forests — has raised $6.2 million in seed a financing round led by Silicon Valley VC True Ventures. The roun.....»»
Scientists map "pulse" of groundwater flow through California"s Central Valley
Groundwater is a key resource for water users in California's Central Valley, a major agricultural hub with an economic output of tens of billions of dollars annually. Surface deformation in the Central Valley has long been linked to changes in groun.....»»
Are Silicon Valley Tech Workers Now Swarming "a Reluctant Austin"?
Austin, Texas is America's fastest-growing major metro area, reports Bloomberg Businessweek, growing 30% from 2010 to 2019. But today a minimum wage worker hoping to afford a one-bedroom rental "would now need to work a 125-hour week." And meanwhil.....»»
JPMorgan Chase CEO Says Fintech is an "Enormous Competitive" Threat To Banks
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO, listed fintech as one of the "enormous competitive threats" to banks in his annual shareholder letter released this week. From a report: "Banks ... are facing extensive competition from Silicon Valley, bo.....»»
Bootstrapping, managing product-led growth and knowing when to fundraise
Calendly CEO Tope Awotona and Blake Bartlett, partner at OpenView, talk about expanding internationally, when to bootstrap and when to fundraise, and how VCs approach a profitable company. Product-led growth is all the rage in the Valley th.....»»
A combined influence of three oceans on record-breaking rainfall over China in June 2020
The rainfall over the Yangtze River Valley (YRV) in June 2020 broke the existing record from 1979. As of June 28, the People's Daily Online reported that there were more than 12 million people affected by flood disasters related to this torrential ra.....»»
Research lab identifies a genetic heart variant that leads to trouble for Maine Coon Cats
In an effort to save her beloved animals, Kathy Janson, a Maine Coon cat enthusiast reached out to a University of Cincinnati researcher to find a way to help her pets who were developing heart troubles......»»
Ribbit Capital leads $26.7M round for Brazilian fintech Cora
Cora, a São Paulo-based technology-enabled lender to small-and-medium-sized businesses, has raised $26.7 million in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley VC firm Ribbit Capital. Kaszek Ventures, QED Investors and Greenoaks Capital also participated.....»»
San Francisco Fed President Dismisses Silicon Valley "Exodus"
In an interview, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly addressed Silicon Valley heavyweights like Elon Musk and others who have bemoaned California's COVID-19 restrictions and taxes and said they're taking their ball and moving to places like Miami o.....»»