Orlando begins planning for air taxis, flying cars with NASA
Orlando is preparing for when flying cars are an option for those who want to soar over congested highways or between nearby cities. And they may arrive far sooner than
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Nobel in economics to researchers from Stanford, UC Berkeley
A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do not
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Tesla moving headquarters from Palo Alto to Texas
Electric car maker Tesla will move its headquarters out of Palo Alto and out of California, CEO Elon Musk said Thursday. “We’re moving our headquarters to Austin, Texas,“ Musk said,
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Google prohibits ads that promote or make money from climate change denial
Google is cracking down on digital ads that promote the idea that climate change is a hoax or make money from that kind of content, hoping to limit revenue for
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Pfizer asks authorization to FDA for its Covid-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11
Pfizer and BioNTech asked federal regulators on Thursday to authorize emergency use of their coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a move that could help protect more than
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Tech company signs office lease for expansion in Santa Clara
Fungible has struck a deal to greatly expand its headquarters in Santa Clara through a new office lease, the property’s owner said Wednesday. The data and storage technologies company has
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Facebook says outage was caused by error during routine maintenance
The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine maintenance, the company said. Santosh Janardhan, Facebook’s vice president of
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Elizabeth Holmes trial: Lawyer claims ‘incompetent’ lab chief, not Holmes, to blame
A lawyer for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes claimed during her criminal trial Tuesday that “incompetence” by former company lab director Adam Rosendorff was behind problems at her Palo Alto blood-testing
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89 Californians worth $1.1 trillion on Forbes wealthiest Americans list
If you think California has lots of really-really rich folks, you’re correct! My trusty spreadsheet’s review of 2021’s edition of the Forbes 400 — the venerable roster of America’s wealthiest people —
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said on Monday, as it worked on restoring its services. We could not immediately confirm
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