Thiel Foundation Names 2017 Fellows
SAN FRANCISCO — The Thiel Foundation, founded by billionaire PayPal founder Peter Thiel — has named 25 people...
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Align Technology Joining S&P 500
SAN JOSE — Align Technology, Inc. announced that Standard & Poor’s (S&P) will add the company to the...
Palo Alto Networks Forms $20 Million Venture Fund
Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks is forming a $20 million security venture fund. The fund will provide early stage...
AT&T Invests Over $450 Million in Silicon Valley Network
SAN JOSE — AT&T says it has invested more than $450 million in San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara wireless and wired...
NY Times Hires New SF Tech Reporter
The NY Times announced it is hiring Nellie Bowles as a new reporter for its business section covering...
Bessemer Ventures Promotes Michael Segal to VP
MENLO PARK — Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a $4 billion global venture capital firm investing in consumer, enterprise, and...
Samsung Introduces Notebook 9 Pro
Samsung Electronics America has introduced the Samsung Notebook 9 Pro, a flexible laptop that brings the built-in S...
Boston Red Sox Using Host Analytics for Finance Data
REDWOOD CITY – Host Analytics, a provider of scalable, cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions, announced that Major...
Palo Alto Networks Soars on Earnings
SANTA CLARA — Cyber security company Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) reported upbeat financial results for its fiscal...
Top 50 Digital Properties for April 2017
Research firm comScore, Inc. has released its monthly ranking of U.S. online activity at the top digital media...
EY Names Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists
SAN FRANCISCO — Accounting and auditing firm EY has announced finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017...
Theranos Recapitalizes Shares
PALO ALTO — Theranos, Inc. announced the closing of an exchange offer designed to recapitalize its most recent...
CEO Jack Dorsey Buys 574,002 Shares in Twitter
Jack Dorsey, CEO and a co-founder of Twitter, has purchased 574,002 shares of stock in his own company...
Toyota Land Cruiser Sets SUV Speed Record
TORRANCE, CA — Toyota’s Land Cruiser has earned the title “World’s Fastest SUV” thanks to a record speed...
Cal Poly Receives Record $110 Million Gift
SAN LUIS OBISPO — California State University alumni William and Linda Frost have donated a CSU-record $110 million...
NE-YO Donates to Holberton School for Engineers
SAN FRANCISCO — Holberton School, the two-year school for full-stack software engineers, announced that GRAMMY award-winning artist NE-YO...
Forbes Releases 2017 Midas List
Forbes has released its 16th annual Midas List, featuring the top 100 venture capitalists from around the world...
Palantir to Pay $1.66 Million to Settle Discrimination Case
PALO ALTO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into an...
HP Introduces New ZBook Laptops
PALO ALTO — HP Inc. has introduced a new updated lineup of laptops for the HP ZBook Mobile...
Great America Debuts Floorless Roller Coaster
SANTA CLARA –– The Great America amusement park has introduced the Patriot, the first floorless coaster in the...
Bosch to Relocate Office to Sunnyvale
SUNNYVALE — Robert Bosch LLC, a global supplier of technology and services based in Germany, will relocate its...
Honda Silicon Valley Lab Gets New Name
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Honda Silicon Valley Lab is getting a new name. The global innovation hub within Honda...
GM to Add 1,100 Jobs in Self-Driving R&D Facility
SAN FRANCISCO — Automotive giant General Motors says it will add more than 1,100 new jobs and invest...
Apple Exclusively Selling Hover Camera Drone
SAN FRANCISCO — Zero Zero Robotics has announced that its flagship flying camera, Hover Camera Passport, is now...