Venmo, the online payment service owned by PayPal, has introduced a new feature that will allow customers to set price alerts for the cryptocurrencies on the Venmo platform, to help them track the price of the four cryptocurrencies available to buy, hold and sell on Venmo. Venmo customers can now enable alerts to receive push […]
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Silicon Valley Median Home Price at $1.25 Million
SANTA CLARA — New housing data shows 2021’s feverish home sales pace broke a yearly record in October, even as fall sales activity followed steadier seasonal patterns. With last month marking the eighth straight month of buyers snatching up homes more quickly than the fastest pace in previous years and fewer new sellers entering the market than […]
Johnson & Johnson CEO Joins Apple Board of Directors
CUPERTINO — Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has been elected to Apple’s board of directors. Gorsky will bring decades of experience in corporate leadership and health technologies to Apple’s board. Apple — maker of iPhones, Macs and iPads — is the world’s second-largest company based on stock market capitalization just behind […]
Stanford Endowment Reports 40.1% Gain
Stanford University announced a 40.1% investment return in its endowment funds for the year ending June 30, 2021. The Merged Pool is the principal investment vehicle for the university’s endowment. Stanford’s performance surpassed the 33.4 percent median return for U.S. college and university endowments for the year, as preliminarily reported by Cambridge Associates, and represented […]
NASA Space X Astronauts Safely Return to Earth
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida Monday aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, completing the agency’s second long-duration commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. The mission set a record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crewed spacecraft. The international crew of four spent 199 days in […]
Tom Hanks Movie Finch Debuts on Apple TV+
Apple Original Films has debuted a new movie with Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks called “Finch,” which debuted in select theaters and on Apple TV+ last Friday, November 5. This is the second movie starring Hanks to appear exclusively on Apple TV+ following last year’s Greyhound movie about a World War II submarine battle. Those […]
Investor Group Buying McAfee for $14 Billion
SAN JOSE — McAfee Corp., a provider of computer security and virus protection, has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by Advent International Corporation and Permira Advisers LLC, Crosspoint Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, GIC Private Limited, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”). The […]
Nextdoor to Go Public Via Khosla Ventures SPAC
SAN FRANCISCO and MENLO PARK — Nextdoor, Inc., which operates a social neighborhood network, is set to go public tomorrow with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II (Nasdaq: KVSB) (“KVSB”), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, LLC. The combined company is expected to start trading on The New York […]
Instacart Offers Delivery From Dollar Tree
Instacart is partnering with the nation’s largest low-priced chain, Dollar Tree, to deliver low-priced goods directly to customers. The delivery service is expanding its partnership nationally with Dollar Tree. Now same-day delivery in as fast as one hour via Instacart is now available from nearly 7,000 Dollar Tree stores nationwide. Instacart will be offering in-store […]
Twelve Produces E-Jet Fuel From Carbon Dioxide
BERKELEY — Twelve announced it has produced the first fossil-free jet fuel called E-Jet from carbon dioxide (CO2) electrolysis, demonstrating a scalable, energy-efficient path to the de-fossilization of global aviation. This project was supported through funding from the U.S. Air Force and produced fuel globally applicable for both commercial and military aviation. Global aviation produces […]
Amazon Launches Quantum Computing Center at CalTech
Amazon has launched a new facility for quantum computing at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) with the ambitious goal of building a “fault-tolerant” quantum computer. Teams from Amazon Web Services (AWS) will focus on developing more powerful quantum computing hardware and identifying new applications for quantum technologies. Here are five challenges they’ll be wrapping […]
Google Offers Free Access to Career Certificates for Community Colleges
Alphabet’s Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat announced an expansion of the Google Career Certificates program, including added partnerships with community colleges, translating Google Career Certificates into college credit and partnering with four-year universities to prepare students for in-demand jobs. 1. Providing community colleges with free access to Google Career Certificates Community colleges are critical to […]