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SANTA CLARA — Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired from the company after a 40-plus-year career and has stepped down from the company’s board of directors, effective Dec. 1, 2024. Intel has named two senior leaders, David Zinsner and Michelle (MJ) Johnston Holthaus, as interim co-chief executive officers while the board of directors conducts a […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Wherobots, the Spatial Intelligence Cloud, built by the original creators of Apache Sedona, Mo Sarwat and Jia Yu, announced the closing of a $21.5M Series A funding round to accelerate the delivery of modern solutions that close the intelligence gap between our physical and digital worlds. The round was led by Felicis, […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Cardless, a company specializing in co-branded credit card solutions, announced a $30 million growth investment round led by Activant Capital, with participation from new and existing investors including Mischief (the fund co-founded by Plaid’s Zach Perret), Industry Ventures, Thayer Ventures, Assurant and Amex Ventures. This brings Cardless’ total equity funding to date to over $90 million. […]
On September 23, 2024, the San Francisco Police Department General Work Investigations Unit was assigned an Organized Retail Crime related robbery that occurred on September 16, 2024, at Walgreens on the 1100 block of Potrero Avenue. During the incident, several juvenile suspects entered the store, concealed merchandise, and ransacked the store. When an employee asked […]
Anthropic is expanding its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), deepening their work together to develop and deploy advanced AI systems. This expanded partnership includes a new $4 billion investment from Amazon and establishes AWS as Anthropic’s primary cloud and training partner. This will bring Amazon’s total investment in Anthropic to $8 billion, while maintaining […]
Starbucks lovers can now order delivery of coffee and drinks from Doordash directly through the Starbucks app. Ordering is available only for customers in the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec) with convenient and seamless delivery to Starbucks customers virtually wherever they are. With this, Starbucks customers can now order delivery from both the Starbucks […]
PALO ALTO — Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, one of the top law firms for technology companies, has elected 16 new partners from its attorney ranks. The promotions will be effective February 1, 2025. “We are delighted to welcome these accomplished attorneys as the newest partners of Wilson Sonsini,” said Doug Clark, Wilson Sonsini’s managing partner. […]
SUNNYVALE — Treehouse Hotels is excited to announce that its newest property, Treehouse Hotel Silicon Valley, is now accepting reservations as of March 1, 2025. Treehouse Hotels is the creation of hospitality visionary Barry Sternlicht, Founder and Chairman of SH Hotels & Resorts, which owns and operates Treehouse Hotels, 1 Hotels, and Baccarat Hotels. Just like magical […]
OpenTable has unveiled list of the Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2024, highlighting the most sought-after dining destinations from the past year from coast to coast. The list is compiled by analyzing more than 14 million diner reviews on OpenTable, along with diner ratings, reservation demand, percentage of five-star reviews among other factors, and […]
HP Inc. is partnering with office supply chain Staples to upgrade stores across the US with the new HP DesignJet XL3800 printers, providing customers – including small businesses, retail owners, and consumers – with same-day access to high-quality, large format color prints for their posters, banners, blueprints and more. Large-format printing has typically been reserved […]
Google’s network of sites — including YouTube — ranked No. 1 overall in the month of September according to data firm Comscore. Google had 278.4 million unique visitors in the U.S. with a reach of 100%. Yahoo was second with 246.8 million visitors and an 88% reach. Here are the top 50 sites below for […]
Police officers in San Mateo arrested eight suspects for shoplifting from the Lululemon store in Hillsdale Shopping Center. On November 20, 2024, the Organized Retail Theft Task Force (ORTTF), comprised of police officers from the San Mateo, Daly City, and San Bruno Police Departments were deployed in The City of San Mateo. The Task Force, […]