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From its new make-your-own taco bar to its beloved classic breakfast like scrambled eggs, toast and fresh fruit, Homewood Suites by Hilton is taking its complimentary hot breakfast to the next level by unveiling its delicious, healthy overnight oats and chia pudding. Starting today in the United States and later this year in Canada, this new option allows guests, […]
Target Corporation is rolling out more deals than ever for back-to-school and back-to-college shoppers. From 20 must-have school supplies that add up to less than $20 and the lowest priced backpack in over 10 years, for just $5, to new ways for members of the retailer’s free-to-join Target Circle program to save big, Target has consumers’ backs when it comes to shopping […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The OpenAI Startup Fund and Thrive Global announced the creation of a new company, Thrive AI Health, devoted to building an AI health coach. The company’s mission is to use AI to democratize access to expert-level health coaching to improve health outcomes. This will also address growing health inequities by bringing the […]
Financial software company Intuit Inc. — maker of TurboTax, Quickbooks and Mailchimp — said it will lay off approximately 1,800 employees and close its Boise and Edmonton sites. The Company expects to hire a nearly equivalent number of employees in fiscal 2025 to support the Company’s declared growth areas in Artificial Intelligence and expects overall […]
Accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP has announced the winners of the Entrepreneur Of The Year Bay Area Award. This award program recognizes the ambitious leaders of high-growth companies who are creating a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous world for future generations. The regional winners were chosen by an independent judging panel made up of […]
Apple TV+ has debuted the trailer for the upcoming live-action comedic adventure “Time Bandits,” the first-ever television adaptation of the cult classic movie by the same name with Lisa Kudrow starring. Created for television by Jemaine Clement (“Flight of the Conchords”), Iain Morris (“The Inbetweeners”) and Taika Waititi (“Reservation Dogs”), and produced for Apple TV+ […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Ballistic Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, announced that co-founder Kevin Mandia is now General Partner. Mandia is one of the world’s most recognized experts in cybersecurity, known for his relentless efforts to fight cyber threats for more than 30 years. In 2004, he founded […]
SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has selected Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation to provide construction management services for the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II extension, a project which will connect North San Jose and Santa Clara residents with the Bay Area’s iconic transportation system. The new rail line will be the […]
HAYWARD, CA — Endiatx, a pioneering Silicon Valley medical technology company, is shaping the future of medicine with groundbreaking micro-robotics inside the human body. The company’s flagship innovation, PillBot, is designed to wirelessly navigate the human stomach, lowering costs and increasing access to diagnosis and treatments. Would you swallow a micro-robot? To many, it seems like […]
San José Mineta International Airport (SJC) announced that Spirit Airlines is adding a twice-daily nonstop route to Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR), just one year after the airline began operations in San José. Available for booking now, the flight will commence on September 4, 2024. The new service will bring Spirit’s total peak daily departures to […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Odaseva, an enterprise data security platform for Salesforce, has announced a $54 million Series C equity financing, bringing the total company funding to more than $90 million. Silver Lake Waterman led the round, with participation from existing investors F-Prime, Eight Roads and Serena Capital, and new investors Eurazeo and Crescent Cove. The investment comes after […]
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that Trevor Belmont (49), of San Francisco, also known as Hoak Taing was charged in connection to a fatal incident at Powell Street BART Station on July 1, 2024. Mr. Belmont is scheduled to be arraigned on July 5, 2024, at 1:30pm in Department 10 at the Hall […]