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Tesla will allow customers of a competing automaker to use their network of superchargers starting next year. Ford Motor Company said it reached an agreement with Tesla Motors that will provide Ford electric vehicle customers access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada, doubling the number of fast-chargers available to Ford […]
SANTA CLARA — Applied Materials plans to invest at least $4 billion to build the world’s most advanced facility for collaborative semiconductor process technology and manufacturing equipment research and development (R&D) right in Silicon Valley. The project is also dependent on receiving federal funding from the $53 billion Chips Act signed last August by the […]
Vacation rental site Vrbo has revealed its 2023 Vacation Homes of the Year which features the most exceptional vacation homes across the U.S. As a bonus, this year’s list also includes a vacation home in Mexico, an international destination that consistently ranks as one of the most popular for U.S. travelers. [Photo above: Palm Springs, […]
SAN JOSE — Lincoln Law School of San Jose announced that Steve Wozniak, technology innovator, cofounder of Apple Inc., and one-time Dancing With the Stars competitor will serve as keynote speaker for its Scholarship Gala on Friday, May 19th, at 6pm in the San Jose Grand Corinthian Ballroom. Cocktail hour will begin at 5pm. Tickets are available at www.lincolnlawschool.edu/gradgala. “I am absolutely excited […]
SANTA CLARA — AMD has introduced the new Ryzen Z1 Series processors, high-performance processor for handheld PC gaming consoles. The Ryzen Z1 Series features two high performance processors, the Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme, both offering industry-leading gaming experiences, uncompromising battery life, and featuring AMD RDNA 3 architecture-based graphics. AMD is partnering with Asus […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Marubeni, a leading Japanese trading company, and KitchenTown, a food start-up incubator based in San Mateo, have signed an investment agreement last month. Marubeni’s investment will support the growth of KitchenTown’s consulting, and incubation activities. Together, the companies intend to support Japanese startups entering the U.S. market and the growth of American […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Manish Lachwani, a former CEO of HeadSpin, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco last week to wire fraud and securities fraud charges in connection with his scheme to dupe potential investors into supporting the technology start-up he founded and led, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and FBI Special […]
SAN JOSE – Dhirendra Prasad, a former buyer for Apple Inc., was sentenced to serve three years in prison and ordered to pay $19,270,683 in restitution for conspiring to defraud Apple of millions of dollars and for related tax crimes, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent […]
Square has unveiled nearly 100 new features in its spring product release, introducing a bevy of new features across the entire product ecosystem aimed at small businesses. “Square has more than 35 integrated tools, and they’re all designed to help sellers work smarter by automating their operations and creating new revenue streams,” said Alyssa Henry, CEO […]
SANTA CLARA — AMD has introduced high-performance AMD Ryzen Embedded 5000 Series, a new solution for customers requiring power-efficient processors optimized for “always on” networking firewalls, network-attached storage systems and other security applications. The Ryzen Embedded 5000 Series rounds out the “Zen 3”-based AMD embedded processor portfolio which also includes the Ryzen Embedded V3000 and […]
Palo Alto police arrested a Macy’s shoplifting suspect on Tuesday morning after she disregarded commands during a car stop before backing her vehicle into a patrol car, crashing her car after fleeing, and then trying to escape on foot. On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at about 10:40 a.m., the Palo Alto dispatch center received a […]
Apple has introduced a new savings plan for users of its Apple Card that offers a high-yield of 4.15 percent — a rate that’s more than 10 times the national average. In partnership with Goldman Sachs, the savings plan has no fees, no minimum deposits, and no minimum balance requirements, users can easily set up […]