Venture Capital

RIOS Intelligent Machines Completes $13 Million Series B

MENLO PARK — RIOS Intelligent Machines, a developer of AI-powered robotics for the manufacturing industry, has announced the successful completion of a $13 million Series B funding round. The funding was co-led by Yamaha Motor Corporation and IAG Capital Partners, marking a continued and strengthened partnership in advancing manufacturing and automation technologies. Since 2020, Yamaha […]

Apple News

Apple Unveils Transcripts for Podcasts

Apple is introducing transcripts for Apple Podcasts, an innovative new feature that makes podcasts more accessible and easier to navigate. With transcripts, users can read the full text of an episode, search the episode for a specific word or phrase, and tap on the text to play the podcast from that point in the episode. […]

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San Jose Water Hires New President

SAN JOSE — SJW Group has announced that Tanya Moniz-Witten will be joining the company on March 25, 2024, as president of San Jose Water (SJW). Tanya will be responsible for leading the regulated utility business in San Jose, driving strategy, financial performance, growth and establishing and maintaining excellent regulatory and customer relationships. “Tanya will […]

Apple News

Apple TV+ Greenlights Neuromancer Series

Apple TV+ will expand its slate of science fiction offerings with “Neuromancer,” a new 10-episode drama based on the award-winning novel of the same name by William Gibson. It will be created for television by Graham Roland (“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” “Dark Winds”) and JD Dillard (“Devotion,” “The Outsider,” “Sleight”). A co-production between Skydance Television […]

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ServiceNow, Hugging Face, and NVIDIA Release Open Access LLMs

SANTA CLARA— ServiceNow, Hugging Face, and NVIDIA, have announced the release of StarCoder2, a family of open‑access large language models (LLMs) for code generation that sets new standards for performance, transparency, and cost‑effectiveness. StarCoder2 was developed by the BigCode community, stewarded by ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company, and Hugging Face, the most‑used open‑source platform where the machine learning community collaborates […]

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Intuit Launches QuickBooks for Solo Businesses

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Financial software company Intuit Inc. has introduced QuickBooks Solopreneur, a new product designed to meet the unique needs of one-person businesses. The comprehensive tool provides a number of easy-to-use features to help solopreneurs stay in control of their finances, create trackable goals, manage business expenses to stay tax-ready, and have the confidence […]

Apple

Apple Expands Self-Service Repair for Macs

Apple announced an expansion of Self Service Repair for MacBook Pro and iMac models powered by M3, with support available today. Since April 2022, Self Service Repair has given customers access to the same manuals, genuine Apple parts, and tools used at Apple Store locations and Apple Authorized Service Providers. Apple is also making Apple […]

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San Jose State to Collaborate on Boosting Cybersecurity Workforce

In partnership with Cal State San Bernardino (CSUSB) and Fresno State, San José State University hopes to address the shortage of cybersecurity professionals by promoting cybersecurity education programs that will result in the development of a skilled workforce. This collaborative effort, led by CSUSB, will also involve key stakeholders, with the mission to nurture and […]

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Applied Materials Introduces New Portfolio for Angstrom Era of Chip Making

SAN JOSE — Applied Materials has introduced a portfolio of products and solutions designed to address the patterning requirements of chips in the “angstrom era.” As chipmakers transition to process nodes at 2nm and below, they increasingly benefit from new materials engineering and metrology techniques that help overcome EUV and High-NA EUV patterning challenges, including […]

Venture Capital

Parspec Locks In $11.5 Million Seed Round

PALO ALTO — Parspec, an AI-powered software platform that streamlines the selection and sale of construction products, has raised an oversubscribed $11.5 million seed round. Innovation Endeavors led the investment, with participation from Building Ventures, Heartland Ventures, and Hometeam Ventures. Two investors joined the board in connection with the investment: Innovation Endeavors’ Josh Rapperport as […]

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Palo Alto Police Arrest Woman for Stealing Amazon Van

PALO ALTO – After a woman stole an unoccupied Amazon delivery van in Palo Alto last Thursday afternoon, police tracked the vehicle to San Jose, arrested her, and recovered the stolen van. On Thursday, February 22, 2024, at about 3:35 p.m., the Palo Alto 24-hour dispatch center received a call from an Amazon delivery driver stating […]

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Pet Supplies Plus Now on Doordash

DoorDash has launched a new partnership with Pet Supplies Plus, the largest and most trusted pet retail franchise, to offer on-demand delivery of pet essentials from 720 locations. Whether it’s restocking food for their furry, feathery, or scaly friends, or indulging their pet with a new treat, pet parents can now enjoy the convenience of […]