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Apple was recognized with a record 13 Academy Award nominations, including 10 for Killers of the Flower Moon, which was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Lily Gladstone), Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Film Editing, […]
SANTA CLARA — AMD announced that Ava Hahn has joined the company as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, replacing Harry Wolin who is retiring from AMD after 24 years. “I want to thank Harry for the role he has played leading our legal, government relations and public affairs teams during a period of […]
SAN LEANDRO – ZymoChem, creators of a carbon-efficient bio-manufacturing platform, has closed a $21 million Series A round. The investment was led by Breakout Ventures with participation from new investors including lululemon athletica, inc. and Toyota Ventures, and existing investors including GS Futures, KdT Ventures, and Cavallo Ventures. By pairing this financing with existing revenues from commercial […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Masa Network, builder of a decentralized data marketplace, has announced $5.4 million in a seed round led by Anagram, co-founded by Solana Foundation President Lily Liu and former Polychain President Joe Eagan. Additional investors include Avalanche Blizzard Fund, Digital Currency Group, GoldenTree, OP Crypto, Unshackled Ventures, PEER VC, amongst others. In the […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Forta, an AI healthcare company improving access to dependable quality care, has raised $55 million in Series A financing led by global software investor Insight Partners. Other technology and healthcare investors participated in the round, including Exor Ventures and Alumni Ventures, as well as founders of 23&Me, Curative, Forward, Flexport, Warby Parker, Prelude Fertility, […]
A Santa Clara man that works for Google as a software engineer has been charged with murdering his wife. Police found Liren Chen, 27, spattered with blood, in his home, with his wife’s body nearby says the Santa Clara District Attorney’s office. According to LinkedIn, Chen has been employed as a software engineer at Google […]
DoorDash has announced new retail partners to DoorDash’s Marketplace to support consumers on their active and wellness journeys. To date, DoorDash has more retail stores than any other marketplace in North America with over 100K non-restaurant stores across its Marketplace and Drive platforms and nearly 2 million products from clothing and makeup to household essentials. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Overmoon, a vacation rental platform, announced it has raised $80 million in equity and debt funding from NFX, Khosla Ventures, Camber Creek, 1Sharpe, Sunsar Capital, and others. The funding includes $10 million in venture to scale its technology development, $30 million in real estate equity for down payments on homes, and $40 million in debt financing. […]
Netflix won six Emmys at the 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night, including Outstanding Limited Series for BEEF. BEEF’s Ali Wong made history with her win, becoming the first Asian-American actress to win Outstanding Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the first woman of Asian descent to win an Emmy […]
SUNNYVALE — Google Cloud has released new research that explores how retail decision makers in the United States perceive the value of generative AI, and how they anticipate deploying the technology in 2024. A study commissioned by Google Cloud of 274 U.S. C-suite executives, information technology leads, and business development managers, found that 81% of retail […]
Apple TV+ has been recognized with 11 nominations for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards for its broadly acclaimed Apple Original Film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” as well as Emmy Award-winning hits “Ted Lasso” and “The Morning Show,” and Critics Choice Award nominee “Lessons in Chemistry.” The 30th Annual SAG Awards will […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Despite ongoing economic headwinds and a pressured venture fundraising environment, investment in startup companies addressing women’s health is on the rise. According to a recent report from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, investment in women’s health companies increased 314% since 2018, while overall investment for the health sector […]