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SAN FRANCISCO — At the Intel Innovation event in San Francisco, Intel unveiled the 12th Gen Intel Core processor family with the launch of six new unlocked desktop processors, including what the company says is the world’s best gaming processor, the 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K. The processors feature a max turbo boost of up […]
The tablet market saw a 10% drop in shipments year-on-year, but market demand is still far stronger than it was pre-pandemic with people working from home, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. Apple managed to buck the trend with shipments up 15% year-over-year and 38% of the tablet market share on the strength […]
PALO ALTO — HP Inc. is launching the new HP ENVY Inspire printer with HP+. The company is promoting the printer as the best all-around printer for home use and retails for $249. “ENVY Inspire was built based on first-hand understanding of what is needed in our new normal, as the team that developed it […]
Grammy Award-winning artist Ed Sheeran has unveiled 14 YouTube Shorts, giving fans the first full preview of his forthcoming album “=” (Equals), only on YouTube. “=” is the fourth installment in Sheeran’s symbol album series, and he is giving fans a first-ever album preview on YouTube Shorts with a glimpse into all 14 tracks ahead […]
SANTA CLARA — From Broadway lights to bustling offices, big cities are back – and so are surging downtown rental prices. Following sharp declines during the pandemic, September data shows rents in the 10 biggest U.S. tech cities like Austin and New York surpassed March 2020 levels by an average of 6.3%, according to the Realtor.com Monthly Rental Report. Nationally, rents grew […]
Shares in Alphabet — the parent company of Google — hit an all-time high Wednesday after a strong earnings report. Shares in Alphabet Class C shares (GOOG) were up $135.11 to close at $2,928.55. The market capitalization of Alphabet is now $1.96 trillion and could break the magical $2 trillion mark on Thursday. Only Apple […]
Apple News is expanding its local news experience in three additional cities in the US: Charlotte, Miami, and Washington, D.C. Each experience is curated by Apple News editors and features coverage of topics that are important to local communities, from restaurant openings and real estate trends to big policy decisions. Local news offerings in Apple […]
Hertz, one of the nation’s largest car rental companies, announced it will form a partnership with Uber to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. The new exclusive partnership will make up to 50,000 Teslas available by 2023 for drivers to rent when using the Uber network. This partnership is the largest […]
Car rental company Hertz is announcing a significant investment to offer the largest Electric Vehicle (EV) rental fleet in North America and one of the largest in the world. This includes an initial order of 100,000 Teslas by the end of 2022 and new EV charging infrastructure across the company’s global operations. As interest in electric […]
SAN JOSÉ — The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) announced that Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, Inc., and regional healthcare workers will be recognized with Spirit of Silicon Valley Lifetime Achievement Awards during SVLG’s Annual Forum event on October, 29, 2021. The event will be held virtually on (where else?) Zoom […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Kruze Consulting, a CFO consulting company for startups, has released new data on the best credit cards for startups. The data comes from analysis of the 450+ venture-funded startups clients at Kruze. Full details can be found on Kruze’s Best Startup Credit Cards page, but the data reveals just how popular Brex has become amongst […]
California home sales closed out the third quarter by reversing a four-month decline and posting the largest monthly increase in more than a year, according to a monthly report for September by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (C.A.R.). Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of […]