Install
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
‘Never forget’, 25 years later: Betty Ong, the flight attendant who made the first 9/11 call – NBC Bay Area
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (440+ words) Betty Ann Ong was the first to sound the alarm about the tragedy that was about to unfold. Hijackers had taken over American Airlines flight 11. "It still hurts. You almost die 25 times," says Harry Ong, Betty's older brother, "every year…...
East Bay mom creates specialized backpack for her son's cancer treatment. Now others want one.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (398+ words) Parker Eastman’s cancer treatment required a backpack he could wear 24/7. When his mom couldn’t find one, she made one. Garvin Thomas reports. When Rebecca Eastman's son Parker was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma at just 2 years old, she found herself joining…...
Nvidia to spend $13 billion on Hugging Face, which will remain an open source platform
1+ week, 3+ day ago (457+ words) Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. It’s the latest deal by the company, whose processors are integral to the AI boom, and highlights Nvidia's push to champion increasingly popular open-source AI models. Nvidia CEO…...
Vehicle fire shuts down eastbound Interstate 580 in Alameda County
1+ week, 6+ day ago (83+ words) The incident is reported on eastbound I-580 at the I-205 split. Caltrans said motorists should avoid the area and use alternate routes. Vehicle fire shuts down eastbound Interstate 580 in Alameda County The incident is reported on eastbound I-580 at the I-205 split. Caltrans said…...
Silicon Valley wealth managers say elite tech workers are doing these 5 things with their wealth
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1093+ words) Workers at top AI companies are getting anxious about an AI bubble, and they're scrambling for answers about what to do with their newfound wealth before the music stops. It's a moment ripe with opportunity for the ranks of Silicon…...
These college degrees will net the highest salaries in the Bay Area
2+ week, 2+ day ago (123+ words) It will likely come as no surprise to college students that earning a technology-related degree will maximize one's career salary in the Bay Area. The HEA Group, a higher education policy organization, released a study in which it estimated the…...
Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley 'deluded itself' about Trump, business
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (90+ words) On Rapid Response, host Bob Safian talks with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman about why Silicon Valley leaders who backed Trump as the 'sensible business man' miscalculated. Hoffman argues the big beautiful bill, Elon's power plays, and rising debt are proof…...
Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria
4+ week, 2+ day ago (615+ words) In Thrive Capital's first-ever investor letter, founder Joshua Kushner has some unexpected things to say about his venture capital rivals on the West Coast. "It is difficult to overstate the magnitude of the opportunity," Kushner wrote about AI in the…...
Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy: Fresh Air
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (277+ words) Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place. Durán traces their fringe ideologies from blogs, manifestos…...
Governor Newsom announces new rebates for electric vehicles
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (112+ words) California is launching a new incentive program that offers eligible car buyers up to $3,500 toward the purchase of a zero-emission vehicle. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the "My First EV Program" Friday at Oakland's Bridge Yard facility, a historic site that…...