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CodeStringers Named to the 2020 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies
(Source: Codestringers webpage) September 2, 2020 — New York (and Santa Cruz) Inc. magazine today revealed that CodeStringers is No. 3,700 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing […]
THRIVE’s Agtech Accelerator Demo Day goes online this year
(Contributed) September 2, 2020 — Salinas in years past, online worldwide this year THRIVE VI’s 13 agtech startups will showcase their solutions before an audience of top investors, corporates, agriculturalists, and media. This past January, […]
New data science institute includes a focus on ethics and algorithms
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz September 2, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The Institute for Foundations of Data Science is a collaboration between UC Santa Cruz, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of […]
Partnership between UCSC and UNAM improving COVID-19 detection
By James McGirkBaskin School of Engineering September 2, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: UC Santa Cruz Visiting Assistant Professor Claudia Wehrhahn. Contributed) In April 2020, Alianza UCMX, a partnership between the University of […]
Cruzio offers free public wifi spots for those who’ve been displaced
(Contributed) September 2, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Mt Loma on 8/19/2020, looking towards the Santa Cruz side of the Monterey Bay. Credit: Cameron Kennedy/Cruzio) For folks who have been displaced and need […]
Steve Blum: AT&T, cable company money buys obedience from California assembly, and slow broadband for everyone else
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo: Contributed) September 2, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA A last minute push to convince democratic leaders in the California assembly to allow […]
Parallel Flight: Why aren’t your drones out helping the fire?
By Joshua ResnickParallel Flight Technolgies CEOSpecial to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 26, 2020 — Ben Lomond, CA (Photo above: The Parallel team mounts fire hose to the heavy lift drone for a test flight. […]
UC Santa Cruz protects fire-threatened property off the main campus, too
By Sara IsenbergFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 26, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Fires burned around Lick Observatory Wednesday night, as seen in this image from the Mt. Hamilton webcam. […]
MBARI: New animation drains Monterey Bay to uncover the beauty of its geology
(Source: MBARI website) August 26, 2020 — Moss Landing, CA MBARI scientists partner with visual effects artists to create the highest resolution animation of Monterey Canyon to date. Monterey Canyon is a magnificent submarine geologic […]
Levered Learning and Alum Rock USD Expand Partnership to Support Distance Learning with an Individually-Paced Math Curriculum
(Contributed) Levered Learning to help San Jose school district’s 3rd-5th graders have access to adaptive math curriculum August 26, 2020 — Soquel, CA Levered Learning is announcing an expanded partnership with Alum Rock Union School […]