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Local award recognizes UCSC’s efforts to provide local testing for coronavirus infections
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz October 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Specialist Scott La working in the UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab. Photo by C. Lagattuta) ‘Be the Difference’ Award honors UCSC Molecular […]
Driscoll’s and Plenty Agree to Grow Strawberries in Vertical Indoor Farms
(Contributed) October 13, 2020 — Watsonville, CA and South San Francisco, CA Collaboration will Focus on Optimizing Flavor, Texture, Size and Availability of Strawberries Driscoll’s, the leading consumer brand in fresh berries, and indoor vertical-farming company […]
Joby Unveils eVTOL Design Details And Certification Plans
By Aviation Week Network September 30, 2020 — Marina, CA (Photo above: After more than six years of secret development, Joby Aviation lifts the lid on its innovative eVTOL air taxi program. Credit: Joby Aviation) A […]
Digital NEST has supported youth virtually during the pandemic and now begins to welcome members back
By Sara IsenbergFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 23, 2020 — Watsonville, CA (Photo above: Jenna Rodriguez is the Development Coordinator at Digital NEST. Source: LinkedIn) Digital NEST closed in-person activities in March […]
Poly Recognized as the 2020 Global Technology Innovation Leader for Its Diverse and Continually Evolving Professional Headset Portfolio
(Contributed) September 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Poly’s ongoing commitment to innovation has resulted in several industry firsts in the headset market establishing Poly as the technology leader for professional headsets Based on its […]
Four Pillars: What’s new at ChooseSantaCruz.com?
By Sara IsenbergFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 9, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department announces the update of their website, ChooseSantaCruz.com In this Q&A, Rebecca […]
Reed Hastings on New Book, Netflix’s Future — and Why He Fired His Last CFO
By Todd SpanglerVariety September 8, 2020 — Los Gatos, CA (Photo above: Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings. Credit: Austing Hargrave) Before he co-founded Netflix, Reed Hastings ran a debugging-tool company, Pure Software. And he’s convinced the morass of red […]
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 […]
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 […]
News: January – December 2019
News: December 2019 Uber’s plan to launch an air taxi service in 2023 just got a boost from Joby Aviation – December 21, 2019 UCSC HCI Experts Help Mediate between Oceangoing Robots, Scientists and Engineers […]