Salinas City Council approves first phase of municipal fiber network
(Contributed) October 22, 2019 — Salinas, CA (Image source: FOX 2 KTVU) On October 8, 2019, the Salinas City Council approved a bid for the Downtown..
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Are we there yet? Karen Miga on the Next Era of Genomics
(Source: mendelspod.com) October 22, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Karen Miga is a DNA biologist and co-lead of the telomere-to-telomere (T2T) consortium..
Six Companies Demystify Tech
(Contributed) October 22, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA On November 6, Santa Cruz Works New Tech Meetup presents: Six Companies Demystify Tech Wed, Nov 6, 2019,..
Novel nanoprobes show promise for optical monitoring of neural activity
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz October 19, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: UC Santa Cruz engineers Ahsan Habib, left, and Ali Yanik have developed..
Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces: What’s to be Afraid of?
By G. Craig Vachon Author of The Knucklehead of Silicon Valley Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA The novel in a nutshell..
Spies. Tech. Travel. Karaoke. Family. Frenemies. Enemies. Love.
(Contributed) October 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA “The Knucklehead of Silicon Valley” is the debut novel of G. Craig Vachon. Release Date is Oct. 25,..
4 Ways Poly is Changing the Video Conferencing Game
By Amy Barzdukas CMO & EVP at Poly October 15, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Amy Barzdukas is the CMO & EVP at Poly. Source: LinkedIn)..
Facial recognition technology for lost pets?
(Contributed) October 16, 2019 — Salinas, CA Monterey County and Salinas Animal Services using new facial recognition technology for lost pets...
Steve Blum: Newsom vetoes California broadband development bills
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates October 15, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Governor Gavin Newsom killed the only two bills on his desk that might have..
U.S. Dept. of Commerce Grant to help Fund New Startup Launchpad at CSUMB
(Contributed) October 15, 2019 — Seaside, CA (Photo above: A team participates in Startup Weekend at CSUMB. Source: CSUMB website) California State..
Poly Unveils Radically Simple Video Devices at Zoomtopia 2019 and Puts the Mojo Back into Meetings
(Contributed) October 15, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Poly Studio X Series and Controller. Contributed) Poly’s Completely Reimagined Video..
Google’s $2.6 Billion Looker Deal Said to Get Closer DOJ Review
By Mark Bergen, Sarah McBride, and David McLaughlin Bloomberg October 14, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA U.S. antitrust enforcers have started an in-depth review..
Viagra shows promise for use in bone marrow transplants
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz October 11, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Above: This diagram compares the standard regimen for mobilizing blood-forming stem..
The robots of our future are coming—but they may not be what we think
By Marcus Wu UCSC Magazine October 11, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: For researchers like Leila Takayama, who are at the forefront of the..
Paystand announces Advisory Council with some legendary fintech pioneers and founders
By Mark Fisher Vice President of Marketing at Paystand October 10, 2019 — Scotts Valley, CA “We’re very excited and humbled by what we’ve..
Amazon speaks out on minimum wage, climate change, diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+, immigration, and more
(Source: Amazon website) October 10, 2019 — Amazon headquarters, probably not Santa Cruz Amazon write: We created this page to provide customers,..
Eighteen entrepreneurs pitch to active investors at Startup Investment and Community Capital Expo
By Jennifer Kuan Assistant Professor, College of Business, CSUMB Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 10, 2019 — Seaside, CA (Photo above: Honey..
The Courage of the Early-Stage Entrepreneur
By Marc Randolph Co-founder and first CEO of Netflix October 10, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA I’ve been talking a lot about courage recently. I’m starting to..
$8.5 million gift supports UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz October 8, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: David Haussler, Director of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. Credit: C...
Poly integrates Voyager headsets with Amazon Alexa and Tile
(Contributed) October 2, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Poly announces two new integrations to their Voyager line of headsets. Amazon Alexa is now available and..
MBEP Announces Agenda and Speakers for 5th Annual State of the Region
(Contributed) October 2, 2019 — Marina, CA MBEP Announces Agenda and Speakers for 5th Annual State of the Region Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP)..
Santa Cruz 8th Grader Takes on Inequality at Science Fairs
By Susan Landry Good Times October 2, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Kirby student Rinoa Oliver in national spotlight for showing the boost that..
Crowd Machine Innovation Continues to Open Doors for New Business
(Contributed) October 2, 2019 — Scotts Valley, CA New Portland Office to Focus on Customer Innovation as Beta 2 Version of GO Launches Crowd Machine is..
Steve Blum: Hope for California’s net neutrality law, as court upholds repeal of federal rules
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 2, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA The Federal Communications Commission’s..
Startup Sandbox Supports Emerging Bioscience Companies
By Elaine Ingalls Santa Cruz Sentinel October 1, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: UC Santa Cruz grad student Alexandra Turmon uses a pipette to..