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Turbo Systems hires former Looker CMO Jen Grant as CEO
By Ron Miller TechCrunch March 30, 2020 — Campbell, CA (Photo above: Jen Grant, previously CMO at Looker is the new CEO at Turbo Systems. Source: Looker.) [Editor’s note: Jen Grant tells the story in […]
Cabrillo College Makerspace Begins Production of 3-D Printed PPE Masks and Face Shields for Santa Cruz County Medical Providers
(Contributed) March 27, 2020 — Aptos, CA Deemed essential, the Cabrillo College Makerspace is staying open to produce PPE masks and face shields (Photo above: Payson McNett and his daughter model the PPE masks he […]
Federal covid-19 stimulus package doesn’t seem to stimulate broadband, much
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates March 26, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo source: Tellus Venture Associates) Even by Washington, D.C. standards, $2 trillion is a lot of money. By those same standards, though, […]
Google features former Cabrillo student’s work in documentary series
By Sarah Vickers-Webb Production & Editorial Assistant Santa Cruz Tech Beat March 26, 2020 — Aptos, California (Image source: Google) How Daniel DeLeon’s love of music informed his passion for engineering When Daniel DeLeon enrolled […]
Baskin Engineering professor reveals flaws in widely-used machine learning method
By Amy Baxter AI in Healthcare March 26, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image source: AI in Healthcare) UCSC Professor C. “Sesh” Seshadri explains shortcomings in low dimension embeddings One algorithmic approach used to model […]
ABC News: The Jane Doe child case that uncovered a serial killer, identified victims and changed the use of DNA forensics
By Lauren Effron, Boaz Halaban and Marc Dorian ABC News March 25, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: UC Santa Cruz paleogeneticist Richard “Ed” Green at a UC Santa Cruz lab. Source: Randy Vazquez / Bay Area […]
Poly: How to manage employees that are new to working from home
By Amy Barzdukas Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Poly Poly Blog March 24, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo source: Poly Blog) Six practices to keep your team engaged Yesterday, you were […]
Church Brothers Farm: Collaboration is Key in Ag Technology
By Matthew J. Grassi Growing Produce March 25, 2020 — Salinas, CA (Photo: Church Brothers Farm experiments with automated weeding in its fields with automated prototype. Photo source: Growing Produce) California, with its $15 minimum wage requirement […]
Sleepless Media Named Top Shopify Developer
(Source: Sleepless Media) March 24, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA B2B directory Clutch determines Santa Cruz company a leading vendor in web development Today, more consumers are shopping online than ever before. Even small businesses are […]
UCSC scientists round-up supplies for local doctors to combat COVID-19
By Christopher Salas KSBW Action News 8 March 24, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image source: KSWB Action News 8) University of California Santa Cruz scientists are donating protective medical supplies to local hospitals facing […]
