Theranos trial highlights ‘very concerning’ pregnancy hormone results
A nurse practitioner from Arizona testified Tuesday to wildly inconsistent blood test results given to a pregnant patient in her OB-GYN practice by Theranos, the …
NASA greenlights UC Berkeley satellite mission to Mars orbit
NASA has greenlighted a mission by University of California at Berkeley to put two satellites into orbit around Mars, university officials said Monday. Dubbed ESCAPADE …
Group urges legislature to approve Newsom’s plan for statewide fiber-optic broadband
A group of rural and urban leaders is urging the state legislature to act on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s three-year, $7 billion plan in the June …
Non-profit group donates 3,200 computer monitors to support SF teachers in distance learning
As distance learning has resumed in the new year for San Francisco Unified School District schools, the district announced on Tuesday it is partnering with …
UC Berkeley pilots smartphone alert contact tracing system
A pilot program that will provide Covid-19 contact tracing to members of the University of California at Berkeley community via smartphone may go statewide, university …
Cruise gets green light to test driverless cars on SF streets
The self-driving company Cruise, owned by General Motors, received the go-ahead from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test driverless vehicles on the streets …
Thousands come together for Latinx tech professionals digital conference
The nation’s largest digital conference for Latinos in technology kicked off Tuesday in Oakland — aiming to uplift and inspire Latinos, who remain the most …
SF judge blocks Trump’s executive order limiting WeChat app pending trial
Late Saturday night, a federal judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting the WeChat messaging app in …
Supes approve $89 million contract to replace outdated Muni arrival time system
Muni arrival times are often inaccurate, leaving passengers to wonder if they should wait for a bus or start walking, but improvements to the dysfunctional …
District, teachers union reach tentative agreement on distance learning standards
The San Francisco Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco announced Friday that they reached a tentative agreement for distance learning for …
State data issues leave county health officer ‘feeling blind’
Statewide technical issues resulting in incomplete Covid-19 testing data have left Santa Clara County “back to feeling blind,” County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody …
Wozniak files lawsuit claiming YouTube botched response to cryptocurrency scam
For months before a scam co-opting the accounts of several famous people on Twitter was revealed and quickly quashed last week, a similar scheme was …
Federal jury convicts Russian for hacking into LinkedIn, DropBox, Formspring
A Russian man has been convicted of hacking into three Bay Area tech companies, United States Attorney David Anderson announced Friday. Yevgeniy Nikulin, 32, was …